GG25810 - SOCIAL AND CULTURAL GEOGRAPHIES

Module Identifier	GG25810
Module Title	SOCIAL AND CULTURAL GEOGRAPHIES
Academic Year	2001/2002
Co-ordinator	Dr Timothy Cresswell
Semester	Semester 2
Other staff	Dr Deborah Dixon
Course delivery	Lecture	20 Hours 10 x 2 hours
Assessment	Supplementary examination	2 Hours Same format.	100%
	Exam	2 Hours A seen 2 hour examination - answer two from four questions.	100%

Module Outline (Lecture Themes)

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, and will explore an array of mediums including texts, maps, film, TV and cyberspace.

Topics by week:

Part I

Introducing Cultural Geography
Introducing Social Geography
The Impact of Cultural Studies

Part II

Variations on the Theme of Landcape
Geographies of Race and Ethnicity
Geographies of Gender and Sexuality
Imaginative Geographies

Part III

Cultures of Nature
Critical Cartographies
The Body and Performance

Module Aims

The purpose of this module is to introduce students to the diverse fields of social and cultural geography.

Module objectives / Learning outcomes

On completion of this module students will be able to:-

describe the emergence, development, and key contemporary research agendas in social and cultural geography

discuss how concepts such as culture, landscape and place have been articulated within and without the broader academic discipline

outline and critically evaluate the diversity of methodological approaches available for the study of society, culture, place and landscape,

show evidence of the depth of their reading and their ability to marshall an argument in written form

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