Available in 1996 and thereafter every second year, alternating with 121-214/314 Urban Geography. 16.7 2nd and 3rd years. Dr Jane Jacobs. First semester; Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour seminar each week. Students completing this subject should:

• be familiar with the new cultural geography and other relevant theoretical traditions;
• understand the relationship between space, place, and identity;
• understand the relationship between a cultural politics of place and power;
• have an understanding of qualitative methods;
• undertake their own empirical research using a local case study.

An introduction to cultural geography and other theoretical traditions which foreground cultural production and representation in understanding the relationship between place and identity. There will be a general consideration of the relationship between the global and the local and economy and culture. Specific attention will be given to the social construction of identities in and through place. Students will be introduced to the spatial politics of colonialism and postcolonialism, including cartography and power, the spatial politics of resistance. Consideration will also be given to the relationship between space, gender and sexuality, including geographies of fear and the spatial politics of sexuality. Students will also be introduced to qualitative methods and to the ethical issues of researching identity and are encouraged to plan and undertake their own empirical research as part of their written assessment. A 1.5 hour final examination (30 per cent); written work of up to 3,000 words (60 per cent); one 15 minute seminar presentation (10 per cent). Jackson P Maps of Meaning Unwin Hyman and/or Shurmer-Smith P and Hannam K Worlds of Desire: Realms of Power: A Cultural Geography Edward Arnold Offered in 1996; available in even years only, alternating with 121-214/314 Urban Geography. 16.7 Dr Jane Jacobs. First semester. Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour seminar each week. Students completing this subject should:

• be familiar with the new cultural geography and other relevant theoretical traditions;
• understand the relationship between space, place, and identity;
• understand the relationship between a cultural politics of place and power;
• have an understanding of qualitative methods;
• undertake their own empirical research using a local case study.

An introduction to cultural geography and other theoretical traditions which foreground cultural production and representation in understanding the relationship between place and identity. There will be a general consideration of the relationship between the global and the local and economy and culture. Specific attention will be given to the social construction of identities in and through place. Students will be introduced to the spatial politics of colonialism and postcolonialism, including cartography and power, the spatial politics of resistance. Consideration will also be given to the relationship between space, gender and sexuality, including geographies of fear and the spatial politics of sexuality. Students will also be introduced to qualitative methods and to the ethical issues of researching identity and are encouraged to plan and undertake their own empirical research as part of their written assessment. A 1.5 hour final examination (30 per cent); written work of up to 3,000 words (60 per cent); one 15 minute seminar presentation (10 per cent). Jackson P Maps of Meaning Unwin Hyman and/or Shurmer-Smith P and Hannam K Worlds of Desire: Realms of Power: A Cultural Geography Edward Arnold 16.7 2nd and 3rd years. Dr Jane Jacobs. Normally 25 points of first year Sociology To be taught in 1996 and thereafter every second year, alternating with 121-214/314 Urban Geography. First semester Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour seminar each week. Students completing this subject should:

• be familiar with the new cultural geography and other relevant theoretical traditions;
• understand the relationship between space, place, and identity;
• understand the relationship between a cultural politics of place and power;
• have an understanding of qualitative methods;
• undertake their own empirical research using a local case study.

An introduction to cultural geography and other theoretical traditions which foreground cultural production and representation in understanding the relationship between place and identity. There will be a general consideration of the relationship between the global and the local and economy and culture. Specific attention will be given to the social construction of identities in and through place. Students will be introduced to the spatial politics of colonialism and postcolonialism, including cartography and power, the spatial politics of resistance. Consideration will also be given to the relationship between space, gender and sexuality, including geographies of fear and the spatial politics of sexuality. Students will also be introduced to qualitative methods and to the ethical issues of researching identity and are encouraged to plan and undertake their own empirical research as part of their written assessment. A 1.5 hour final examination (30 per cent); written work of up to 3,000 words (60 per cent); one 15 minute seminar presentation (10 per cent). Jackson P Maps of Meaning Unwin Hyman Keith M and Pile S (eds) Place and the Politics of Identity Routledge Shurmer-Smith P and Hannam K Worlds of Desire: Realms of Power: A Cultural Geography Edward Arnold Zukin S Landscapes of Power: from Detroit to Disney World University of California Press