Saint-Louis University - Bruxelles
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USLB1003 - Interdisciplinary seminar on post-growth Society



Credits : 4

Lecturer :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , second term, 5 hours of theory.

Language of instruction :
French (paper can be done in English on request).



Learning outcomes :
Realization of a paper around books related to post-growth analysis. Based on the number of credits chosen, the student will have to work with one or two of the proposed books.


Prerequisites :
None

Co-requisites :
None

Course contents :
- a two-hour session of an ex cathedra course with an explanation of the modalities
- paper proposal to the professor
- 1 week later, professor's feedback with agreement or alternative
- during the development of the work, students can contact the professor / assistants
- final paper due during the last week of the course



Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
- reading and critical analysis of texts
- capacity for disciplinary and transdisciplinary analysis in relation to students' spheres of competence
- bibliographic and scientific research
- develop a written argument


Assessment methods and criteria :
Written work which will be assessed on the basis of the modalities described above
The workload will depend on the number of credits followed and the work will be done in this way:
- 1 credit: critical analysis of one theme addressed in one of the three books and reference to two scientific articles to be found
- 2 credits: critical analysis of two themes covered in one of the three books and reference to four scientific articles to be found
- 3 credits: critical analysis of one theme addressed in each of the two selected books among three possible books - that is, two themes in total, and reference to two scientific articles per theme to be found
- 4 credits: critical analysis of two themes addressed in each of the two selected books among three possible books - that is, four themes in total, and reference to two scientific articles per theme to be found



Recommended or required reading :
Reference books:

Isabelle Cassiers, Kevin Maréchal, Dominique Méda, Towards a post-growth society: integrating ecological, economic and social challenges, Editions de l'Aube, 2017.
Tim Jackson, Prospérité sans croissance, de Boeck Université, 2017
Damien Demailly, Lucas Chancel, Henri Waisman et Céline Guivarch, Une société post-croissance pour le 21è siècle, Publications de l'IDDRI et sciences po Paris, 2013