Z1107 New Themes in Human Geography

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ondřej Mulíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marie Zlámalová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Ondřej Mulíček, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Tue 16:00–16:50 Z5,02004
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z1107/01: Tue 17:00–17:50 Z5,02004, M. Zlámalová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PROGRAM(N-GK)
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to explore selected general issues of social and economic development; to provide wider context enabling better understanding of actual human geography themes; to interlink contemporary human geography research with other disciplines of social science.
Syllabus
  • 1. Development of human geography, overview of approaches; 2. Knowledge in human geography (postmodernism, poststructuralism); 3. Modernity, post-modernity and structuration theory; 3. Globalization; 4. Post-industrialism, Daniel Bell; 6. Consumption as a geographic phenomena; 7. Media and space
Literature
  • Sociology (Orig.) : Sociologie [Giddens, 1999]. info
  • GIDDENS, A. (2003): Důsledky modernity. Sociologické nakladatelství, Praha, 200 s.
  • HARRINGTON, Austin. Moderní sociální teorie : základní témata a myšlenkové proudy. Translated by Hana Antonínová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 495 s. ISBN 8073670933. info
  • A companion to economic geography. Edited by Eric Sheppard - Trevor Barnes. 1st ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2000, xv, 536 s. ISBN 0-631-21223-X. info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods - lectures, class discussion, group projects, homeworks, reading.
Assessment methods
Colloquium (oral) tests ability to take an attitude to actual issues of human geography.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012.
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