Writing Local Cultures
Reykjavik
- Iceland
Iceland is known for the medieval saga-literature, stories of heroes and kings, written in the period 1100-1400. The saga literature can be characterized as being stimulated by a settler-society, and among the cultural impulses behind it is a close relatio ...
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Svartarkot: Culture and Nature
Local Environments - Global Impacts
Reykjavik
- Iceland
The course deals with agricultural and environmental history, using the environment and cultural landscape of the Svartarkot area for reference.
The basic idea is to compare two periods in the environmental history of the area, one before the onset of m ...
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Svartarkot: Culture and Nature
Iceland Geography
Reykjavik
- Iceland
Landscapes are a weave of integral processes that continuously co-constitute our environment. This course deals with the development of settlement and natural history from the theories of both physical and human geography in order to understand the landsca ...
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Svartarkot: Culture and Nature
Iceland: Renewable Energy, Technology, and Resource Economics
Reykjavik
- Iceland
Iceland is a world leader in developing the use of renewable energy. While this is partly attributable to the country's ample endowment of geothermal and hydroelectric resources, Icelanders have also made unique economic choices, valuing the social benefit ...
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SIT Study Abroad
Contemporary Nordic Culture & Society: Iceland
Reykjavik
- Iceland
The program will be based in and around Reykjav?k and will employ frequent use of the city's bus system as well as some walking to get to know the city as well as possible in a relatively short period of time and at as low a cost as possible. All classes ...
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University of Colorado at Boulder
CELL Iceland Study Abroad Program
Iceland
CELL's unique study abroad programs focus on sustainability through community and are designed for students who believe that they can make a difference in the world: students who would like to play an active role in creating long-term solutions to problems ...
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Center for Ecological Living and Learning (CELL)
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