Geography

Social Geographies

Module code: L7016
Level 5
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Lecture, Workshop
Assessment modes: Essay

After an introduction to the development of social geography, you focus on the interactions between social relations, space and place.

These connections are explored through the geographies of class, ethnicity, sexuality and gender relations (and the intersections between them), at a variety of spatial scales, from local to global, and both urban and rural. We include geographies of activism, health and ability and gentrification.

Module learning outcomes

• Critically evaluate different approaches to doing social geography
• Effectively communicate detailed analysis of social geographical concepts
• Understand the potential and limitations of academic social geography in struggles for social justice
• Apply key social geographical ideas to a variety of case studies