Lecture: Social-ecology in livestock production systems - Details

Lecture: Social-ecology in livestock production systems - Details

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Course name Lecture: Social-ecology in livestock production systems
Subtitle
Course number 740614
Semester SoSe 2024
Current number of participants 2
maximum number of participants 20
Home institute Department für Nutztierwissenschaften
participating institutes Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics, Dozenten der Universität Kassel, Witzenhausen
Courses type Lecture in category Teaching
First date Wednesday, 17.07.2024 12:00 - 13:30
Type/Form
Pre-requisites Basic knowledge (B.Sc. level) of soil, plant and
animal sciences
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Prüfungsleistung(en) je Modul / Exam details per module:

* [(M.SIA.A08.Mp) Social-ecology in livestock production systems][1]
* Klausur: Mo, 12.08.2024, von 10:00:00 bis 12:00:00
* Klausur: Fr, 11.10.2024, von 10:00:00 bis 12:00:00

[1]: https://ecampus.uni-goettingen.de/h1/pages/startFlow.xhtml?_flowId=detailView-flow&unitId=32416&periodId=272
Miscellanea Literature:
Kaufmann, B.A. 2007: Cybernetic analysis of socio-biological systems: The case of
livestock management in resource poor systems. In: Kommunikation und Beratung,
Volume 81, Margraf Publishing; McCown, R.L. 2002: Changing systems for supporting
farmers' decisions: problems, paradigms and prospects. Agricultural Systems 74:
179-220; Wiener, N. 1948: Cybernetics or control and communication in the animal and
the machine. John Wiley, New York.

Rooms and times

No room preference
Wednesday, 17.07.2024 12:00 - 13:30
Monday, 29.07.2024 09:00 - 15:00
Tuesday, 30.07.2024 09:00 - 15:00
Wednesday, 31.07.2024 09:00 - 15:00
Thursday, 01.08.2024 09:00 - 15:00
Friday, 02.08.2024 09:00 - 15:00
Monday, 05.08.2024 09:00 - 15:00
Tuesday, 06.08.2024 09:00 - 15:00
Wednesday, 07.08.2024 09:00 - 15:00
Thursday, 08.08.2024 09:00 - 15:00
Friday, 09.08.2024 09:00 - 15:00
Monday, 12.08.2024 09:00 - 15:00

Fields of study

Module assignments

Comment/Description

Contents
Theoretical background of the socio-ecological system view: System theory, 1st and 2nd order
cybernetics, complex adaptive systems, human activity systems.
Actor oriented approach to understand and influence low external input systems:
- Local knowledge and situated practices
- Methodology for understanding local knowledge: Second order observation and knowledge
analysis
- Collaborative learning: Exchange between knowledge systems, dialogue, action research,
livestock farmer experimentation, participatory monitoring and evaluation
Modelling of livestock systems as tool for collaborative learning: Bio-economic modelling, multi-agent
modelling, role plays.


Objectives
Students understand livestock systems as socio-ecological systems in which livestock farmers through
their actions establish, maintain and develop the respective production system. Consequently, these socalled
human activity systems are assessed using an actor oriented approach. Emphasis of this module
is on methods that are used to analyse and improve livestock farmers" management. This serves to
understand "why livestock farmers do what they do" and "how livestock farmers produce". Students
learn how they can make use of the knowledge of livestock farmers to better understand how low
external input systems work. Collaborative learning is introduced as methodology to develop human
activity systems in a transdisciplinary research approach. They deal with the question of how mutual
understanding between livestock farmers and scientists can be achieved despite the different
knowledge systems. Students obtain a profound insight into methods for farmer experimentations in
which livestock farmers and scientists collaborate, and into using computer models as learning tools for
ex-ante assessment of improvement measures in community based approaches. In what - if analyses
the change of action rules on the performance of socio-ecological systems is assessed.

Examination requirements:
Social-ecological systems analysis; systems theory, cybernetic, complex adaptive
systems, human activity systems. Local knowledge and situated practices; analysis of
local knowledge; cooperative learning; modelling of livestock husbandry systems.

Anmeldungen per Mail direkt an < j.albrecht@ditsl.org >

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Limited number of participants: Social-ecology in livestock production systems".
This course takes place in Witzenhausen, Steinstrasse 19, lecture hall S1, from 29.7.24 to 12.8.24. Daily contact time: 9.00 - 15.00 h. First meeting is on 17.7.24, 12- 13.30 h, same venue.
Please send your note of interest in participation to Mrs Janna Pfister (j.pfister@ditsl.org).
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • The enrolment is possible from 24.04.2024, 00:00 to 31.05.2024, 00:04.
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats will be assigned in order of enrolment.