This module introduces students to the field of social geography: its theoretical perspectives and substantive concerns. It centers upon an understanding of societies as products of uneven and always negotiated relationships of power. Drawing mainly but not exclusively on examples from the UK, it shows that social experience and identities are differentiated according to the social constructions of class and gender, race and ethnicity, age and sexuality and that, rather than simply varying across space, geography itself is central to the construction of social difference. The module aims to develop skills of critical social interpretation on the part of the students.
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23rd Jan |
1 |
Lecture: Introduction to the module and assessment |
No class |
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30th Jan |
2 |
Lecture: Counter-urbanisation and the middle-class colonisation of the countryside 1 Lecture: Counter-urbanisation and the middle-class colonisation of the countryside 2 |
No class |
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6th Feb |
3 |
Lecture: Geographies of rural poverty |
Seminar: Placing the Rural |
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13th Feb |
4 |
Lecture: Geographies of rural homelessness Revision Quiz Weeks 1-4 |
No class |
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20th Feb |
5 |
Lecture: Geographies of race and racism 1 Lecture: Geographies of race and racism 2 |
Seminar: Race, Place and Identity |
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27th Feb |
6 |
Lecture: Gentrification and the middle-class colonisation of the city Lecture: The reconfiguration of public space |
Seminar: Reclaiming the City |
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6th March |
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READING WEEK |
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13th March |
8 |
Lecture: The gendering of urban space Revision Quiz Weeks 5-8 |
Seminar: Egalitarian cities? |
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20th March |
9 |
Lecture: Geographies of sexuality 1 Lecture: Geographies of sexuality 2
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Seminar: Multiple Geographies of Sexuality |
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27th March |
10 |
Lecture: Guide to field walks and course work |
No class |
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Thursday 30 March: Field Walks |
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3rd April |
11 |
Coursework Workshops |
Bank Holiday: No class |
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10th April |
12 |
Bank Holiday: No class |
No class |
