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40003-01 - Seminar: Linking Sustainable Development, Equity and Health: Triggering Debates across Disciplinary Boundaries 3 KP

Semester Frühjahrsemester 2016
Angebotsmuster einmalig
Dozierende Brigit Obrist van Eeuwijk (brigit.obrist@unibas.ch)
Constanze Pfeiffer (constanze.pfeiffer@unibas.ch)
Piet Van Eeuwijk (peter.vaneeuwijk@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn)
Inhalt By now it is widely acknowledged that health is both a condition for and an outcome of sustainable development. In many cases, the best choices for health are also the best choices for the physical environment; and the most equitable and environment-friendly choices are also good for health. However, up to now, the links between debates in sustainable development and in public health/health promotion remain weak. The motto “joint research and action for healthy people in healthy societies on a healthy planet” formulated by Kickbusch (2010:40) links the two debates. Moving in this direction means tackling ‘wicked problems’. Students should thus learn to ‘think out of their box’. As experts in public health, for instance, they will need to go beyond the boundaries of health systems. Students have to develop capabilities in joint analysis and planning in inter- and transnational partnerships with scientists from other fields, policy makers, practitioners and activists, which calls for a transdisciplinary approach. Further they will be introduced to systemic approaches to health in social-ecological systems based on the “one health” concept, linking human and animal health and EcoHealth, which formally relates health and ecosystem services.
Lernziele To sharpen students’ competences in understanding and considering the interdependence and interaction of health with the three core fields of sustainable development - economy, society and environment - and with the underlying concepts of social justice and social equity.
Literatur A reader will be available at the beginning of the course.

Selected literature as first introduction:

Kickbusch I 2010. Triggering debate – white paper. The food system – prism of present and future challenges for health promotion and sustainable development. Bern: Health Promotion Switzerland. Available at: http://www.ilonakickbusch.com/kickbusch-wAssets/docs/White-Paper-The-Food-System.pdf
Obrist B, Iteba N, Lengeler C et al. (2007) Access to health care in contexts of livelihood insecurity: A framework for analysis and action. PLoS Medicine 4(10): 1584-1588. URL: http://collections.plos.org/poverty.php
Obrist B, Pfeiffer C and R Henley (2010) Multi-layered social resilience: A new approach in mitigation research. Progress in Development Studies 10(4): 283-293.
Östlin P, Schrecker T, Sadana R et al. 2011. Priorities for research on equity and health: towards an equity-focused health research agenda. PLoS Medicine 8: e1001115.
Parkes MW (2011) Diversity, emergence, resilience: guides for a new generation of ecohealth research and practice. Ecohealth 8(2): 137-139. doi: 10.1007/s10393-011-0732-8.
Pfeiffer C, Obrist B, Henley R et al. 2013. Social resilience: a new approach in mitigation research. Evidence for Policy Series, Global Edition, No. 14. Bern, Switzerland: NCCR North-South. http://www.socialresilience.ch/index.php?eID=tx_nawsecuredl&u=0&file=fileadmin/liveres/redaktion/Tanzania/Global_Policy_Brief_Social_Resilience.pdf&t=1385829543&hash=63b957bb0ecbc7b1c110c7b82ffa752d .
Springett J, Whitelaw S and M Dooris 2010. Sustainable development, equity and health: Time to get radical. Critical Public Health 20(3): 275-280.
Van Eeuwijk P 2006. Old-age vulnerability, ill-health and care support in urban areas of Indonesia. Ageing and Society 26: 61-80.
WHO 2008. Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on social determinants of health. Commission on Social Determinants of Health Final Report. Geneva: WHO.
WCED (World Commission on Environment and Development) 1987. Our Common Future (Brundtland Report). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Zinsstag J, Bonfoh B, Cissé G et al. 2011. Towards equity effectiveness in health interventions. In: Wiesmann U. and Hurni H. (Eds.) Research in sustainable development: foundation, experiences, and perspectives. Bern: Geographica Bernensia, 623-639.
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Teilnahmebedingungen Die Teilnehmerzahl ist auf 25 Personen beschränkt. Die Plätze werden nach Belegdatum und Studienfachzugehörigkeit vergeben. Vorrang haben die Studierenden der unter "Module" aufgelisteten Studienfächer/-gänge.
Unterrichtssprache Englisch
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Module Modul Environment and Human Well-Being (Master Studiengang: African Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013))
Modul Fields: Environment and Development (Master Studiengang: African Studies)
Modul Fields: Governance and Politics (Master Studiengang: African Studies)
Modul Fields: Public Health and Social Life (Master Studiengang: African Studies)
Modul Internationales Zusatzwissen (Master European Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.02.2015))
Modul Kernbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaftliche Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (Master Sustainable Development)
Modul Politik und Entwicklung (Master Studienfach: Soziologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013))
Modul Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Master Studienfach: Ethnologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013))
Modul Theory and General Anthropology (Master Studienfach: Anthropology)
Modul Ungleichheit, Konflikt, Kultur (Master Studienfach: Soziologie)
Modul Wirtschaft, Politik und Entwicklung (Master Studienfach: Soziologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013))
Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Staatlichkeit, Entwicklung und Globalisierung (Master European Global Studies)
Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit (Master European Global Studies)
Leistungsüberprüfung Lehrveranst.-begleitend
Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung Students will be expected to:
- prepare fully and participate actively in seminar discussion,
- participate in 2 excursions,
- write reading responses to one week reading,
- develop discussion questions and (help) moderate plenary discussion or
- prepare and conduct expert interviews by using a video camera.
An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich
Wiederholungsprüfung keine Wiederholungsprüfung
Skala Pass / Fail
Wiederholtes Belegen nicht wiederholbar
Zuständige Fakultät Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch
Anbietende Organisationseinheit Fachbereich Ethnologie

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