Classics in Theories of Space National Ph. D. course in Human geography, Spring Term - 2019 Course Organizers Mekonnen Tesfahuney, Professor, Karlstad University ([email protected]) Tomas Germundsson, Professor, Lund University ([email protected]) Richard Ek, Associate Professor, Lund University, Campus Helsingborg ([email protected]) Guest lecturer: Professor Gillian Rose, University of Oxford Course Syllabus The present course offers advanced knowledge of spatial theories by examining key/classical texts on the subject. It is broadly structured along three major conceptions of space: (1) Spatial Science, (2) Humanistic Geographic Conceptions of Space, and (3) Relational conceptions of space. The course offers a (philosophical) history of conceptions of space as laid out by key protagonists. As such, the course is not only a journey through the canonical notions of space but also a mapping of the geographies of the disciplinary canon as well. The course consists of readings of a selection of classical texts, combined with parallel thematic lectures and seminars addressing the three key themes and related sub-themes. In addition to a final paper which will be presented in a course paper seminar, students will also submit critical readings of a selection of course literature in writing. Course Schedule Module 1: 7-8 March 2019 - Theme: Spatial Science Venue: Karlstad University 7th of March 10-12 Lecture Richard Ek & Mekonnen Tesfahuney 7th of March 13-16 Literature Seminar. Text: David Harvey Explanation in Geography (1973[1969]) 8th of March 10-12 Literature Seminar. Text: Peter Hagget The Geographer’s Art (1995) Module 2: 24-25 April 2019 - Theme: Humanistic Geographic Conceptions of Space Venue: Lund University 24th of April 10-12 Lecture Tomas Germundsson 24th of April 13-16 Literature Seminar. Texts: Edward Relph Place and Placelessness (1976) and Gaston Bachelard (1958/2014[1994]) The Poetics of Space. 25th of April 10-12 Literature seminar Yi-Fu Tuan, Topophilia (1974) Module 3: 14-15 May 2019 - Theme: Relational Theories of Space Venue: Karlstad University 14th of May 10-12 Literature Seminar. Text: Henri Lefebvre The Production of Space (1974/1991) and Doreen Massey, Power Geometries of Space-Time (1999). 14th of May 13-15 Lecture/seminar Gillian Rose 15th of May 09-13 Paper Seminars 1 Readings (besides texts in the schedule above) Tim Cresswell’s Geographic Thought. A Critical Introduction (2013) will be used as a general “reference and guide” to human geographic subject history for the course., complemented by: Anne Buttimer’s Geography and the human spirit (1993). Reference Literature Burton, Ian (1963) “The Quantitative Revolution and Human Geography” Canadian Geographer, VII, 4 Blunt, A. & Rose, G. eds. (1994) Writing Women & Space. Colonial & Postcolonial Geographies. New York: Guilford Press Buttimer, Anne & Seamon, David (ed.) (1980). The human experience of space and place. London: Croom Helm Casey, Edward (2013) The Fate of Place. A Philosophical History. Berkley: University of CaliforniaPress Crampton, Jeremy & Elden, Stuart eds. (2007) Space, Knowledge & Power. Aldershot: Ashgate Crang, Michael & Thrift Nigel ed. (2000) Thinking Space. London: Routledge (ca 100 pages) de Certeau, Michel (1984) The Practice of Everyday Life. Berkeley: University of California Press Deleuze, Gilles & Guattari, Felix (1987) A Thousand Plateaus. Capitalism & Schizophrenia. Elden, Stuart ed. (2012) Sloterdjik Now. Cambridge: Polity Foucault, Michel (1986/1967) “Of Other Spaces” Diacritics Spring, (6 pages) Harvey, David (2004) SPACE AS A KEY WORD Paper for Marx and Philosophy Conference Johnston, R. J. (1997) Geography and Geographers: Anglo-American Human Geography since 1945. 5th ed. Olwig, Kenneth R. (2002): The Duplicity of Space”. Geografiska Annaler 84B (1): 29-45. Tuan, Yi-Fu (2001): Space and place: the perspectives of experience. University of Minnesota Press Malpas, Jeff (2006) Heidegger & The Thinking of Place. Explorations in the Topology of Being. MIT Press Ord & Bild (1998) På Plats. Nr. 3 [Special Issues on Place] Ponty, Merleau (2002/1962) Phenomenology of Perception New York: Routledge Pred, Allan (1984): Place as historically contingent process”Annals Ass. Am. Geogr., vol. 74, s. 279-297. Teverson, A & Upstone, S (2011) Postcolonial Space. The Politics of Place in Contemporary Culture. Basingstoke: Palgrave Res Publica (1999) Farlig Geografi. Nr. 41-42 Rose, Gillian (1993). Feminism and geography: the limits of geographical knowledge. Cambridge: Polity Press Said, Edward (2000) Out of Place. London: Granta Staeheli, Lynn A. and Martin, Patricia M. (2000): Spaces for Feminism in Geography. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Vol. 571, Feminist Views of the Social Sciences (Sep., 2000), pp. 135-150. 2 .