Module: Environmental Storytelling

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Environmental Storytelling
Module Code	ICT1032 (ITS: CM2009)
Faculty	Communications	School	Humanities & Social Sciences
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	10

Description

This module critically appraises key approaches to understanding the environment/society relationship. Each week a theory central to the understanding of the environment/society relationship is introduced. This theory is further investigated through analysis of producers who use multimedia practices, including lens-based media, moving image, sound, and sensor-based works, to tell environmental stories. This encourages students to consider how multimedia practice can be used in environmental storytelling, and to tell their own stories around pressing environmental crises. The module has a strong focus on student-centred learning with an emphasis on student inputs into seminars.

Learning Outcomes

1. Understand a range of theoretical and perspectives pertaining to the environment/society relationship
2. Develop competencies in critically appraising the role of contemporary multimedia culture in representing environmental issues
3. Understand the the potential for new media practices in communicating novel imaginaries about the environment
4. develop competencies in analysing and applying how practice-based multimedia approaches can communicate topics about the environment/society relationship in novel ways

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Lecture	11	No Description
Seminars	22	No Description
Independent Study	217	No Description
Total Workload: 250

Section Breakdown
CRN	20570	Part of Term	Semester 2
Coursework	0%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	40PASS	Pass Both Elements	Y
Resit Category	RC1	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Trish Morgan	Module Teacher

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Assignment	n/a	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Indicative content
Nature/society, state of the environment, (urban) political ecology, production of nature, where is nature, when is nature, media and environment

Indicative Reading List

Books:

Paul RobbinsJohn HintzSarah A Moore: 0, Environment and Society a critical introduction,
Linda Weintraub: 0, To Life!,
Linda Weintraub: 0, What's next?,
Jennifer Gabrys: 0, Program Earth,

Articles:
None

Other Resources

None