FF:Va2 An. tut. on the Geog. of Viet. - Course Information

Va2 Analytical tutorial on the Geography of Vietnam and Southeast Asia

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D.
Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

each odd Tuesday 10:00–11:40 L21

Prerequisites

enrollment requires previous study or simultaneous enrollment in Vs2 Geography of Vietnam and Southeast Asia

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Vietnamese Studies (programme FF, B-VIE_) (2)

Course objectives

The course goal is reading, analysis, discussion and own critical commentary or evaluation of various publications to the geography of Vietnam and Southeast Asian countries. The outputs comprise own written paper with its brief presentation + discussion to the presentations of other students. The course Analytical tutorial on the Geography of Vietnam and Southeast Asian countries is a profile core course of the study programme Vietnamese Studies. Content of this course and acquired knowledge will be also a part of the Final State Examination. The course is open for students of other study programmes also.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course the students will be able:
- to identify the most important parts of the texts from books and articles
- to submit and present own structured overviews of studied sources with own analyses or commentary
- to hear the discussion of other colleagues to the presentation
- to include the views of other colleagues to the final written paper

Syllabus

• - types of geography - their subjects and methods of explanation
• - natural conditions and their changes
• - related economic conditions
• - populations and demographic development
• - the data and metodological questions
• - case studies
• - comparisons of Vietnam with other particular countries

Literature

• Parker, Edward. Countries of the World - Vietnam. London: Evans Brothers, 2005.
• Wong, Taii-Chee and J. Rigg. Asian Cities, Migrant Labour and Contested Spaces. London - New York: Routledge, 2013.
• Chapman, Graham P. and K. M. Barker (eds.). The Changing Geography of Asia. London - New York: Routledge, 1992.
• Watter, R. F. and T. G. McGee (eds.). Asia-Pacific. New Geographies of the Pacific Rim. Vancouver: UBC Press, 1997.
• Goodman, Jim. Delta to delta: The Vietnamese move South. Hanoi: The Gioi Publishers, 2015.
• Lê Bá Thảo. Vietnam. Pays et régions géographiques. Hanoi: Editions Thế Giới, 2017.

Teaching methods

Every student will read one monograph or set of articles, then will give brief report about central topics and conclusions. These points are discussed and analysed during the seminar sessions. The content of discussions and evaluation are then included into the final paper about the book or set of articles. The paper should combine the data from natural conditions (and/or socioeconomic development), methodical attitudes and different views mentioned during the discussion.

Assessment methods

active participation, self-study, draft with main points of selected publication and its presentation, then writing the final paper with the results of discussion

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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