Type of Credit: Partially Required
Credit(s)
Number of Students
This course aims to develop an understanding of human geography that equips students to better navigate and make sense of the complex interactions between society and the environment in daily life. The course is divided into three parts.
In the first part, we will construct the foundational concepts of human geography. This includes exploring the workings of power in space and the power-rights debate through the theoretical lenses of time, territory, identity, mobility, and gender.
The second part, Geographies of Sustainable Development, involves engaging with geographical analyses across a variety of themes through collaborative reading and discussion.
In the third part, Translocal Classroom, students will conduct thematic urban exploration experiments that combine on-site spatial observation, analysis, theoretical reading, and the application of various tools.
能力項目說明
Subject-specific Knowledge
On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
Subject-specific Skills
On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
Key Skills
| 教學週次Course Week | 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week | 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type |
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週次/日期 Week |
課程主題 Topics |
教學活動 |
作業 Assignment |
學習時間 Hours of Learning |
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Section 1: Basic Concepts in Human Geography |
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1 |
Course Overview
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*Warm-Up activity |
Getting to know each other and the course |
3 |
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Weekly Reading: Extended Reading: Society & Space website https://www.societyandspace.org/ |
0 |
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2 |
Space, Place, and Time |
Lecture, Guided reading, and Discussion |
Assignment 1: Weekly Memo |
3 |
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Weekly Reading Massey, Doreen (June 1991) A Global Sense of Place, Marxism Today https://www.projectenportfolio.nl/images/6/69/Massey_-Global_Sense_of_Place_-_1994-.pdf Mathews, Gordon (2011) Ghetto at the Center of the World, Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (Chapter 1. Place) Extended Reading Stuart Aitken, Gill Valentine (eds.) (2015) Approaches to Human Geography: Philosophies, theories, people, and practices, Sage Publishing. |
4-6 |
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3 |
Territory, Politics, and Identity |
Lecture, Guided reading, Group Discussion |
3 |
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Weekly Readings Jones, Andrew (2012) Human Geography: The Basics, Taylor & Francis Book (Ch.4 States, Nations, and Cultures) Delaney, David (2019) Territory: a short introduction, UK: John Wiley & Sons. (Chapter 1: Entering the Territory of Territory) Extended reading Delaney, David (2019) Territory: a short introduction, UK: John Wiley & Sons. (Chapter 2: DISCIPLINING AND UNDISCIPLINING TERRITORY) |
4-6 |
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4 |
Nature, Culture, and Power |
Lecture, guided reading, and discussion |
3 |
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Weekly Readings Jones, Andrew (2012) Human Geography: The Basics, Taylor & Francis Book (Ch.3 Development & Environment) Extended reading |
4-6 |
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5 |
Agency, Structure, and Everyday Life |
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Section 2: Geographies of Sustainability |
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6* |
Guest talk│Terroir: Locational philosophy of taste and sustainability (with Guest Lecturer: Dr. Huang-Wei Chang) |
Lecture, class activity, and discussion |
Initial grouping activity *Each group to discuss/decide a theme of your case study with the course instructor |
3 |
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Weekly Readings Bowen, Sarah (2010) Embedding Local Places in Global Spaces: Geographical Indications as a Territorial Development Strategy, Rural Sociology 75(2), 2010, pp. 209–243 Extended Resource Robert T. Valgenti (2022) Ungrounding Terroir, East Asian Journal of Philosophy Vol.1, n.2., pp.41-58. |
4-6 |
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7 |
Ethics of Urban Life (i): Open vs. Closed Cities |
Self-Guided Field Observation |
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3 |
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Weekly reading Sennett, Richard (2018/ 2023) Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City, Yale University Press. (Ch. 3-4) |
4-6 |
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Ethics of Urban Life (ii): Cities - Smart or Stupid? |
Lecture, Guided reading, Discussion |
Workshop Assignment 2: Profiling _____ - Write about the Place You Once Lived |
3 |
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Weekly Readings Sennett, Richard (2018/ 2023) Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City, Yale University Press. (Ch. 5-6) Extended Reading Greenfield, Adam (2017) Radical technologies: the design of everyday life, New York: Verso Books. |
4-6 |
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Mid-Term Exam Week |
Take-home exam (proposal-oriented questions) |
Online/E-mail Submission (questions are designed for integrating HG knowledge with your tentative proposal) |
0 |
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Take-home Exam (Exam Paper + Preparing your 1-page project idea to the class) |
