Humans, Environment and Culture, 5–10 cr
- Description
- Completion options
- Completion option 1
- Completion option 2
- Completion option 3
Participation in teaching; Finnish, English
Scheduled teaching
Ruokahistoriaa kautta aikain, Verkko-opetus
Venäjän demokraattinen kehitys suurten muutosten aikana: Aleksanteri II - bolševikkien valtaantulo -verkkokurssi, Verkko-opetus
Gender, Crime and Sexuality in Britain, 1900-2000, Lectures
Humans, Environment and Culture, Lectures
Mobility in the Pre-Modern Baltic Sea Region, Online teaching
Mobility in its various forms and scales is a fundamental aspect of human history. Already in pre-modern times, the Baltic Sea functioned as a route for travel and enabled the exchange of both goods and ideas. Mobility was thus a major factor of cultural contact – in most cases voluntary, in others forced. In many cases, the impact of this cultural exchange is still visible today. This course discusses different forms of mobility in the pre-modern Baltic Sea Region and examines the ways they can be assessed with the help of material that is still extant in the form of archives, collections, literature, or monuments. Students will learn to work with primary sources that were produced in the Baltic Sea region in the pre-modern times.
After the completion of the course, the students are expected to:
1. Assess different forms of mobility in the pre-modern Baltic Sea region, and explain its development, motives, and outcomes from a historical perspective.
2. Compare and critically discuss differences in historiographical traditions around the Baltic Sea concerning the significance of cultural contacts in pre-modern times.
3. Demonstrate competence in understanding, interpreting, and analysing primary source material related to the course contents.
Assessment tasks and course activities
The assessment tasks of this course consist of a group presentation on an assigned topic and an individual written essay on a chosen topic (see the details on the examination on the course site).
The course activities include:
1. Pre-recorded lectures
2. Live online seminars with assigned readings, group discussions and exercises
3. Group work with a work package (see the details on the course site)
4. Oral presentation of the group work
5. Individual essay on a selected topic
5 ECTS credits
Grading scale (ECTS grade): A (excellent), B (very good), C (good), D (satisfactory), E (sufficient), Fx (insufficient) and F (fail).
Tampere University grade: 5 (excellent), 4 (very good), 3 (good), 2 (satisfactory), 1 (sufficient), Fx (insufficient) and F (fail).