Course: Space, Knowledge, Politics

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Course title Space, Knowledge, Politics
Course code KGG/KPVP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Daniel Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course is divided into two parts: Part I. Conceptualisation of key terms 1. Space 2. Knowledge 3. Politics Part II. Selected topics 4. Production, circulation and reception of knowledge 5. Maps, cartography and power 6. The geopolitics of knowledge production 7. Critical geopolitics 8. Knowledge, expertise and politics

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 30 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 34 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students to selected contemporary approaches to the analysis of the mutual relationships between space, knowledge and politics. The course first defines the key concepts of space, knowledge and politics and then applies them to selected topics. Emphasis is placed on connecting theoretical concepts with specific cases in various geographical and historical contexts.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student: - explains the key concepts and approaches to the relationship between space, knowledge and politics; - interprets a specific case using a selected approach; - produces an independent analysis of a chosen topic supported by scholarly literature.
Prerequisites
Knowledge covered by the compulsory courses preceding this course in the curriculum.

Assessment methods and criteria
Systematic Observation of Student, Final project

Successful completion of the course requires active participation in and preparation for seminars, completion of a project and passing a colloquium.
Recommended literature
  • Agnew, J. A., & Livingstone, D. N. (Eds.). (2011). The SAGE handbook of geographical knowledge.
  • Allen, J. (2003). Lost geographies of power.
  • Allen, J. (2016). Topologies of power: Beyond territory and networks.
  • Dodds, K., Kuus, M., & Sharp, J. (Eds.). (2013). The Ashgate research companion to critical geopolitics.
  • Felt, U. (Ed.). (2017). The handbook of science and technology studies.
  • Kobayashi, A. (Ed.). (2020). Encyclopedia of human geography.
  • Latour, B. Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society. Harvard University Press, 1988.
  • Livingstone, D. N. (2003). Putting science in its place: Geographies of scientific knowledge.
  • Merriman, Peter. (2022). Space. London.
  • Murdoch, J. (2005). Post-structuralist geography: A guide to relational space.
  • Thrift, N., & Crang, M. (Eds.). (2000). Thinking space.


Study plans that include the course
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