The Course ZD331 Geographical Thought

Autumn term  2011

Lecturer: Alois Hynek


Course aims:

ü to understand the role of contemporary geographical thought in socially oriented research

ü evaluate geographical knowledge production with respect to epistemology and social practice

ü differentiate changing proportion among experience, theory and application in the process of
general ´geographization´ of other branches of science

ü design new topic geographies from local/glocal, regional and global challenges


Course schedule:


ü October 6th, 2011 :

1. Geography/ies, philosophy and (critical) social theory, sustainability, security

2. Spatialities, the imperial tradition, post-colonial geographies

3. Regional geographies, regional change, hybridity


ü November 4^th, 2011

4. Humanistic geographies, feminist and gender geographies, lived geographies ,       NRT

5. Radical/marxian geographies, ,  structuration, realism and locality debate,  cultural
geographies

6. Poststructuralist geography, ANT, geo-politics, politics of geography/practices


ü December 2^nd, 2011 ( no apologize accepted)

7. Paper: Dissertation in the light of 1-6  (10 pages WordNormal, min 15 non-Czech citations -
reference ideas, quotations, arguments, understanding,  no plagiarising) – 50%,

deadline Dec. 1st, 24:00 hours

8. Presentations: selected slides from the  paper ( up-to 8 pieces) – 50%

9. Grading scheme:  A: >89, B: 80-89, C: 70-79, D: 60-69, E: 50-59, F<50


Readings:

AITKEN S., VALENTINE G., eds.(2006): Approaches to Human Geography. SAGE, London, 349 s.

CLIFFORD N. and VALENTINE G., eds. (2005): Key Methods in Geography. SAGE, London, 572 s.

CLOKE, P., COOK, I., CRANG, P., GOODWIN, M., PAINTER, J., PHILO, C. (2004): Practising Human
Geography. SAGE, London, 416 s.

CLOKE, P., CRANG, P., GOODWIN, M. (2005): Introducing Human Geographies, 2nd ed.

Hodder Arnold, London, 653 s.

HENDERSON G. and Waterstone M. (2009): Geographic Thought. A Praxis Perspective. Routledge, London
and New York, 378 s.

HOLLOWAY S., RICE S., VALENTINE, eds. (2007): Key Concepts in Geography. SAGE, London, 342 s.

HUBBARD, P., KITCHIN.R. AND VALLENTINE,G. (2004): Key Thinkers on Space and Place. SAGE Publ.,
London,  356 s.

HUBBARD, P., KITCHIN, R., BARTLEY, B., FULLER, D. (2002): Thinking Geographically.Space,theory and
Contemporary Human Geography. Continuum , London,New York, 275 s.

PAIN, R., and  BARKE, M., FULLER, D., GOUGH, J., MACFARLANE, R., MOWL, G. (2001):  Introducing
Social Geographies. Arnold, London,  308 s.

PEET, R. (1998): Modern Geographical Thought. Wiley, New York, 342 s.

PHILLIPS M., ed. (2005): Contested Worlds.  An Introduction to Human Geography. Ashgate, Aldershot,
464 s.