GE21001 Dynamic Human Worlds Welcome! Dr. Susan P. Mains Geography

Course Lecturers Me Dr. Fiona Smith (Geography) Dr. Brian Cook (UNESCO)

Course Overview Level 2 20 Credits Semester 1 Module Content: Introducing Human Geography: Power & Inequality (2 lectures) Political Geography (9 lectures) Cultural Geography (9 lectures) Risk and Human Vulnerability (6 lectures)

Module Aims To provide understanding of contemporary human geography, specifically issues of power and inequality. To make linkages between theories in political, cultural and environmental geography and examples of these processes in practice. To help students develop skills in geographical analysis and presentation (which are transferable to other disciplines and non- academic spheres).

Teaching and Learning Methods Lectures – where you are expected to listen and take notes. Some lectures may include interactive exercises, e.g. Q&A sessions. Workshops – where you collect, analyse and interpret data in relation to concepts introduced in the lectures. On-line blogs and discussion – where you engage and think about topics/videos/questions posed by the lecturer and submit your thoughts to MyDundee or the relevant blog discussion page.

Teaching and Learning Methods Thinking critically Reading Viewing Writing Speaking

Skills Media and Textual Analysis Academic Writing Risk Assessment

Assessment Summary of Assessment Course work -Individual Media Analysis Report = 16⅔% Group Oral presentation (10 minutes)= 16⅔% Risk Assessment (1,000 words)= 16⅔% Examination—Two hour exam (3 questions) = 50%

Understanding Human Geography Applying concepts and theories to practical examples Workshops, fieldwork, media analysis

Introducing Human Geography: Space, Power & Inequality Lecture topics: What is Power & Inequality? How do Human Geographers investigate Space, Power & Inequality? Blog: wordpress.com/

Political Geography Lecture topics: Critical Geopolitics: Political power, space and inequality Globalisation and space Development, power and place Nation, nationalism and territory Citizenship, space and community Media and geopolitical geographies New Social Movements

Cultural Geography Lecture topics Part 1: Cultural geographies of modern and post-modern cities Urban cultures in the nineteenth century city Representing the modern city in cultural texts Culture and the post-modern city: image is all? Qualitative methodologies in researching the cultural city

Cultural Geography Lecture topics Part 2: Cartographies of power - cultural geographies of the colonial and post-colonial world Reading maps, reading cultures Becoming colonial: European representations of self and other during colonialism Post-colonial cultural landscapes: global cultures and hybrid identities

Risk and Human Vulnerability Lecture topics Part 1: Risk Risk and the scientific method – ‘patterns in uncertainty’ Measuring and Monetizing Risk The Dundee City Council Risk Assessment Approach and Assignment Part 2: Human Vulnerability Risk Society – ‘reflexive modernity’ Cultural Risk Theory At Risk – ‘the pressure and release model’

Fieldwork Semester 2: First week of Easter break Scottish Highlands, based at Aviemore (5 days, incl, travel) Cost: £120 Approx (compulsory for Geography degrees) Enjoy!