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| Semester |
F2020
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| Subject |
International Bachelor Study Programme in Social Science
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| Activity type |
Basic course
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| Teaching language |
English
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| Registration |
Students at SIB 2nd semester will be registered for the course automatically |
| Detailed description of content |
Planning, Space and resources is an interdisciplinary course which is concerned with how social worlds and social phenomena are expressed and organized spatially, while being simultaneously subject to resource-related, environmental and planning-related restrictions and conditions. An introduction to fundamental theoretical discussions and related concepts, such as space, (politics of) place, rights, (community) planning, livelihood, resource management, nature-culture and sustainability, will be provided. Empirically, examples from around the world will be included and cover rural as well as urban settings. |
| Expected work effort (ECTS-declaration) |
135 hours (5 ECTS): 3x10 hours in the classroom = 30 4x10 preparation for classes (readings) = 40 4 x 8 preparation (annotated bibliography skrivning)/ mandatory assignment = 32 13 x 1 mandatory assignment = 13 20 x 1 eksamen = 20 |
| Course material and Reading list |
CORE BOOK: International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, edited by Rob Kitchin and Nigel Thrift. Oxford: Elsevier. (one select chapter for each class) JOURNAL ARTICLES/BOOK CHAPTERS: Harvey, David 1990, 'Between space and time: reflections on the geographical imagination.' Annals of the Association of American Geographers 80.3, pp. 418-34 - see especially the section on pp. 418-28. Massey, Doreen 1994, 'A global sense of place.' In Doreen Massey, Space, Place and Gender. Cambridge, Polity Press, pp. 146-56. Davis, Mike 1990, 'Fortress LA.' In Mike Davis, City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles. London and New York, Verso. Garrett, Bradley 2015, 'The privatisation of cities’ public spaces is escalating. It is time to take a stand.' The Guardian 4 August. Leitner, H, and P Kang. 1999. “Contested Urban Landscapes of Nationalism: the Case of Taipei.” Cultural Geographies 6 (2): 214. Gandy, Matthew 2002, 'Water, space and power.' In his Concrete and Clay: Reworking Nature in New York City. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, pp. 19-75 Olwig, M. F. and Rasmussen, L.V. (2016) “West African Waterworlds: Narratives of Absence versus Narratives of Excess.” In K. Hastrup and F. Hastrup (eds.). Waterworlds: Anthropology in Fluid Environments, Oxford: Berghahn, pp. 110-128. Thao, V. T. and Agergaard, J. (2012) “DOING FAMILY: Female migrants and family transition in rural Vietnam.” Asian Population Studies 8(1): 103 – 119. Shahvisi, Arianne. 2018. “Beyond Orientalism: Exploring the Distinctive Feminism of Democratic Confederalism in Rojava.” Geopolitics 4 (11): 1–25. Wainwright, J. (2011). Decolonizing Development. John Wiley & Sons, Ch. 6 Finishing the Critique of Cultural Ecology: Reading the Maya Atlas, 241-281 |
| Evaluation- and feedback forms |
Students receive written feedback on their first annotated bibliography entry (part of mandatory group assignment). |
| Administration of exams |
Sibbach Studieadministration (sibbach-studieadministration@ruc.dk)
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| Responsible for the activity | |
| Type of examination |
Type of examination Individual written take-home assignment given by the lecturer. The take-home assignment must be maximum 7,200 characters in length, including spaces. The size specifications include the cover, table of contents, bibliography, figures and other illustrations, but exclude any appendices. The take-home assignment must be completed within 24 hours, including any weekends and holidays. Assessment: Pass/Fail Moderation: None. Reexam Same as ordinary |
| ECTS |
5
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| Learning outcomes and assessment criteria |
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| Overall content |
Planning, space and resources is an interdisciplinary course which deals with how social worlds and phenomena are expressed and organised in the public and societal space, and how they are simultaneously subject to resource, environmental and planning conditions and limitations. The course provides an introduction to basic theoretical discussions and related concepts such as space, (political) location, rights, (social) planning, living conditions, resource management, sustainability and the relationship between nature and culture. Empirical examples are included both from rural and urban frameworks and from an international and versatile context. |
| Prerequisites for participation in the exam |
It is a prerequisite for participating in the exam that the student has had a written group assignment in planning, space and resources approved The group assignment scope is expected to be between 4,800 characters including spaces and 7,200 characters including spaces, all included. If a written group assignment is not approved, the assignment must be revised on the basis of the lecturer’s comments and re-submitted. |
| Teaching and working methods |
The course consists of a combination of lectures and seminar teaching |
| Type of course |
Mandatory course |
| Exam code(s) | |
| Last changed | 13/08/2020 |
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