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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
History
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Naomi Yuval-Naeh
Coordinator Office Hours:
Mon, 10-11
Teaching Staff:
Dr. naomi yuval
Course/Module description:
An introductory glimpse at the practices of natural history during 18th-19th centuries. We will read and discuss first and second sources: from personal diaries, travel books, inventories of collections, literature and scientific articles. We will consider how natural history relates not only to science but also to popular culture, literature, art, fashion, and as a tool for expressing national and social perceptions. We will follow the objects and practices used to study nature, and emphasize the ways in which women, children and the poor and other marginalized groups took an active part in the creation and consumption of knowledge about nature. The course will include tours in the Natural History Collections of the Hebrew University, at the Edmund Safra Campus (Givat Ram)
Course/Module aims:
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Analysis of historical sources, introduction to key issues in the history of natural history
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
discussion
Course/Module Content:
Natural History collections, Taxonomy and nomencalture, gender, discovery of the deep past, amateur and professional naturalists, colonialism
Required Reading:
TBD
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 60 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 20 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 20 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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