INTRO TO POLIT'L GEOGRAPHY & GEOPOLITICS (PO2012)

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This course investigates how political processes shape human geography and, conversely, how assumptions about places underpin world politics. It presents the main theories of political geography, as well as essential concepts and terminology. It points to the historical contingency of political identities and organizations and reveals how major world events as well as spaces are shaped by everyday politics.

Code: 
PO2012
Name: 
INTRO TO POLIT'L GEOGRAPHY & GEOPOLITICS
Discipline: 
PO (Politics)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. This is the course that defines and explores in detail the very concept of “global exploration” and comparing worlds. It will help students through a review of the evolution of the field of political geography, to understand the historical contingency of political identities and organizations.
  2. familiarize themselves with thinkers such as Kjellen, Ratzel, Haushofer, McKinder, Mahan, Spykeman, Yves Lacoste, Gerroid O’Tuathail, Edward Saïd, etc., or such institutions as the Royal Geographic Society, the National Geographic Society and similar NGOs, IGOs or educational and scientific institutions (private or governmental) that have advanced geographic knowledge
  3. look at the globe from a completely different perspective. Examples of how students will “see” the world differently will be their introduction to the concept of “representation” applied to politics, cognitive psychology and philosophy and how adopting an alternative representation of the globe profoundly challenges our preconceived visions of maps, “civilization”, geography and all its related topics (transportation, globalization, geopolitics, etc.) and of our entire learning process.
  4. Acquire and mastering scholarly skills and analytical tools: interdisciplinarity / geography epistemology / basic notions in cartograph

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Term Code Name
Spring 2024 PO2012 INTRO TO POLIT'L GEOGRAPHY & GEOPOLITICS

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