ZD331 Geographical Thought

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Alois Hynek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Antonín Věžník, CSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Alois Hynek, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PROGRAM(D-GR4) || PROGRAM(KOS)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
- to understand the role of contemporary geographical thought in socially oriented research - evaluate geographical knowledge production with respect to epistemology and social practice - differentiate changing proportion among experience, theory and application in the process of general ´geographization´ of other branches of science - design new topic geographies from local/glocal, regional and global challenges
Syllabus
  • 1. Geography, phislosophy and social theory 2. Existentialism, phenomenology and humanistic geography 3. Radical and marxist geography, not marxism but Marx 4. Structuralism, structuration, realism and locality debate 5. Poststructuralism, post-modernism, postmodernity/late modernity 6. Feminist theory and gender geography
Literature
  • Key thinkers on space and place. Edited by Phil Hubbard - Rob Kitchin. Second edition. Los Angeles: Sage, 2011, xv, 510. ISBN 9781849201018. info
  • Key methods in geography. Edited by N. J. Clifford - Gill Valentine - Shaun French. London: SAGE Publications, 2010, xviii, 545. ISBN 9781412935081. info
  • Geographic thought : a praxis perspective. Edited by George L. Henderson - Marvin Waterstone. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2009, xvi, 378. ISBN 9780415471701. info
  • Key concepts in geography. Edited by N. J. Clifford. 2nd ed. Los Angeles [i.e. Thousand Oaks, Calif.]: Sage, 2009, xvi, 462. ISBN 9781412930215. info
  • The dictionary of human geography. Edited by Derek Gregory. 5th ed. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009, xvi, 1052. ISBN 9781405132886. info
  • Introducing human geographies. Edited by Phil Crang - Mark Goodwin - Paul J. Cloke. 2nd ed. London: Hodder Arnold, 2005, xvii, 653. ISBN 034088276X. info
  • Practising human geography. Edited by Paul J. Cloke. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2004, xvi, 416. ISBN 0761973001. info
Teaching methods
presentations, individual projects, classroom debate, lectures
Assessment methods
chapter for dissertation, translation ( 5 pages), presentation dissertation ....all in English language
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every other week.
General note: částečně v angličtině.
Information on course enrolment limitations: pro studenty doktorského studijní programu
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2003, Spring 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2015.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2013, recent)
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