Z8222 Time Geography

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Robert Osman, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Robert Osman, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Robert Osman, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basic concepts of time used in geography.
Learning outcomes
Students will learn about different conceptions of time (linear, cyclical, kairos etc.) and different ways of interfacing with geographical space. The student learns how to extend the classical geographical themes of temporal dimension and how to apply this knowledge in their final work.
Syllabus
  • Curriculum is divided into four successive blocks:
  • I. block: different concept of time; 1. marked time versus measured time; 2. Greek concept chronos and kairos time; 3. linear time versus cyclical time;
  • II. block: Lund School; 4. Torsten Hägerstrand and his followers; 5. the assumptions of Lund School; 6. concept of path, station, bundle, prism and constraint;
  • III. block: rhythmanalysis; 7. concept of rhythm; 8. Henri Lefebvre and his subjective analysis of rhythms; 9. Mike Crang and spectral analysis of rhythms;
  • VI. block: timespace; 10. Albert Einstein and timespace from the perspective of the theory of relativity; 11. Mikhail Bakhtin and his chronotope; 12. Ernesto Laclau and its dislocation and chronopolis.
Literature
    required literature
  • Geographies of rhythm : nature, place, mobilities and bodies. Edited by Tim Edensor. Burlington: Ashgate, 2010, xi, 241. ISBN 9780754676621. info
  • TimeSpace : geographies of temporality. Edited by Jon May - N. J. Thrift. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2001, xii, 323. ISBN 0415180848. info
  • LEFEBVRE, Henri. Rhythmanalysis : space, time and everyday life. Edited by Stuart Elden, Translated by Gerald Moore. 1st pub. London: Bloomsbury, 2013, viii, 118. ISBN 9781472507167. info
    recommended literature
  • OSMAN, Robert and Ondřej MULÍČEK. Urban chronopolis: Ensemble of rhythmized dislocated places. Geoforum. Oxford: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2017, vol. 85, October, p. 46-57. ISSN 0016-7185. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2017.07.013. URL info
  • OSMAN, Robert, Daniel SEIDENGLANZ and Ondřej MULÍČEK. Urban Place as a Heterochronotopia: A Case Study of a Brno Locality. Sociologický časopis. AV ČR, Sociologický ústav, 2016, vol. 52, No 6, p. 927-962. ISSN 0038-0288. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.13060/00380288.2016.52.6.291. URL info
  • MULÍČEK, Ondřej, Robert OSMAN and Daniel SEIDENGLANZ. Time-space Rhythms of the City – The Industrial and Post-industrial Brno. Environment and Planning A. SAGE, 2016, vol. 48, No 1, p. 115-131. ISSN 0308-518X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0308518X15594809. Abstrakt Celý článek info
  • MULÍČEK, Ondřej, Robert OSMAN and Daniel SEIDENGLANZ. Urban rhythms: A chronotopic approach to urban timespace. Time & Society. SAGE, 2015, vol. 24, No 3, p. 304-325. ISSN 0961-463X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0961463X14535905. Abstrakt Celý článek info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods - lectures, reading scientific literature, class discussion.
Assessment methods
For successful completion of the course is required to meet two basic conditions. The first condition involves reading the thirteen selected texts, writing a short summary and active participation in discussions in seminars. The second condition is compulsory attendance at seminars. The course is finished by colloquium debate.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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