AMST0218Z-S11
Cultural Geography
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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 2011
- Location:
- McCardell Bicentennial Hall 331(MBH 331)
- Schedule:
- 9:05am-9:55am on Wednesday (Feb 7, 2011 to May 9, 2011)
- Type:
- Discussion
- Instructors:
- Anne Knowles
- Subject:
- American Studies
- Department:
- Program in American Studies
- Division:
- Interdisciplinary
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- GEOG0218Z-S11 *
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 22329
- Subject Code:
- AMST
- Course Number:
- 0218
- Section Identifier:
- Z