Z0120 Geographical thought

Faculty of Science
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Jiří Koželouh (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Bohumil Frantál, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Robert Osman, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D.
Timetable
Mon 13:00–13:50 A,01026
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z0120/01: Thu 11:00–11:50 Z5,02004, P. Daněk, B. Frantál, J. Koželouh, R. Osman
Z0120/02: Thu 9:00–9:50 Z5,02004, P. Daněk, B. Frantál, J. Koželouh, R. Osman
Z0120/03: Thu 10:00–10:50 Z5,02004, P. Daněk, B. Frantál, J. Koželouh, R. Osman
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
The main objectives of the course are the following:
introducing the main approaches to geography (and their onthology as well as epistemology);
identifying historical relationships among individual schools or approaches;
introducing philosophical underpinnings of individual approaches;
introducing students to the discussion about the nature of key concepts of geography (such as space, place, time, scale, environment);
acquainting students with the key intellectuals shaping the geographical thought;
At the end of the course the students should be able to distinguish between indivudual approaches to geography (past and present).
Syllabus
  • 1. Geographical schools, approaches, paradigms. Social construction of reality.
  • 2. Beginnings of modern geography. Environmental and regional approach.
  • 3. Post-war discussion and quantitative revolution.
  • 4. Criticism of spatial science and post-pozitivist approaches.
  • 5. Radical/Marxist geography.
  • 6. Humanistic geography.
  • 7. Feminist criticism.
  • 8. Theory of structuration and time-geography.
  • 9. Realisms in geography.
  • 10. Cultural turn and postmodernism.
  • 11. Post-strukturalism, post-colonialism.
  • 12. Key concepts in geography: space, place, time, scale.
  • 13. Key concepts in geography: environment, landscape, system.
Literature
  • KUNC, Josef, Václav TOUŠEK, Jiří VYSTOUPIL, Petr DANĚK, Pavel KLAPKA, Ondřej MULÍČEK, Daniel SEIDENGLANZ, Zdeněk SZCZYRBA, Michal VANČURA, Antonín VĚŽNÍK, Milan VITURKA and Petr TONEV. Ekonomická a sociální geografie (Economic and social geography). 1. vydání. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, s.r.o., 2008, 411 pp. učebnice vysokých škol. ISBN 978-80-7380-114-4. info
  • Approaches to human geography. Edited by Gill Valentine - Stuart C. Aitken. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2006, ix, 349. ISBN 0761942637. info
  • Spaces of geographical thought : deconstructing human geography's binaries. Edited by Paul J. Cloke - R. J. Johnston. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2005, viii, 224. ISBN 0761947329. info
  • Key concepts in geography. Edited by Sarah L. Holloway - Stephen P. Rice - Gill Valentine. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2003, xvii, 342. ISBN 0761973893. info
  • The dictionary of human geography. Edited by R. J. Johnston. 4th ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2000, xvii, 958. ISBN 0631205616. info
  • Introducing human geographies. Edited by Paul J. Cloke - Phil Crang - Mark Goodwin. 1st ed. London: Arnold, 1999, xv, 368. ISBN 034069193X. info
  • PEET, Richard. Modern geographical thought. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1999, ix, 342 s. ISBN 1-55786-206-0. info
Assessment methods
The course consists of lectures and seminars. Class discussion in seminars is focused on (compulsory) readings. The final colloquium consists of a written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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