GEOG 569 H10 30872

SocBehavSci, NotCore

Intersections of international development and environmental change; study of general theoretical perspectives balanced with case studies from the Global South. FS: 12/05/2018. CL: 2020.

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How does where you live influence who you are? How do our understandings of the world - our beliefs, values, dreams, and memories - influence the environments of everyday life? What can we learn about cultural identity and belonging by examining the landscapes and places we think are important to who we are? How does society reinforce or challenge issues such as social, economic, or political inequality through planning and organizing physical and social space? This course introduces students to spatial ways of thinking about culture, including the interrelationships between power, meanings and values, ways of life, and material things we use every day. By the end of this course students will: demonstrate an understanding of the field of cultural geography with reference to current research; use the concepts of space, place, and landscape to examine current social issues; demonstrate a geographic understanding of how identity and inequality are produced in society; and use spatial concepts to study local topics. Students keep a fieldwork journal, conduct a research project, and participate in classroom discussions about assigned theoretical, research, popular, fiction, or documentary material as assigned.