7-9 |
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10 |
Energy & Resource Geographies |
Lecture, Guided reading, Discussion |
In-Class Workshop: Mapping Extractive Geographies |
3 |
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Weekly Readings Bridge, Gavin (2009). “Material Worlds: Natural Resources, Resource Geography, and the Material Economy.” Geography Compass, 3(3), 1217–1244. Extended Listening |
4-6 |
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Section 3: Translocal Classroom |
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11* |
Doing Urban Research (with Guest Lecturer: Dr. Huang-Wei Chang) |
Lecture, Field Visit, Group Discussion |
In-Class: Group-based Exploration, Practicing Field Observation Notes |
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Weekly Readings Phillips, R. and Johns, J. (2012) Fieldwork for Human Geography, Thousand Oaks: Sage. (Chapter 1. Getting the Most Out of Fieldwork) Task before Week 13 Visiting any of these places: Traditional markets, weekend flea markets, shopping malls with provided instruction Extended Resource Sennett, Richard (2018/ 2023) Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City, Yale University Press. (Ch. 7) ArcGIS StoryMaps https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-storymaps/overview 洪伯邑、陳懷萱、黃舒楣、黃書緯、呂欣怡、陳怡伃 (2021) 田野敲敲門：現地研究基本功。台北：國立臺灣大學出版中心。 |
4-6 |
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12* |
Urban Forms and Its Politics (with Guest Lecturer: Dr. Huang-Wei Chang) |
*Potential urban site observation, with post-visit discussions |
Bring your Pilot Fieldnotes to the class |
3 |
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Weekly Readings Sennett, Richard (2018/ 2023) Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City, Yale University Press. (Ch. 8-9) Graham, Steve (2016) Vertical: The City from Satellites to Bunkers, NY: Verso. |
4-6 |
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13
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Gender, Place, and Culture |
Lecture, Guided reading, Discussion |
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Weekly Readings Pain, Rachel & Smith, Susan (2008). Fear: Critical Geopolitics and Everyday Life Extended Reading |
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14 |
Political Space, Society and Culture (i) |
Lecture, discussion, self-guided field visits |
Assignment 4: Profiling _____ - Write about the Place You Live In |
3 |
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Weekly Readings Sennett, Richard (2018/ 2023) Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City, Yale University Press. (Ch. 8-9) Graham, Steve (2016) Vertical: The City from Satellites to Bunkers, NY: Verso. |
4-6 |
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15 |
Political Space, Society and Culture (ii) |
Lecture, Guided reading, Discussion |
Group-based, self-guided site visits, field notes |
3 |
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Weekly Readings Sennett, Richard (2018/ 2023) Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City, Yale University Press. (Ch. 8) Disciplinary Society https://pressbooks.pub/surveillancestudies/chapter/disciplinary-society/
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16 6/3 |
Final Report Preparation (No Class) |
*Video/ Poster/or other alternative outputs of Your Fieldwork Report. Selected group will be invited to present at June 6th USR Fest@ICI) |
3 |
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4-6 |
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17 |
Final Class Presentation + Submission of Final Report |
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3 |
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4-6 |
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18 |
End-of-Term/ Flexible Learning (No Class) |
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課程要求
- 本課程重視課堂中參與討論與互動。曠課三次(未事先請假、無故缺課)者，將以不及格採計。
- 請在繳交作業前校稿。請按時完成個人和小組作業，提交到指定的平台。
- 禁止抄襲。抄襲是不可接受的。任何意外或故意挪用他人作品而不注明出處的行為都將受到處罰並報告給系所。
評分基準
1. 課堂參與：課堂出席與互動(15%)。
2. 側寫我的城市 (Profiling Your City)：(20%) 全學期共計四次作業，結合課前閱讀於個人的人與環境關係分析，在上課前的星期一下午5點前提交。
3. 期中考試：考試題目將幫助你發展個人提案，佔據25%
4. 期末田野工作報告：書面報告(最多10頁)+ 口頭報告@InnoFest 共計 30%
3. 團隊工作：10% (含同組同學的評分10% )，在團隊合作中的角色、協作與表現。
每個小組成員應盡可能平均分擔團隊合作的責任。
Course Requirements
Evaluation Criteria
1. Class participation (15%): Class attendance and interaction
2. Profiling Your City (20%): Four assignments throughout the semester combining pre-course readings on your personal analysis of human-environmental relationships, due by 5:00 p.m. on Monday before class.
3. Midterm exam (25%): the questions on the exam will help you develop your proposal.
4. Final fieldwork report (30%): written report (max. 10 pages) + oral report @ USR Fest
5. Teamwork (10%): (from peer evaluation) on your role, collaboration and performance in teamwork.
Each team member should share the responsibility of teamwork as evenly as possible.
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The use generative AI tools in this course: Conditionally allowed.
本課程可否使用生成式AI工具：有條件開放使用。
The use of generative AI tools is only allowed at proofreading and editing any text assignments submitted during the semester.
生成式AI工具之使用僅限於學期間繳交之任何文字作業校稿、潤稿階段使用。
Jones, Andrew (2012) Human Geography: The Basics, Taylor & Francis Book
Sennett, Richard (2018/ 2023) Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City, Yale University Press.
Phillips, R. and Johns, J. (2012) Fieldwork for Human Geography, Thousand Oaks: Sage.
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