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290118 VO Social Geography: Spatial Structures of Society (2017W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie

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Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Monday 29.01.2018 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß Tuesday 20.02.2018 11:00 - 12:30 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518 Wednesday 11.04.2018 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß Thursday 07.06.2018 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518 Wednesday 12.09.2018 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß Monday 05.11.2018 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409 Wednesday 16.01.2019 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß Wednesday 06.03.2019 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß Thursday 09.05.2019 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß Wednesday 25.09.2019 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Tuesday 10.10. 13:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 17.10. 13:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 24.10. 13:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 07.11. 13:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 14.11. 13:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 21.11. 13:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 28.11. 13:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
Tuesday 05.12. 13:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518

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

(BA GG 7.1) (B11-3.2) (L2-b2, L2-b3, L2-b-zLV) (BA UF GW 19) (MA UF GW 02)

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