RSO-56806 Sociology and Anthropology of Place-Shaping
Course
Credits 6.00
| Teaching method | Contact hours |
| Individual Paper | 1 |
| Lecture | 8 |
| Tutorial | 14 |
| Group work | 2 |
| Excursion (one day) | 9 |
| Independent study |
| Course coordinator(s) | dr. ir. JP Jongerden |
| Lecturer(s) | dr. ir. JP Jongerden |
| dr. R Fletcher | |
| dr. AM Rijke | |
| Examiner(s) | dr. ir. JP Jongerden |
Language of instruction:
English
Continuation courses:
RSO-55306 A Global Sense of Place: Place-based approaches of development.
Contents:
The course offers a critical introduction into social theories and debates about place and place-shaping. The course introduces the students into a spatial perspective in the social sciences and relational thinking about the rural and the urban. We will discuss non-essentializing theories and key-concepts about place and space of main thinkers in the field of sociology, anthropology and geography. Students following this course will learn to reflect about place as an analytical category, and not as mere context, and apply various perspectives when looking at place-making. This makes this course of particular interest for those who are interested in development studies and the politics of landscape and mobility.
Learning outcomes:
After successful completion of this course students are expected to be able to:
- give an overview of contemporary theoretical approaches to study place and the social shaping of place;
- compare these approaches and explain their differences;
- analyse cases on basis of these theoretical approaches;
- to critically reflect on these approaches and evaluate their value in social sciences research.
Activities:
- lectures;
- self-study;
- individual and group assignments;
- workshops presentation and discussion;
- excursion.
Examination:
- assignments;
- written exam.
Literature:
Tim Cresswell (2015) Place: an introduction (2nd ed.), London: Wiley Blackwell and literature made available through Blackboard.