Course ID:  B7603035 

Credits: 3

Course Prerequisites: None

Course Description and Goals:

This course introduces green tourism from the theoretical perspectives of “sustainable development” and “social and solidarity economy.” The ideas and practices of sustainable development and social and solidarity economy bring new insights of rethinking and practicing tourism in current Taiwan. The objectives of this course are as follows. 

1. Students will understand the theories and practices of “social and solidarity economy”, “sustainable development” and “green tourism” from the global perspectives and how these concepts are applied to Taiwan. 

2. This course will provide students with methods to do field work and turn their investigation into workable projects. 

3. This course encourages students to design and run the project by teamwork in order to facilitate the capacity of cooperation and communication. 

Schedule Type:  

Lecture, group discussion and presentation 

Course Schedule (subject to change): 

1. Introduction 

2. Reflections on capitalist economic development 

3. Sustainable Development 

4. Ethics of global development 

5. Civil society and democratic governance 

6. Mid-term presentation 

7. Mid-term presentation 

8. Reframing economy 

9. Reframing work 

10. Reframing business 

11. Reframing market 

12. Reframing property 

13. Community-supported agriculture (CSA), community-supported fishery (CSF), agri-food network 

14. Alternative tourism 

15. Green tourism 

16. Final presentation 

17. Final discussion 

18. Related issues discussion