GEOG 2160 - Space and Society

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2017

Space and how we relate to and within it is a core idea that has been explored since the early nineteenth century when people began to identify and describe the earth's surface. Since then the relationship between space and society has evolved to include our multiple interactions from our bodies to place, including cities, neighbourhoods, and large cities. Factors such as the distribution of power and status in cities, how we interact in everyday life spaces such as home, sport, and shopping and how spaces of fear and crime affect us will all be considered in this course. We explore the impact of class, gender, sexuality, race, age and disability on our individual and societal understandings of space. The course will build student skills and ability to evaluate and synthesise information and enable them to understand how different spaces can affect and influence the management of key social issues such as poverty, housing and crime.

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Course Details

Course Code	GEOG 2160
Course	Space and Society
Coordinating Unit	Geography, Environment and Population
Term	Semester 1
Level	Undergraduate
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	UP to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Prerequisites	At least 12 units of level I undergraduate study
Assessment	Review paper 35%, Verbal on focus topic 35%, Policy brief 30%

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Professor Melissa Nursey-Bray

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

This course will cover the followimg topics over a structured series of weeks:
1: Introduction Theories of Space
2: Theories of Space and Place
3: Space and Society
4: Community and space (gender, exclusion, visibility)
5: Community and space (gender, exclusion, visibility)
6: Focus points: Space and Crime (surveillance, power, fear, urban design)
7: Focus points: Space and Crime (surveillance, power, fear, urban design)
8: Focus points: Space and Everyday life (house, garden, consumption, neighbourhood)
9: Focus points: Space and Everyday life (house, garden, consumption, neighbourhood)
10: Space management (urban design, space policy)
11: Space management (urban design, space policy)
12: Summary and final assessments

Course Learning Outcomes

On completion of this subject students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate understanding of key concepts within and relationship between space and society.

2. Demonstrate an understanding of spatial patterns of advantage and disadvantage, through an examination of inequalities associated with race, gender, sexuality, age and disability;

3. Demonstrate an understanding of and capacity to apply concepts of space to social issues such as crime, poverty and housing,

4. Apply a variety of theoretical approaches about space and society to evaluate urbanisation;

5. Build and apply a range of (transferable) skills and methods relevant to geographical and sociological enquiry and communication, which will be useful for other subject and employment areas, This will include the use, manipulation and computer mapping of census data; the interpretation of subjective data sources, and the presentation of material, including report writing, critical evaluation and analysis and synthesis

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This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

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Deep discipline knowledge informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1 accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)	1, 2, 3, 4
Critical thinking and problem solving steeped in research methods and rigor based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment	3, 4, 5
Teamwork and communication skills developed from, with, and via the SGDE honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning	1, 5
Career and leadership readiness technology savvy professional and, where relevant, fully accredited forward thinking and well informed tested and validated by work based experiences	4, 5
Intercultural and ethical competency adept at operating in other cultures comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges	1, 2, 3
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate	2, 4, 5

Learning Resources

Required Resources

There is no text book allocated to this course as a compulsory text.

However we recommend the following as a key resource:

The Journal called Society and Space

and the book: Valentine, G (2001) Social Geographies: Space and Society

Recommended Resources

A number of additional reading resources will be provided to students as the course progresses

Online Learning

This course will make extensive use of Canvas for delivery and via lecture recording will also enable students to access all delivery online. Use of current videos and other online resources will be used to enhance student learning and interest in this course
Learning & Teaching Activities

Learning & Teaching Modes

This course will take a problem solving approach where lectures /information will be delivered prior to tutorials and students will be asked to work through various the theoretical and practical challenges associated with space and society. The subject lends itself to the use of hypothetical scenarios and structured small group work so will be used throughout. Seminars will be two hours but not lecture style, but used more as interactive seminars and vehicles by which information can be interrogated and also support given in class in relation to assessments.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

1 X 2 Hour seminar per week @ 9 weeks

1 x 1 hour tutorial per week @ 9 weeks

3 Assesment weeks will provide time to do deep learning and field research

Learning Activities Summary

Studetns will cover the following in thier weekly sessions:

1:Introduction Theories of Space
2:Theories of Space and Place
3: Space and Society
4: Community and space (gender, exclusion, visibility)
5: Community and space (gender, exclusion, visibility)
6: Focus points: Space and Crime (surveillance, power, fear, urban design)
7: Focus points: Space and Crime (surveillance, power, fear, urban design)
8: Focus points: Space and Everyday life (house, garden, consumption, neighbourhood)
9: Focus points: Space and Everyday life (house, garden, consumption, neighbourhood)
10: Space management (urban design, space policy)
11: Space management (urban design, space policy)
12: Summary and final assessments

Specific Course Requirements

A field trip which is a ‘walk’ around urban inner city space to provide some practical insights into application of space as a concept and a field trip to the Old Adelaide Goal to generate ideas around/ of space/society in the context of crime/fear issues so no pre-requisites but availability to do two field trips is requred

Small Group Discovery Experience

This class will employ extensive SGDE techniques via group work around specific focus topics related to space and society. This subject in order to ensure deep learning will need activities that grab student attention and enable deep thinking and discussion, SDGE will be conducted in both seminar and in lecture periods, also ensuring that lectures themselves enable student led learning opportunities.

The 最新糖心Vlog's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

ASSESSMENT TASK         TASK TYPE                            WEIGHTING                                                  COURSE LEARNING OUTCOME(S)

Review paper                  Summative                             35%                                                              1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Verbal on focus topic        Formative and
                                        summative                            35%                                                             1, 2, 4

Policy Briefing                   Summative                            30%                                                             3, 4,5

Assessment Related Requirements

None

Assessment Detail

Review paper on relationship between space and society

Students will be required to write a 2000 word review paper that sums up the key history and relationship between space and society

Verbal on focus topic (everyday life, crime, gender, place, poverty)

Students will be required to prepare a verbal on a key /integral concept (eg according to their discipline if they are doing criminology they may choose crime etc), and then give a verbal presentation. Verbals may be group or individual depending on numbers in the course (equivalent of 1500 words)

Policy brief relating to some aspect if space and the city

Students will write a 1000 word policy document which provides management advice on how to manage one aspect of urban space (ie. respond to some of the issues they would have raised in the verbals and in the context of a city). This may be how to manage crime so as to achieve safe urban spaces, or how to manage traffic to achieve mobile space, or how to manage gender or other community spatial differentiation to achieve equitable spaces.

Submission

E submission via Canvas

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

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