Power, Knowledge, Geography

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Seminar/Discussion) This course examines the power of geographical ideas in shaping social values and understandings. Seminars focus on analyzing spatial formations of various historical and contemporary topics such as colonialism, nationalism, warfare, popular culture, science, racism, surveillance, the body, genocide, the climate crisis, and fundamentalism. Students are asked to consider how 'the production of space' accompanies and influences the production of knowledge, revealing connections between geography and power. Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and GEOG-4415 | GEOG-4445. Requisite Courses: Any second-year systematic human geography (GEOG-24XX) or regional geography (GEOG-25XX) course or permission of the instructor [prerequisite(s)].