Universität Wien

290118 VU Social Geography: Spatial Structures of Society (2009W)

4.00 ECTS (3.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie
Continuous assessment of course work

Details

Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Tuesday 13.10. 17:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Wednesday 14.10. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 20.10. 17:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Wednesday 21.10. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 27.10. 17:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Wednesday 28.10. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 03.11. 17:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Wednesday 04.11. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 10.11. 17:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Wednesday 11.11. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 17.11. 17:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Wednesday 18.11. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 24.11. 17:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Wednesday 25.11. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 01.12. 17:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Wednesday 02.12. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Wednesday 09.12. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 15.12. 17:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Wednesday 16.12. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 12.01. 17:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Wednesday 13.01. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 19.01. 17:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Wednesday 20.01. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 26.01. 17:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Wednesday 27.01. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 02.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Topics of the syllabus are: Hans Bobek as founding father of social geography, social geography - the "geographers' re-invention of sociology?" - classical macro-analysis of spatial structures in society, a survey of micro-analytical approaches in social geography, tangible issues and empirical examples of behavioural geography, action theoretical approaches and social theories, poststructuralisitic approaches, new cultural geography, social geography as a multi-paradigm-game.

Assessment and permitted materials

Final exam in writing with consideration of accompanying texts.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Course graduates shall be able to apprehend and articulate the pivotal lines of development in social geography and its specific position in the structure of social sciences. They shall be qualified to present and explain the spatiality of social processes and structures and apply the issue of the "relationship between meaning and matter" - being a characteristic feature of social geography - to tangible empirical analyses.

Examination topics

Teacher-centered instructions, discussions, accompanying texts.

Reading list

Basistext: P. WEICHHART, 2008, Entwicklungslinien der Sozialgeographie. Von Hans Bobek bis Benno Werlen. - Stuttgart, (= Sozialgeographie kompakt, Band 1). (Hier finden sich alle weiteren Angaben zur verwendeten Literatur.)

Association in the course directory

(Lb2, Lb3, Lb-zLV)

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