Unit name | Geographies of Food |
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Unit code | GEOG30011 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Glennie |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
GEOG20001 More-than-Human-Geographies: Ecological Imaginaries & Animal Geographies. |
Co-requisites |
Available to year-three Geography and year- four Geography with Study Aboard/Continental Europe students only. |
School/department | School of Geographical Sciences |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
Geographies of food are considered principally through long-run and contemporary shifts in the framing of food practices; through shifting power-relations in food networks; and through debates about conceptualizing food-network powers and interests. Animal geographies are considered as a key component in post-humanist, post-environmentalist enquiry in geography, drawing on the co-construction of human/animal spaces and places, practices of human/animal association, and moral and ethical debates from animal welfare to biosecurity. Examination of traditional and contemporary forms of animal representation will be examined, leading to an assessment of ideas of hybridity, dwelling and co-constitutionism.
The aims of this Unit are to help students develop critical appreciations: §
of the place of that engagement within the development of the discipline.
On completion of this Unit students should be able to:
The following transferable skills are developed in this Unit:
These objectives shape both the form and emphases of the course structure, component lectures, and examination questions. They are discussed in the opening lecture, in each block of the course, and through the stress on recent and current debates within each of the specific topics covered (both in lectures and via the course website).
Lectures account for most class sessions (17 of 20), with two sessions of small group discussion and an introductory briefing (week 1) on the essay project. For the essay project, there is also a Q-&-A session (week 4) and an opportunity for a short one-to-one discussion.
2750-3000 word essay project (50%), set in week 1 for submission in the week 12, to be returned with the standard feedback procedures for summative coursework. Two-hour written exam, answering two essays from five questions (50%).