Teaching plan - Geographical Imagination 2020 Spring

Teaching plan - Geographical Imagination 2020 Spring

From: JKKH

Sessions	Topics
Jan 30 (Thu)	·      What is geographical imagination, spatial imagination; briefing on course objectives and assessment methods ·      Basic idea of cultural geography Videos: sociological imagination (an introduction); why are different places are similar? (human geography); what is human geography? On social structure; introduction to cultural geography [1]/ cultural geography [2]. On assimilation theory of culture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syfWacxy8vQ&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0Ym8mCdEMzjOc-Edzl_KxrqKaSXu-luS93iVBEYdAPzpA65ySNDn7Aar4. Slides: fields of geography; mental map in geographical imagination; national reality and geographical imagination; purpose of geographical imagination; sociological imagination. purpose of sociological imagination; three domains of sociological imagination; definition of cultural geography on cultural geography. Slideshares: on sociological imagination on thinking geographically; on social structure and interaction; on geographic concepts; on human geography; on humanistic geography; on social geography. e-readings: from sociological imagination to geographical imagination - the underlying approach; from symbolic interactionism to geographical imagination; from social constructionism to geographical imagination.
Feb 6 (Thu)	·      Geographical notions of space and place Videos: space and place in geography; place-making; space (Sweden); concepts for geographical understanding; sense of place; urbanization and cities; places and identities; how geography shaped Japan; focus on HK (geography info); China's geography problem; on geopolitics. Place attachment and community. Slides: the place notion; space and place; spatial significance; the notion of region; types of region; terminology on region; formal region; factors contributing to character of place; place-making; social construction of space.       Slideshares: On principles of placemaking; on sense of place; on geopolitics; on geopolitical theory. e-readings: the place notion (JKKH) (pdf); sense of place (pdf); the space notion (JKKH) (pdf); sense of place and geographical imagination; geopolitics: theories and concepts.
Feb 13 (Thu)	·      City images and representations Video: 那些漂在北京的香港人不想回家; on socialization (sociology); on socialization (a brief introduction); agents of socialization; an introduction to discourse analysis; why I love HK; a case study of city image (Wuhan)/ updated situation 1/ updated situation 2. Wuhan 2018. HK as a failed state (news)/ a related video./ Mainlandization - a case study of Sheung Shui; cultural landscape.; cultural region; HK graffiti walls; street artists in Shamshuipo. Slides: definition of city; definition 2 of city;  urban definitions; criteria of city definition: slide 1; slide 2; social characteristics of urban area; three models of urban structure; urban problems - examples; a note on socialization and geographical imagination; agents of socialization; socialization defined; What we do in discourse analysis;        Slideshare: on city image; on discourse analysis; natural and cultural landscape; cultural diffusion. e-readings: Is HK a great city; City image study - Gangnam district, South Korea; city image study - Hong Kong; geopolitical imagination (introduction); the greater middle east as modern geopolitical imagination [pdf]; greater east asia geopolitics [pdf]; India - geopolitical imagination; a blog article on how discourse analysis is related to geographical imagination; a blog article on socialization for geographical imagination; HK - a city of resistance; about Wuhan. Distinctive landscape of HK; Cantonese culture Hong Kong culture. Cultural traits - about social norms of HK).
Feb 20 (Thu)	·      Competing perspectives in geographical imagination Slides: geographical perspective 1;  geographical perspective 2; geographical perspective 3; humanistic geography; critical human geography; feminist geography (definition); strands of feminist geography; the utopian tradition in planning; the utopian impulse. Slideshares: on sociological perspectives; on functionalism; on social constructionism; on conflict theory. Videos: conflict theory; symbolic interactionism; functionalism; major sociological paradigms; what is pluralism; coercive power; persuasion and coercion (Friedman); on social facts. Reading: location advantages of HK; HK (Tuen Mum ): a conflict view.      Slideshares: on symbolic interaction;  On the theme of heritage and memory as related to sites Readings: heritage preservation (HK and overseas experience); what is cultural heritage; heritage and historical buildings succumb to redevelopment (scmp); geography of a hidden cultural heritage (pdf); HK cultural heritage (scmp); HK - no lack of cultural heritage (scmp). Videos: cultural heritage (China); what is cultural heritage. ************** A case study of  a Brazilian city Using the space-place-home matrix (JKKH) to study geographical imagination assignment.
Feb 27 (Thu)	·      Map reading: cartography and representation Video: a brief history of cartography and map; is Earth actually flat; geography of inequality and mapping. Slides: cartographic objects; cartographic process; map and cartography. Slideshare: on cartography. Readings on cartography: what is cartography; Cartography: more than a view; what does a cartographer do; interesting maps of America; amazing world maps; the state of modern cartography; modern technology and cartography.
Mar 5 (Thu)	·      The notion of social class in geographical imagination Slides: social class: definition and structure; social class and social standing; some observations on social class; Marx's view on social class; determinants on social class. Slideshare: on social class & status. Videos: socio-spatial segregation; residential segregation; urbanization and cities; an introduction to stratification (sociology); functionalism vs conflict theory: on stratification; divided cities: urban inequalities; lecture on the divided city. Readings: why the wealth gap (HK) (scmp article); a divided society (HK); city divided, poverty, housing (HK); HK protests (city divided). On the theme of dangerous places in cities: Readings: UK safest and most dangerous cities: South Africa's most dangerous cities to live in; a dangerous place (Winspear: novel); Novel: most dangerous place (Grippando); Is Papua New Guinea really dangerous; most dangerous cities in Canada; cognitive mapping of the city centre (pdf article). Video: Papua New Guinea [for women]; 15 scariest bridges. *** GI case study: Tuen Mun
Mar 12 (Thu)	·      The notion of gender in geographical imagination Slides: gender-related development index; gender issues in geography; how cities are gendered; gendered space.        Slideshares: gender and geography; on the gender concept. E-resources on utopia Videos: Thomas More's Magnificent Utopia (lecture); the history of utopian thinking; Utopian Cities. Slideshares: on utopia; on utopia in architecture.
Mar 19 (Thu)	·      The notions of home and housing in geographical imagination Slides: housing distribution pattern; suburban community; reasons for housing shortage, what is housing shortage; geography of homelessness; characteristics of housing shortage.       Slideshares: on geographical consequences of housing shortage; on homelessness. e-reading: the study of home (JKKH) (pdf); a city of contradiction/ conflicts : 上流寄生族. On the theme of future cities Videos: future city predictions; the future of cities; city of the future: Singapore.; floating city of the future; how future cities will change everything; smart cities. Readings: a future city model; what is smart for the future city (pdf); smart city technology for a more livable future; imagining the future city: London 2062; future city - Glasgow; future of sustainable cities (national geograhics); floating cities (future cities).
Mar 26 (Thu)	·      The notions of modern, postmodern and crime cities in geographical imagination Videos: our divided city; Postmodern Cities; Chicago - most dangerous city in USA; HK is dangerous. Videos on movies: the outlaws (Korean)[about crime city]; city of violence knife fight (korean).; the untouchable gunfight; 天水圍的日與夜; Batman in HK; 旺角揸FIT人- 爆樽; Tower of David (crime building theme); 樹大招風 mv [crime city]/ and trailer; crime city movie trailer (掃毒2天地對決); 韓國電影 1987; 黑金 (Island Of Greed); on illustrious energy (racial discrimination; dangerous place). Slides: consequences of urban crime; issues of urban crime; stat on gender and crime; evolving models of city; postmodern cities;  Slideshares: on modern & postmodern cities. on street crimes in urban areas; an introduction to postmodernism; on urban poverty and crime. Readings: 11 most dangerous streets in the world; is Chicago's 'South Side' really unsafe; most dangerous Mississippi city; the most dangerous city in Massachusetts; Pocatello (an article on dangerous city).; the coercive city: an example; novel theme - murder on trinity place (city imagination). Theme of modern and postmodern cities Videos: Postmodern Cities; Soja: the postmodern city; postmodernism: history and art; Modernism: Design in a Nutshell; post-modern architecture. Slide: modern and postmodern cities; postmodern urbanism. Articles: urban design in the postmodern context; Is London postmodern?.; crime fiction and the city.
Apr 2 (Thur)	·      The notions of culture, memory and heritage in geographical imagination e-readings: artwork in cultural geography (examples) ; arts in city. Videos: World Heritage City Willemstad – Scharloo; Hong kong case (是誰火燒圓明園); spectre [007] opening scene (cultural heritage related); powerful street arts. Slides: primate city; what is heritage? (basic); what is heritage? (more detailed);        Slideshares: on cultural heritage. on urban culture. e-readings: On urban culture; types of city culture; cultural heritage theory - case study of city of York; the 480 things that represent HK culture; 10 disappearing HK cultural experiences; core values of HK; core values of HK - key findings. On the theme on global city: Videos: Issues illustrated; global cities; global cities - an introduction; urbanization and global cities. Slideshare: an introduction to global city. On the theme of orientalism Videos: an introduction to orientalism; orientalism and thereafter; how the West views the rest of the world; imperialism and orientalism; orientalism and power. Readings: orientalism, and postcolonial literacy studies; neo-orientalism and fictions; orientalism: then and now. Slideshare: on the concept of orientalism.
Apr 9 (Thu)	·      The notion of urban regeneration in geographical imagination Videos: 鏗鏘集：離不開，留不低;  Slides: urban regeneration process; a framework of urban regeneration; urban regeneration as theory-in-practice; Slideshare: on urban renewal.
Apr 16 (Thu)	·      The notions of planning and future imagination in geographical imagination Videos: city of the future - Singapore; movie study: HK 10 years; the future city image (movie "The Fifth element).       Slideshare: on the future of cities. Readings: a futuristic view of city; role of utopia for design of future cities [pdf]; six utopian cities of the future; at the margins of ideal cities [pdf]; what we can learn from utopian planners; the good city - in defense of utopian thinking [pdf]; the image of future city in science fictions films (pdf).     e-reading: future of city and science fiction.

References

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