{"ModuleCode":"YID3206","ModuleTitle":"Agrarian Change and Environmental Transformations","Department":"Yale-NUS College","ModuleDescription":"This seminar focuses on changes in agriculture and environment now underway in rural areas around the world. Students are introduced to work of scholars, practitioners and activists focusing on the deepening links among rural poverty, food insecurity, social injustice, environmental degradation, and climate change. Drawing on cases from Asia, Africa, and the Americas, we explore the social, political, economic, cultural and material processes that drive change in agrarian societies and environments. Topics include the Green Revolution and its legacies, neoliberalization of agriculture, land grabbing in the 21st century, peasant movements and resistance, and the rise of “alternative” agri-food systems.","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"YID2207 Social Theory and the Environment, or permission of the instructor.","Timetable":[{"LessonType":"Seminar-Style Module Class","ClassNo":"1","DayText":"Tuesday","StartTime":"1300","EndTime":"1430","WeekText":"Every Week","Venue":"Y-EC-GLRm1"},{"LessonType":"Seminar-Style Module Class","ClassNo":"1","DayText":"Friday","StartTime":"1300","EndTime":"1430","WeekText":"Every Week","Venue":"Y-EC-GLRm1"}],"LecturePeriods":["Tuesday Afternoon","Friday Afternoon"]}