People, Place, Society
Overview
- Introduction
- Traditions in social geography
- Different social geography theories
- Social geography and everyday life
- Restructuring society and space
- The body
- "The geography closest in” (Rich, 1986)
- Body as surface
- Body as project
- Cartesian dualism
- Marked bodies: gender, sexualities, race, and disabilities
- Geography of identity and difference
- Definitions and classifications
- Social construction of place
- Social meanings of the built environment
- In place/out of place
- Public/Private Space
- Urban morphology and the social arrangement of cities
- Public space, private space, quasi-public space, and the public realm
- Homelessness and housing
- Regulating sex work
- Urban life
- Urban life in Western places
- The neoliberal city and social life
- Patterns of socio-economic inequality
- Social interaction and community
- Online-offline geographies
- Place and power
- Theories of power and control
- Public institutions and private life
- Governance structures
- Places of exception
- Social justice
- Fear, crime, and disorder
- Geographies of fear and crime
- Role of the built environment
- Neoliberalism and the carceral state
- Race, ethnicity, and ‘the Other’
- Race vs. ethnicity
- Spatial discrimination of racialized groups
- Colonies, enclaves, congregations, and ‘ghettos’
- Nationalism and internal Orientalism
- Colonialism and Indigeneity
- Identity and struggles for place
- Defining agency
- Conflict and transgression
- Place and resistance
- Speaking from the margins
- Spaces of hope
- Social activism and civic responsibility
- Transnational activism
- Online and offline social networks
- ‘The Power of Place’
The course will employ a variety of learning activities, including some of the following: lectures, fieldwork, videos and animations, individual and/or team projects, small group discussions, and map analysis.
An example of an evaluation scheme would be:
Preparation & class contributions | 15% |
Quizzes | 15% |
Project | 25% |
Field trip | 10% |
Exams | 35% |
Total | 100% |
- Synthesize the concepts, techniques, and theories of social geography.
- Communicate effectively orally, graphically, in writing, and using quantitative methods.
- Describe the development of social geography and explain the alternative paradigms of social geography.
- Explain the concept of the spatial structuring of social differences and inequalities.
- Apply the concepts, methods, and theories to different scales of geographic analysis.
- Describe and analyze the arrangements and patterns of different types of groups within a given society.
- Evaluate the most relevant issues and needs confronting different groups within a given society.
- Describe and analyze the concepts and spatial patterns of social transformation through the collection, interpretation and presentation of relevant geographic data.
A text or custom course reader may be used. Texts will be updated periodically. Example course texts include:
Anderson, Jon. (2015). Understanding Cultural Geography: Places and Traces, 2nd Edition. London, UK: Routledge.
Browne, Kath; Borisa, Dhiren; Gilmartin, Mary; & Banerjea, Niharika. (2024). Social Geographies: The Basics. London, UK: Routledge.
Del Casino Jr., Vincent; Thomas, Mary; Cloke, Paul; & Panelli, Ruth (editors). (2011). A Companion to Social Geography. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Enos, Ryan. D. (2017). The Space Between Us: Social Geography and Politics. New York, NY; Cambridge.
Oberhauser, Ann M.; Fluri, Jennifer L.; Whitson, Risa; & Mollett, Sharlene. (2017). Feminist Spaces: Gender and Geography in a Global Context. London, UK: Routledge.
Smith, Susan J.; Pain, Rachel; Marston, Sallie A.; & Jones III, John Paul (editors). (2010). The Sage Handbook on Social Geographies. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
The Newcastle Collective. (2021). Social Geographies: An Introduction, edited by Rachel Pain & Peter Hopkins. Newcastle, UK: Rowman & Littlefield.
Requisites
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers to Other Institutions
Below are current transfer agreements from Douglas College to other institutions for the current course guidelines only. For a full list of transfer details and archived courses, please see the BC Transfer Guide.
Institution | Transfer details for GEOG 2213 |
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Alexander College (ALEX) | ALEX ARTS 2XX (3) |
Athabasca University (AU) | AU GEOG 3XX (3) |
Capilano University (CAPU) | CAPU GEOG 2XX (3) |
Coast Mountain College (CMTN) | CMTN GEOG 2XX (3) |
College of the Rockies (COTR) | COTR GEOG 2XX (3) |
Coquitlam College (COQU) | COQU GEOG 204 (3) |
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU GEOG 2XXX (3) |
Langara College (LANG) | LANG GEOG 2270 (3) |
North Island College (NIC) | NIC GEO 2XX (3) |
Northern Lights College (NLC) | NLC GEOG 240 (3) |
Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU GEOG 241 (3) |
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU GEOG 2XXX (3) |
Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU GEOG 2XX (3) |
University Canada West (UCW) | UCW GEOG 2XX (3) |
University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | UBCO GEOG_O 2nd (3) |
University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | UBCV GEOG_V 2nd (3) |
University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC GEOG 206 (3) |
University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV GEOG 241 (3) |
University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC GEOG 2XX (1.5) |
Vancouver Community College (VCC) | VCC GEOG 2241 (3) |
Vancouver Island University (VIU) | VIU GEOG 344 (3) |