Objectives and competences
Students:
- can explain the role of social relations as an element of spatial relationships,
- can analyze forms of social and cultural interactions between social groups,
- can perform social geographic and cultural geographic analysis and interpretation of the landscape..
Content (Syllabus outline)
1. The Aim and Issues of Social Geography
2. Evolution of Human Geographic Thought
3. Space and Identity
4. Social groups
5. Geographies of languages, religions, races and ethnicities
6. Geographies of power
7. Representation of space
8. Space and capitalism
9. Rural cultural landscapes
10. Geographies of Food Consumption
Learning and teaching methods
- lectures,
- discussion,
- field work,
- seminary work.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Student:
- understanding the structure od different social and cultural places,
- relating the roles of spatial elements,
- analysing the social and cultural elements of the landscape.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Študenti:
- critically examine the spatial complex,
can analyze social structures,
can demonstrate and graphically represent spatial processes.
Readings
- zapiski s predavanj, vaj in terena
- Cresswell, T. 2024. Geographic thought: a critical introduction. John Wiley & Sons.
- Rubenstein, J. M. in Healy, M. 2014:. The cultural landscape: An introduction to human geography. Pearson.
- Domosh, M., Neumann, R. P., Price, P. L. in Jordan-Bychkov, T. G. 2011: The human mosaic: A cultural approach to - human geography. Macmillan.
- Drozg, V. 2020: Vpogled v socialno geografijo. Univerza v Mariboru
- Zupančič, J. 2017: Socialna geografija: Človek, prostor in čas. Filozofska fakulteta, Ljubljana
- Zupančič, J., 2013: Kulturna geografija. Univerza v Ljubljani
- Urbanc, M., Šmid Hribar, M., Kumer, P. Culture in Slovenia. V: The geography of Slovenia : small but diverse. Cham: Springer Nature, str. 193-208,
Vsako študijsko leto bo seznam študijske literature posodobljen./ The list of study literature will be updated each school year.
Prerequisits
Conditions for inclusion in work: none.
Conditions for taking the exam: A positively graded seminar paper, active participation in seminars and lectures (at least 75% attendance at lectures and at least 80% attendance at seminars and tutorials), and active participation in fieldwork.
Additional information on implementation and assessment - oral exam, 70%
- active in-class participation, 10%
- seminar paper. 20%
