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LU0096

Rurality, Livelihood and Gender

This course is for you that want to learn more about an overview of the food security and social security situation of rural livelihoods, partly drawing on gender analysis.



The course elaborates on the interrelations between rural and urban, farm and non-farm strategies in building household livelihoods. The focus is on low-income countries and marginal areas of production and livelihoods, particularly regions in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa that are affected by poverty.



The course addresses the interconnections between rural development, gender and technology, institutions, food security, social security and poverty. Students will learn how to describe and critically discuss, amongst others, dominant policies and programmes in rural development, people’s motivations and livelihood strategies and gender and development theory.

Information from the course leader

Welcome to the course Rurality, Livelihoods and Gender 2024!

(Please note that there is an updated schedule available in canvas, see link below)

Dear all,

The Rurality, Livelihoods and Gender course runs from 2nd of September to the 1st of November 2024. This is one of the core courses of the Master Program in Rural Development offered at the Department of Urban and Rural Development at SLU. The course is also open for students from other programs.

The course is designed to synthesize and discuss several theoretical and analytical approaches to the intersections between rurality, livelihoods and gender. This will include familiarizing you with current research perspectives on local and global dynamics and the use of different case studies representing contexts from both the global South and Global North.

The course leaders are Cristián Alarcón, Gwen Varley and Clara Gustafsson based at the division of Rural Development at the Department of Urban and Rural Development of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala.

Our first meeting is scheduled for Monday 2/9 at 13:30 hrs and we will meet in the following room: Sal Q. Ulls hus B-blocket, SLU Campus Ultuna. This first day is to introduce the course and give you an overview of the structure and goals of the learning activities during the course.

We will use Canvas as the main platform for the course.

The course's schedule and the grading criteria are available at canvas (this schedule can be subject to minor changes): https://slu-se.instructure.com/files/1349533/download?download_frd=1

Also, we will have a discussion room in canvas that you can use to write some words about yourself and share your expectations for the course.

Finally, please note that that the roll call for the master programme students and welcome by Heads of Studies is schedule for Monday 2/9 at 11.30. See information about room and time for this roll call here: https://internt.slu.se/en/support-services/education/education-at-bachelors-and-masters-level/new-students/welcoming-new-students/Roll-call-day-programme-and-time-slots/

We look forward to meeting you very soon,

Cristian, Gwen and Clara

Course evaluation

The course evaluation is open

Please fill in the evaluation form

You have until 2024-11-14

Additional course evaluations for LU0096

Academic year 2023/2024

Rurality, Livelihood and Gender (LU0096-10386)

2023-08-28 - 2023-10-30

Academic year 2022/2023

Rurality, Livelihood and Gender (LU0096-10110)

2022-08-29 - 2022-10-31

Academic year 2021/2022

Rurality, Livelihood and Gender (LU0096-10258)

2021-08-30 - 2021-11-01

Academic year 2020/2021

Rurality, Livelihood and Gender (LU0096-10232)

2020-08-31 - 2020-11-01

Academic year 2019/2020

Rurality, Livelihood and Gender (LU0096-10161)

2019-09-02 - 2019-10-31

Academic year 2018/2019

Rurality, Livelihood and Gender (LU0096-10162)

2018-09-03 - 2018-11-11

Syllabus and other information

Litterature list

Books

The following books will be covered in more depth during this course. Hence, if you plan on purchasing any books, we recommend these three:

Ellis F. 2000. Rural livelihoods and diversity in developing countries. Oxford University Press. Available at the Ultuna Service Centre in limited supply.

Peet, R. and E. Hartwick. 2015. Theories of Development: Contentions, Arguments, Alternatives. Guilford Publications.

Arora-Jonsson Seema, 2014, Gender, Development and Environmental Governance –Routledge

In addition, selected book chapters are included in lectures, but either those will be available in Canvas or in the library (since it may not make sense to purchase a book for only a chapt.or two).

Course facts

The course is offered as an independent course: Yes The course is offered as a programme course: Rural Development and Natural Resource Management - Master's Programme EnvEuro - European Master in Environmental Science Tuition fee: Tuition fee only for non-EU/EEA/Switzerland citizens: 27500 SEK Cycle: Master’s level (A1N)
Subject: Environmental Science Rural Development Rural Development Environmental science
Course code: LU0096 Application code: SLU-10169 Location: Uppsala Distance course: No Language: English Responsible department: Department of Urban and Rural Development Pace: 100%