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WHAT THIS COURSE IS ABOUT

Race and Racism: A Postcolonial Perspective explores how the modern concept of race emerged and changed historically, from the Enlightenment to the contemporary moment. Themes discussed include race as a symbolic system and as an embodied identity. Historical and contemporary cases are compared, in order to facilitate reflection over how the race concept has influenced identity processes around the world. Also discussed is how the concept of race emerged and developed in the tension between politics and scientific research, over the course of several centuries. Here, interdisciplinary inquiry takes center stage. The intersection between biological research and critical analysis in the humanities can itself be prone to misunderstandings, but concepts and methods from both sides of what is often experienced as an intellectual divide are valuable for deconstructing and understanding discourse around and experience of race. An overarching theme central to this course is how the race concept in a postcolonial world has maintained a strong tendency to drive political strain, violence and inequality.

Kursen behandlar hur det moderna rasbegreppet har uppkommit och förändrats, från Upplysningstiden till idag. Teman som diskuteras är ras som ett symboliskt system och som en förkroppsligad identitet. Historiska och nutida fall jämförs för att reflektera över hur rasbegreppet har påverkat identitetsprocesser i olika delar av världen. Vidare diskuteras hur rasbegreppet uppstått och förändrats i spänningsfältet mellan politik och vetenskaplig forskning. Här hamnar tvärvetenskap i fokus, särskilt intersektionen mellan biologisk forskning och kritisk analys i humaniora. Ett övergripande tema som diskuteras är hur rasbegreppet i en postkolonial värld haft en fortsatt stark förmåga att orsaka politisk spänning, våld och ojämlikhet.

Dear Students,

Welcome to the course " Life Cycle Analysis"– 4BT 312 (7.5 hp)

The science of life cycle analysis (LCA) is in continuous development. Ample research has been done to improve environmental indicators and understand systems' complexity while performing LCA, attributional and consequential LCA. Understanding LCA results is important to make them more useful for decision-making and communication. Development of any product, service, or infrastructure causes environmental impact over their value chain viz; from resource extraction during its use/consumption to waste management.  This course is aimed at (i) increasing the understanding of the environmental impacts of a product/service throughout the value chain, (ii) the importance of life cycle thinking in business as well as in the public sector and authorities, and (iii) deepening the knowledge of life cycle analysis. The course comprises lectures, seminars, project work, and a written exam.

Consequential and Attributional Aspects in LCAs; LCA standards;  LCA on Forestry & Biofuel; Buildings; Energy System, evaluation of a product supply chain: life cycle assessment perspective on food, fuel, and fuel systems Integrating LCA with LCC for decision-support are some of the highlights within the course.

Dr. Brijesh Mainali (Associate Professor) will be this course's coordinator. Besides, Dr. Georgios Pardalis (Postdoc researcher) and Ph.D. researchers Ms. Roma Almeida and Ms. Migena Sula will be guiding students with the project work. This course will have a couple of invited lectures from national and international experts in LCA, both from Academia and from Industry. We believe you will gain academic and some hands-on knowledge from industry partners on Life Cycle Analysis through this course.

The course will run in hybrid mode, which means lectures will be given on campus and via Zoom. No recording will be available. The lecture notes and presentation will be uploaded to My-Moodle after each class. Any updates and changes will be notified via MY-Moodle. The link for the course schedule (Time Edit database) is provided below. The course plan has been uploaded in My Moodle.