| Module Identifier |
GG25810 |
| Module Title |
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL GEOGRAPHIES |
| Academic Year |
2003/2004 |
| Co-ordinator |
Dr Sarah G Cant |
| Semester |
Semester 2 |
| Course delivery |
Lecture | 20 Hours 10 x 2 hours |
| Assessment |
| Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
|---|
| Semester Exam | 2 Hours Examination - answer two from four questions. | 100% |
| Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours Same format. | 100% |
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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 identity, landscape 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, and explore geographical engagement with a variety of mediums including texts, images, music, film, and TV.
The module is divided into three parts. Part 1 asks the question `what are social and cultural geographies?? We will look at the separate histories of social and cultural geography and show how they have come to be thought of as one field. Part 2 explores some of the central themes of social and cultural geography ? particularly the concept of `landscape?, and the social categories of `race? and gender. Part 3 focuses on some recent work in social and cultural geography, bringing our survey of the sub-discipline right up to date. These themes are cultures of nature, the body and music.
Part 1: Histories
? Introducing Cultural Geography
? Introducing Social Geography
? Society and popular culture
Part 2: Central themes in social and cultural geography
? Geographies of gender and sexuality
? Geographies of race and ethnicity
? Landscape
? Imaginative geographies
Part 3: Recent work in social and cultural geography
? Cultures of nature
? The body
? Music
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
Valentine, Gill (2001) Socila Geographies@ Space and Society
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
Pain, Rachel et al (2001) Introducing Social Geographies
Arnold, London
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5