Z9977 Human geography and cognition

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Milan Jeřábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Pavla Matějů (lecturer)
Mgr. Libor Šimek (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Milan Jeřábek, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Ing. Pavla Matějů
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Mon 17. 9. to Fri 14. 12. Mon 11:00–12:50 Z5,02004
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of geography
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 overall purpose of the course is to show how the geographical space where populations and individuals live shapes their cognition and cultural customs. A student will learn how cognition was formed by space possibilities from prehistory till these days. All types of spaces are included: geographical, political, religious, virtual and postmodern. Languages of lectures: Czech, English
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
-understand cognitive development from prehistorical times till present
-identify intercultural differences in cognition
-describe basic principles of development of political and religious systems in connection with geographical space
-understand regional differences
-orientate in global changes, migration trends
-undestand relations between commercial and living space and co-specifics of cognition
Syllabus
  • 1. Environment influences and the development of homo sapiens.
  • 2. Space and cognition: intercultural studies.
  • 3. Geographical vs. virtual space and cognition.
  • 4. Geographical space and inception of national systems.
  • 5. Geographical space and formation of religious systems.
  • 6. Regional differences.
  • 7. Globalization and changes in space: migration.
  • 8. Constraints in space and cognitive aberrations.
  • 9. Commercial sphere, company culture and its impact on cognition.
  • 10. Housing culture and cognition.
  • 11. Social reality: challenge and crisis of postmodern pursuits.
  • 12. Group discussion: suggested thesis for bachelor/master students
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Beránek, O. (2017). Jedno slunce na nebi, jeden vládce na zemi. Praha: Academia.
  • Desideri, I. (2010). Mission to Tibet (M.J. Sweet, Trans.). Somerville MA: Wisdom Publications. (Original work published in 18th century)
  • al-Semmari, F. (2010). A History of the Arabian Peninsula. London:  I.B.T auris & Co.
  • Hoyland, R.G. (2001). Arabia and the Arabs: from the Bronze Age to the coming Islam. London: Routledge.
  • Hillenbrand, C. (2015). Islam: A New Historical Introduction. London: Thames and Hudson
    not specified
  • VYDRA, Zbyněk; Michal ŘOUTIL; Jitka KOMENDOVÁ; Kateřina HLOUŠKOVÁ and Michal TÉRA. Dějiny Ruska. Vydání první. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2017, 499 stran. ISBN 9788074223242. info
  • KOVÁČ, Ladislav. Konec lidské evoluce : život v závěrečném věku. Translated by Anton Markoš. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2017, 219 stran. ISBN 9788074652240. info
  • O původu kultury : biologické, antropologické a historické koncepce kulturní evoluce. Edited by Lenka Ovčáčková. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 2017, 437 stran. ISBN 9788020027511. info
  • ROUX, Jean-Paul. Střet náboženství : dlouhá válka mezi islámem a křesťanstvím (7. až 21. století). vydání první. V Praze: Rybka Publishers, 2015, 346 stran. ISBN 9788087950135. info
  • SVOBODA, Jiří. Předkové. Evoluce člověka. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 2014, 480 pp. ISBN 978-80-200-2324-7. info
  • COLLIER, Paul. Exodus : how migration is changing our world. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, viii, 309. ISBN 9780195398656. info
  • Key thinkers on space and place. Edited by Phil Hubbard - Rob Kitchin. Second edition. Los Angeles: Sage, 2011, xv, 510. ISBN 9781849201018. info
  • BLAŽEK, Jiří and David UHLÍŘ. Teorie regionálního rozvoje : nástin, kritika, implikace. Vyd. 2., přeprac. a rozš. V Praze: Karolinum, 2011, 342 s. ISBN 9788024619743. info
  • MALINA, Jaroslav. Panoráma biologické a sociokulturní antropologie. Elportál. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010. ISSN 1802-128X. URL info
  • Psychological anthropology : a reader on self in culture. Edited by Robert A. LeVine. First published. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, a John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication, 2010, xii, 390. ISBN 9781405105767. info
  • Kinship and family : an anthropological reader. Edited by Robert Parkin - Linda Stone. Malden: Blackwell Pub., 2004, xiii, 479. ISBN 063122999X. info
  • MALINA, Jaroslav. První císař : tvůrce Číny a osmého divu světa. 2., rozš. a dopl . vyd. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2004, 295 s. ISBN 807204298X. info
  • KOLMAŠ, Josef and Jaroslav MALINA. Panoráma biologické a sociokulturní antropologie 11: Tibet z antropologické perspektivy. Editor: Jaroslav Malina. Brno (CZ): Nadace Universitas Masarykiana v Brně, nakladatelství a vydavatelství Nauma v Brně, 2002, 132 pp. Modulové učební texty pro studenty antropologie. ISBN 80-210-2887-4. info
  • KITCHIN, Rob and Mark BLADES. The cognition of geographic space. London: I.B. Tauris Publishers, 2002, vii, 241. ISBN 1860647057. info
  • DODGE, Martin and Rob KITCHIN. Mapping cyberspace. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2001, x, 260. ISBN 0415198844. info
  • FOUCAULT, Michel. Dohlížet a trestat :kniha o zrodu vězení. Translated by Čestmír Pelikán. Praha: Dauphin, 2000, 427 s. ISBN 80-86019-96-9. info
  • MOERAN, Brian. A Japanese advertising agency : an anthropology of media and markets. Honolulu, Hawai'i: University of Hawai'i Press, 1996, xi, 322. ISBN 0824818733. info
  • Exploring human geography : a reader. Edited by Stephen Daniels - Roger Lee. 1st pub. London: Arnold, 1996, vi, 506. ISBN 0470235411. info
  • POWERS, John. Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. 1st ed. USA. Ithaca, New York: Snow Lion Publications, 1995, 501 s. ISBN 155939028X. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussions, reading.
Assessment methods
Colloquium. Ending discussion plus mandatory presence at lectures (80%).
Language of instruction
Czech
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