Local perspectives
Kursen ger dig kunskaper om vilken betydelse privat, offentlig och ideell sektor har och har haft i ett landsbygdsutvecklingsperspektiv
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LU0101-20059 - Course evaluation report
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Additional course evaluations for LU0101
Academic year 2023/2024
Local perspectives (LU0101-20171)
2023-12-01 - 2024-01-14
Academic year 2021/2022
Local perspectives (LU0101-20135)
2021-12-03 - 2022-01-16
Syllabus and other information
Syllabus
LU0101 Local perspectives, 7.5 Credits
Lokala perspektivSubjects
Rural Development Rural DevelopmentEducation cycle
Bachelor’s levelModules
| Title | Credits | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Individual assignment | 5.5 | 0102 |
| Problem based study | 1.0 | 0103 |
| Seminarium participation | 1.0 | 0104 |
Advanced study in the main field
First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirementsBachelor’s level (G1N)
Grading scale
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.
Language
SwedishPrior knowledge
General entry requirements for higher education.Objectives
The course aims at giving the students a good understanding of different rural areas from local perspectives.
Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:
reflect on the importance that private, public and non-profit sectors have, and have had, in a rural development perspective;
account for the main actors in rural areas;
orally and in writing discuss local perspectives on rural development.
Content
Students prepare, through lectures, literature studies and seminars, for a study trip, when they visit farmers and other entrepreneurs, local groups and individual rural residents and familiarize themselves with their activities.
The students make a group project, which is presented orally and in writing, and they also write an individual text. Both theoretical and practical elements are included in the course, such as literature studies, seminars and field studies.
Grading form
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.Formats and requirements for examination
Approved take-home examination. Approved group work and approved individual texts. Approved participation in compulsory seminars and study trip.
If a student has failed an examination, the examiner has the right to issue supplementary assignments. This applies if it is possible and there are grounds to do so.
The examiner can provide an adapted assessment to students entitled to study support for students with disabilities following a decision by the university. Examiners may also issue an adapted examination or provide an alternative way for the students to take the exam.
If this syllabus is withdrawn, SLU may introduce transitional provisions for examining students admitted based on this syllabus and who have not yet passed the course.
For the assessment of an independent project (degree project), the examiner may also allow a student to add supplemental information after the deadline for submission. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.
Other information
The right to participate in teaching and/or supervision only applies for the course instance the student was admitted to and registered on.
If there are special reasons, students are entitled to participate in components with compulsory attendance when the course is given again. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.
Additional information
Costs of study visits may apply. Some lectures may be conducted in English.Responsible department
Department of Urban and Rural Development
Further information
Litterature list
1) One uniform welfare state or a multitude of welfare municipalities? The evolution of local variation in Swedish eldercare.
**Länk: **https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9515.2010.00725.x
**Författare: **Trydegård, Gun-Britt och Thorslund, Maths
**Kommentar: **Social policy an d administration 44 (4) 495-511
2) Omsorgsfylld landsbygd, Rumsliga perspektiv på åldrande och omsorg på den svenska landsbygden
**Länk: **http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?aq2=%5B%5B%5D%5D&af=%5B%5D&searchType=LIST_LATEST&language=sv&pid=diva2%3A770264&aq=%5B%5B%5D%5D&sf=all&aqe=%5B%5D&sortOrder=author_sort_asc&onlyFullText=false&noOfRows=50&dswid=-7573
**Författare: **Bygdell, Cecilia
**Kommentar: **Upplands Forminnesförenings Tidskrift 56. Ss 29-60; ss 189-193
3) Spotting good ageing: using welfare theory of health to frame the agency of older adults with immigrant backgrounds to attain good ageing
**Länk: **https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2156857X.2021.1902377
**Författare: **Carl Johansson, Ildikó Asztalos Morell, Daniel Lindberg & Lena-Karin Gustafsson
**Kommentar: **Nordic Social Work Research, DOI: 10.1080/2156857X.2021.1902377
4) Work-integrated learning and health literacy as catalysts for Roma empowerment and social inclusion: A participatory action research,
**Länk: **https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1476750317702951
**Författare: **Eklund Karlsson, L. Karin C Ringsberg and Crondahl, K.,
**Kommentar: **Action Research 2019, Vol. 17(4) 549–572
5) The realm of freedom in new rural governance: Micro-politics of democracy in Sweden
**Länk: **https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016718516302913
**Författare: **Seema Arora-Jonsson
**Kommentar: **Geoforum 79 (2017) 58–69
6) Future ageing: welfare technology practices for our future older selves
**Länk: **https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S001632871730229X
**Författare: **Cozza M., Crevani, L., Hallin, A., Schaeffer, J.
**Kommentar: **Special Issue on “Socio-technical futures and the governance of innovation processes”, Futures. The journal of policy, planning and futures studies, vol 109, pp. 117-129
7) Local: global.
**Länk: **https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781446216293.n9
**Författare: **Cox, K.
**Kommentar: **Cox, K. (2005). Local: global. In P. Cloke, & R. Johnston (Eds.), Spaces of geographical thought: Deconstructing human geography's binaries (pp. 175-198). SAGE Publications Ltd, https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781446216293.n9
8) Material Worlds: Natural Resources, Resource Geography and the Material Economy.
**Länk: **https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00233.x
**Författare: **Bridge, G.
**Kommentar: **Bridge, G. (2009), Material Worlds: Natural Resources, Resource Geography and the Material Economy. Geography Compass, 3: 1217-1244. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00233.x
9) Rural Development
**Författare: **Kjell Hansen och Adam Pain
**Kommentar: **Kjell Hansen och Adam Pain (2019) Rural Development, avsnitt om Livelyhood från Introkursen
10) Lokala perspektiv kring hållbar försörjning på landsbygden i södra Afrika.
**Författare: **Hajdu, Flora.
**Kommentar: **Hajdu, Flora. 2015. Lokala perspektiv kring hållbar försörjning på landsbygden i södra Afrika. Ymer 2014 - Resurser och politik i Afrika: Lokala perspektiv på globala processer. Svenska sällskapet för antropologi och geografi (SSAG).
11) Sveriges förändrade lantbruk – Lantbrukarnas egna röster om förändringar sedan 1990-talet och strategier inför framtiden.
**Länk: **https://www.slu.se/globalassets/ew/org/centrb/fu-food/publikationer/future-food-reports/slu-futurefood_rapport_11.pdf
**Författare: **Hajdu F, Eriksson C, Waldenström C and Westholm E.
**Kommentar: **2020. Sveriges förändrade lantbruk – Lantbrukarnas egna röster om förändringar sedan 1990-talet och strategier inför framtiden. SLU Future Food Reports 11, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, SLU Future Food.