This course examines the spatial and environmental bases of societies, from historical and cultural perspectives, and explores the major theoretical concepts and empirical contexts of social geography: space and society, the body, the home, community, institutions, the street, the city, the rural, the nation, and the resort.
Prerequisites
GEOG 1100.
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What you will learn
- Traditions in social geography
- Different paradigms within social geography
- Social geography and everyday life
- Restructuring society and space
- The body as surface, the body as project, Cartesian dualism
- Neighbourhood and community - social construction of space, restructuring society and space
- Public and private space - urban morphology, cities, homeless and housing
- Urban life - social interaction and social networks
- Place and power - public institutions and private life, urban governance, social justice
- Fear, crime, and disorder
- Race" and ethnicity - discrimination, segregation, colonies
- Spaces of hope - social activism and civic responsibility, advocacy
How to register
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Course schedules
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Contact us
If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.