| Module Identifier |
GG25810 |
| Module Title |
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL GEOGRAPHIES |
| Academic Year |
2002/2003 |
| Co-ordinator |
Sarah G Cant |
| Semester |
Semester 2 |
| Course delivery |
Lecture | 20 Hours 10 x 2 hours |
| Assessment |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours Examination - answer two from four questions. | 100% |
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Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours Same format. | 100% |
Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students will be able to:-
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describe the emergence, development, and key contemporary research agendas in social and cultural geography
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discuss how concepts such as culture, landscape and place have been articulated within and without the broader academic discipline
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outline and critically evaluate the diversity of methodological approaches available for the study of society, culture, place and landscape,
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show evidence of the depth of their reading and their ability to marshall an argument in written form
Content
Focusing on the themes of landscape, place and representation this module will critically examine some of the key issues and debates that have defined social and cultural geography and preoccupy its current practitioners. In doing so students will read both theoretical works and empirical studies of particular landscapes and places.
The themes to be covered in this module will be specified at the start of next session by the newly appointed module co-ordinator.
Aims
The purpose of this module is to introduce students to the diverse fields of social and cultural geography.
Reading Lists
Books
** Essential Reading
Mitchell, Don. (2000)
Cultural Geography: A Critical Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell
** Recommended Text
Agnew, J., Livingstone, D.N., and Rogers, A. (1966)
Human Geography: An Essential Anthology. Oxford: Blackwell
Crang, Mike. (1998)
Cultural Geography. London: Routledge
Jackson, Peter. (1994)
Maps of Meaning. An Introduction to Cultural Geography. London: Routledge