Module Information

Module Identifier

GS14220

Module Title

Place and Identity

Academic Year

2024/2025

Co-ordinator

Dr Mitch Rose

Semester

Semester 2

Reading List

View example reading list on Aspire

Other Staff

Course Delivery

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment length / details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	Group Poster Presentation 1,500 words	30%
Semester Assessment	End of module assessment	70%
Supplementary Assessment	End of module assessment	70%
Supplementary Assessment	Poster Presentation Poster presentation 1,500 words	30%

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

Identify and explain the social, cultural and political forces shaping our geographic world.

Identify and evaluate the power relations connecting identity and place.

Apply a range of relevent theoretical ideas and conceptual literatures to case studies.

Synthesise and summarise information effectively and present in a poster format.

Develop and build coherent and concise arguments in and exam format.

Brief description

This module provides a critical introduction to a number of key themes in human geography. It explores the complex web of identity relations that constitute places and how those relations are imbued with relations of power. Case studies will be a key component of this module as staff will draw upon contemporary and historical events from their research to illustrate how identity relations can produce spatial outcomes that are opressive and/or exclusionary. Key themes will include:

· The relationship between geography and power.
· The relationship between geography and identity.
· Different forms of power and their effects on space.
· Key spatial objects in human geography: e.g., places, landscaped and cities.
· Key geographic concepts such as resistance, representation, development, mobility, consumption and exclusion.

On completion of this module students should have a broad understanding of the main concepts and concerns of human geography and how power place identity and politics are intimately connected.

Content

The module is divided into weekly lectures and a number of active learning workshops to support student engagement with the assessment. It will be divided into three content blocks that will be related to staff research interests and expertise. Each lecture block will be followed by a two-hour workshop. Each block will explore the relationship between place and identity.

Module Skills

Skills Type	Skills details
Application of Number	Not explicitly, although this may well come into course content on occasion.
Communication	Yes; written communication skills for the assessments; oral communication for poster presentations and through class discussions etc.
Improving own Learning and Performance	Yes, through practical sessions attached to the module focussed on supporting content and study skills.
Information Technology	Yes through the production of the coursework, and making use of VLEs
Personal Development and Career planning	Yes, with applied knowledge / employability-focussed practicals.
Problem solving	Yes, through course content.
Research skills	Yes, through engaging with current research to produce the essay and revise for the exam.
Subject Specific Skills	Yes, engagement with current theoretical ideas.
Team work	Yes, through poster group presentation

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 4