Introduction to Arctic World Politics

Objective

After completion of the course the student is able to
- perceive the overall structure of the MA degree in Arctic World Politics and design a personal study plan
- discern what are the major issues, concepts and approaches in Arctic World Politics
- analyse critically and in-depth a few relevant and topical issues and questions
- employ and make use of appropriate theoretical and methodological tools.

Content

This course offers an introduction to the study of Arctic World Politics building on multidisciplinary and decolonial approaches. The aim of the course is to contribute to a better understanding of the ways in which local and global concerns, issues and power relations intersect and are entangled in the context of Arctic societies and communites, and to make students familiar with central theoretical and conceptual approaches. In addition, we focus on questions relating to the politics and ethics of Arctic expertise and knowledge production, and to their role in Arctic World Politics and governance.

Qualifications

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Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Fail (0): Performance is highly deficient or erroneous. The work may be based on serious misunderstandings.

Sufficient (1): The author has identified some key concepts and aspects in the research field. Performance is lacking in scope, superficial, or corresponds poorly to the assignment. The author merely lists things out of context, or addresses them one-sidedly. The work may contain errors or obscurities.

Satisfactory (2): The author has identified the key concepts and aspects in the research field. The performance mainly repeats the content of the course or addresses them one-sidedly.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3): The author has addressed the issue comprehensively. Performance corresponds to the assignment, manifesting skills to analyse and justify the content of the course. The work may contain some deficiencies.

Very good (4): The author has addressed the issue comprehensively. Performance manifests comprehension, insight, and skills to critically analyse and argue the content of the course.