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    Overview

    Geographical aspects of major social issues facing modern Western society.

    This paper explores how inequalities are reproduced in societies and how they are experienced by groups and individuals. It is vital to understand how inequalities are reproduced in societies in order to inform effective policy-making to create change toward a more equal world.

    This paper will equip you with analytical skills to explore and understand inequalities with a view to creating more equal futures.

    About this paper

    Paper title Social Geography
    Subject Geography
    EFTS 0.15
    Points 18 points
    Teaching period Semester 2 (On campus)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $1,173.30
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Prerequisite
    GEOG 102 or 108 points
    Restriction
    GEOG 381
    Schedule C
    Arts and Music, Science
    Eligibility
    The content of the paper assumes that students have undertaken at least one introductory paper in human geography or a related subject.
    Contact
    geography@otago.ac.nz
    Teaching staff

    Course Co-ordinator: Dr Christina Ergler

    Paper Structure

    GEOG 210 has three interconnected parts:

    • Part I situates social geography within the discipline of geography
    • Part II explores axes of difference as intersecting categories of inequality (class, gender, sexuality and ethnicity, age and abilities)
    • Part III explores how individuals and groups negotiate identity and power, and social action.

    Assessment is 60% internal (on-going during the semester) and 40% external (final examination).

    Teaching Arrangements

    Two lectures per week and ten 50-minute tutorials scheduled over the 13 weeks of semester.

    Textbooks

    Recommended:
    Panelli, R. (2004) Social Geographies: From Difference to Action. London: Sage.

    Note: The first few weeks of the paper draws extensively on this text. You do not have to purchase it, but if you wish to, it is available at the University Bookshop. An eBook and hard copies of the book are available on reserve at Central Library.

    Additional readings from a range of sources will also be prescribed and made available on eReserve.

    Graduate Attributes Emphasised
    Global perspective, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation.
    View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.
    Learning Outcomes

    This paper is organised to achieve two objectives, namely:

    • To identify key theory and debates in social geography
    • To critically review geographies of difference, identity formation and unequal power relations

    Students who successfully complete the paper will:

    • Gain an appreciation of the nature of geography as a social science
    • Become familiar with the theoretical traditions of social geographic thought
    • Gain an understanding of the major debates and concepts in contemporary social geography
    • Demonstrate how social geography intersects with everyday life and in particular how social processes as well as individual experiences shape people's wellbeing within and across different scales, spaces and places

    Timetable

    Semester 2

    Location
    Dunedin
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught On Campus
    Learning management system
    Blackboard

    Lecture

    Stream Days Times Weeks
    Attend
    L1 Tuesday 14:00-14:50 29-35, 37-42
    Wednesday 14:00-14:50 29-35, 37-42

    Tutorial

    Stream Days Times Weeks
    Attend one stream from
    T1 Monday 11:00-11:50 30-35, 37-39, 42
    T2 Monday 12:00-12:50 30-35, 37-39, 42
    T3 Monday 13:00-13:50 30-35, 37-39, 42
    T4 Wednesday 09:00-09:50 30-35, 37-39, 42
    T5 Wednesday 12:00-12:50 30-35, 37-39, 42
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