Place, Society and Culture
Code: 104242Credits: 6
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Geography, Environmental Management and Regional Planning | FB | 2 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Anna Ortiz Guitart
- Email :
- anna.ortiz@uab.cat
Teaching staff
- Núria Garcia Quera
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
To take this course you must have a command of Catalan and/or Spanish equal to or higher than level B2.
Objectives
Learning outcomes
- CM01 (Propose problems and possible solutions based on the analysis of the concept of the city, as a spatial synthesis resulting from the evolution of the demographic, economic, environmental, cultural and political dynamics of contemporary societies.) Propose problems and possible solutions based on the analysis of the concept of the city, as a spatial synthesis resulting from the evolution of the demographic, economic, environmental, cultural and political dynamics of contemporary societies.
- CM02 (Compile knowledge related to specialized topics in human geography for use in conveying information that includes a gender perspective.) Compile knowledge related to specialized topics in human geography for use in conveying information that includes a gender perspective.
- KM03 (Describe the spatial relationships of the physical, economic, social and cultural diversity of territories at different scales,.) Describe the spatial relationships of the physical, economic, social and cultural diversity of territories at different scales,.
- SM02 (Interpret a current event related to human geography from the point of view of the environment, physical, economic, social and cultural diversity.) Interpret a current event related to human geography from the point of view of the environment, physical, economic, social and cultural diversity.
Contents
The contents of the course are:
1) Introduction to social and cultural geographies.
- Definition, evolution and theoretical approaches
- Geographical scales: from the body to the global scale
- Qualitative and quantitative methods in social geography
2) Difference and diversity
- Geographies of intersectionality (gender, ethnicity and sexuality)
Emotions and space
- Social geographies of age: childhood and the elderly
- Geographies of (dis)capabilities
3) Geographies of well-being
- Health, risk and resilience
- Care and social well-being
4) Cultural landscape
- Place names and landscape
- Literature and landscape
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theory sessions | 32 | 1.28 | CM02 |
| Tutorship | 5 | 0.2 | CM01, CM02, KM03 |
| Library course | 3 | 0.12 | |
| Preparation of practices | 30 | 1.2 | CM01 |
| Personal study | 42 | 1.68 | CM02 |
| Classroom practices | 10.5 | 0.42 | KM03 |
| Field trip | 6 | 0.24 | CM02, KM03 |
| Practices and group work | 20 | 0.8 | CM02, KM03 |
There will be lectures, classroom practice and field trip.
The training activities include:
- Autonomous activities: individual reading and comprehension of texts (according to the compulsory readings); and group work.
- Directed activities: presentation by the teacher and active participation by the students in the theoretical sessions and in the activities of understanding the concepts developed in the classroom.
- Supervised activities: small group presentations (3/4 people) of the readings, group work and field trips.
Field trips will be conducted in accordance with the official Field Trip Protocol established by the Faculty. Students will be provided with specific safety documentation related to off-campus activities organized by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). It is the responsibility of each student to review and acknowledge this documentation prior to participating in any field activity.
In order to learn how to cite correctly, it is mandatory to take the APA information sources and citations review course organized by the UAB library service.
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work in groups | 20% | 0 | 0 | KM03 |
| Individual exercise on readings | 20% | 0 | 0 | CM02 |
| Individual activities carried out in the classroom | 20% | 0 | 0 | CM01 |
| Essay and oral presentation | 20% | 0 | 0 | CM02, KM03, SM02 |
| Individual examination | 20% | 1.5 | 0.06 | CM01, CM02 |
The course is assessed on a continuous basis.
The assessment includes 5 activities:
- Individual activities carried out in the classroom (20%) (exercises carried out in the classroom without prior notice, preparation of summaries or questions at the end of a session)
- Group work (field trip 1) (20%)
- Individual essay and oral presentation (field trip 2) (20%)
- Individual exercise on readings (20%)
- Individual exam (20%)
Attendance at field trips is compulsory.
In order to pass the subject, it is mandatory to have completed the APA information sources and citations review course organized by the UAB library service (present certificate).
In the activities that require the use of bibliographic sources, the application of the knowledge acquired in the review course on information sources and APA citations organized by the UAB library service will be assessed.
It is important to bear in mind the basic academic rules on how to cite and avoid plagiarism (https://www.uab.cat/doc/GuiaCitesiPlagiEstudiants).
EXAM SCHEDULE AND ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
The dates for exams and assignment submissions will be communicated to students well in advance and cannot be modified on an individual basis (except in exceptional cases and always with proper justification).
Erasmus students requesting to take an exam earlier must present the instructor with a written document from their home university justifying their request.
The date of the resit exam will be set by the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts and cannot be changed.
SINGLE EVALUATION
The single assessment system is not foreseen in the subject area.
REEVALUATION
There will be recovery of all those activities presented that have not exceeded 5.
The recovery of the theory exam will be in the form of an exam.
The recovery of the rest of the evaluable activities will consist of redoing the evidence.
The recovered activities will be graded between 0 and 5.
Thenon-recoverable evaluative activities are the activities resulting from the field trips and the activities carried out in the classroom.
REVIEWING GRADES
On carrying out each evaluation activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place
NOT ASSESSED/NOT SUBMITTED
Students will obtain a Not assessed/Not submitted course grade unless they have submitted more than 30% of the assessment items.
PLAGIARISM
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Prohibited use: this course does not foresee the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in any of its phases. Any work that includes generalised AI fragments will be considered a breach of academic honesty and may result in a partial or full penalty of the course grade, or higher penalties in cases of seriousness.
Bibliography
Required reading:
Browne, Kath; Borisa, Dhiren; Gilmartin, Mary & Banerjea, Niharika (2024). Social Geographies: The Basics. Routledge.
Hopkins, Peter (2019). “Social geography I: Interseccionality", Progress in Human Geography, 43(5), 937-947.
Hopkins, Peter (2020). “Social Geography II: Islamophobia, transphobia and sizism", Progress in Human Geography, 44(3), 583-594.
Hopkins, Peter (2021). “Social geography III: Committing to social”, Progress in Human Geography, 45(2), 382-393.
Recommended reading:
Belmonte Ribas, Ánchel; Laporte, Lise, 2021, El Pirineo sin Briet, cien años de cambios en el paisaje, Geoparque Mundial Unesco Sobrarbe-Pirineos.
Hough, C. (Ed.). (2016). The Oxford handbook of names and naming. Oxford University Press.
Smith, Susan J.; Pain, Rachel; Marston, Sallie A. & Jones, John Paul (2010). “Introduction: situating social geographies”, The SAGE handbook of social geographies, London: Sage.
Nel·lo,Oriol, 2003, Aquí no! Conflictes territorials de Catalunya, Empúries.
Smith, Susan J.; Pain, Rachel; Marston, Sallie A. & Jones III, John Paul (eds.) (2009). The SAGE Handbook of Social Geographies, London: Sage.
The Newcastle Social Geographies Collective (2021). Social Geographies. An Introduction, London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
Academic journals to bear in mind:
Documents d'Anàlisi Geogràfica
Social & Cultural Geography
Children’s Geographies
Gender, Place and Culture
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
*A more detailed bibliography will be provided for each topic.
Software
Word, excel, powerpoint (or free software choices).
Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (PCAM) Field practices | 11 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (PCAM) Field practices | 12 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |