GEOG0218A-S10
Cultural Geography
Cultural Geography
What do landscapes mean? How are places created and invested with significance? Why do people struggle to control public and private space? This course examines these and similar questions. Its main goals are to open students' eyes to the wealth of meanings embodied in the built environment and our metaphorical understandings of landscape, place, space, and geographical identity, and to teach skills for interpreting and representing those meanings. Lectures, course readings, and small-group projects will draw on social theory and empirical approaches, with a regional emphasis on North America. 3 hrs. lect.
What do landscapes mean? How are places created and invested with significance? Why do people struggle to control public and private space? This course examines these and similar questions. Its main goals are to open students' eyes to the wealth of meanings embodied in the built environment and our metaphorical understandings of landscape, place, space, and geographical identity, and to teach skills for interpreting and representing those meanings. Lectures, course readings, and small-group projects will draw on social theory and empirical approaches, with a regional emphasis on North America. 3 hrs. lect.
- Term:
- Spring 2010
- Location:
- McCardell Bicentennial Hall 338(MBH 338)
- Schedule:
- 11:00am-12:15pm on Tuesday, Thursday (Feb 8, 2010 to May 10, 2010)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Anne Knowles
- Subject:
- Geography
- Department:
- Geography
- Division:
- Social Sciences
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- NOR SOC
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- GEOG0218B-S10 *
AMST0218A-S10
AMST0218B-S10
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 21333
- Subject Code:
- GEOG
- Course Number:
- 0218
- Section Identifier:
- A