ZD331 Geographical Thought

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2015
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 last offered.
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 2013.
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