Handbook

In this course, you will explore the multiple dimensions of crisis through a sociological lens. You will examine the different temporal and spatial elements of crisis such as time, memory, geography, place and history. You will investigate the intersections of crisis through historical and contemporary examples that focus on the experiential, emotional and social implications of crisis. Themes and topics may include but are not confined to climate crisis and extinction, economic and socio-political crisis and revolt, effects of pandemics as well as the multiple framings of power, justice and humanitarian response in times of crisis. By examining these various themes and cultural practices, you will focus on how crisis is lived and experienced, and you will examine the consequences of accelerated change in our everyday lives and communities, and how we can navigate the future for human and non-human worlds.