Extractive Industries and Local People (5op)

Arviointiasteikko

H-5

Tavoitteet

After completion of the course the student is able to
- assess and analyse the ways in which extractive industries affect and shape local communities and societies in the Arctic region
- evaluate how the use of renewable on-surface resources in local and indigenous Arctic livelihoods relates to the use of sub-surface resources in the same area, extracted for world markets
- recognize the different ways in which local people relate to, resist or make use of industrial natural resource extraction in their area
- get acquainted and make use of the theoretical concept of extractivism in Arctic Studies and apply it to specific ethnographic examples from the Arctic
- assess the relevance of international standards, guidelines and best practices for local people’s relations vis-a-vis the extractive industries
- compare the ways in which the relationship between the extractive industries and local people may differ across the Circumpolar region, including Arctic Russia, the Nordic countries and Canada.

Toteutustavat

Teaching profile: HYBRID 1.

Suoritustavat

Seminars and assignments.

Sisältö

Extractive industries have triggered huge social and cultural change all over our planet. Especially among people who do not have their own states in many cases their rights are precarious vis à vis the industries and the authorities. The situation where local people bear the environmental costs of industrial development, while the benefits go somewhere else has given rise to indigenous political movements worldwide.

This course will focus to the social science study of the relations between incoming extractive industries and local people who inhabit the lands on which natural resources of interest to such industries are located.

Oppimateriaalit

TBC during the course. 

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (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.

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (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 manifest comprehension, insight, and skills to critically analyse and argue the content of the course.

Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

Excellent (5): Performance delineates an extensive whole and the author can apply knowledge in a multifaceted way or place it in various contexts. The work manifests independency and insight, and it is a flawless entity that involves justified thinking or critical contemplation. The work is well written and implemented.