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Date |
Topics |
Assignments |
Readings - to be completed on date shown
(required texts at bottom of table) - additional readings
TBA
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April 3 |
Student proposals / The publishing process |
discussion of student research questions |
No Readings |
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April 10 |
H & T - New theories/approaches/topics in human geography
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Readings |
Bondi, Liz and Davidson, Joyce, 2005, Situating gender.
In Nelson, Lise
& Seager, J. (eds.) A Companion to Feminist Geography,
Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 15-31, .
Duncan, Nancy, 1996. Postmodernism in human geography, in Earle, C.,
Mathewson, K., & Martin, M.S. (eds.), Concepts in Human Geography,
Lanham, MD, Rowman & Littlefield.
Sayer, Andrew. 1993.
Postmodernist Thought in Geography: A Realist View.? Antipode 25
(4): 320-244. |
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April 17 |
AAG – No Class |
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April 24 |
AAG debrief; H & T - New theories/approaches/topics
in physical geography |
Readings |
Phillips, Jonathan D., 2004. Independence,
contingency, and scale linkage in physical geography. in Sheppard, E. and
McMaster, R.B. (ed.), Scale and geographic inquiry: Nature, society,
and method. Blackwell, p. 86-100.
Also, return to and review:
James, L.A. and Marcus, W.A., 2006, The human role in
changing fluvial systems: Retrospect, inventory, prospect. (Focus on 2nd
half of article about changes since mid-20th C and new directions)
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Gleick,
., 1987. Chaos: Making a new science. Penguin Books, p. 1-56
- DoPG
– Entries on “nonlinear system,” “threshold, geomorphological”
“carbon dating” (also note many other entries under “dating” in the
index), “digital image processing” |
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May 1 |
Preparing & writing a thesis proposal
H&T- /The GIScience Revolution |
Readings |
The GIS
History Project
Rediscovering Geography Committee, 1997.
Rediscovering geography: New relevance for science and society.
National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., Chapter 4 (Geography’s
techniques), p. 47-69.
Schuurman, Nadine, 2000. Trouble in the heartland: GIS and its
critics in the 1990s. Progress in Human Geography, 24:569-590. |
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May 8 |
Getting grants – Dan Gavin |
Readings |
Friedland, A.J. and Folt, C.L., 2000, Writing successful science
proposals. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press. |
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May 15 |
Ethical issues in research and the professional world –
Shaul Cohen |
Readings |
Proctor, 1999. Overlapping terrains
Smith, 199, Context sensitive ethics
Both from: Proctor, J.D. & Smith, D.M (eds.), Geography and Ethnics:
Journeys in a Moral Terrain, Routledge. |
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May 22 |
Cross-cutting ideas/approaches/themes;
where is geography headed?
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Readings Think about the following
questions |
Rediscovering Geography Committee, 1997.
Rediscovering geography: New relevance for science and society.
National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., Chapter 3,
Geography's perspectives, p. 28-46.
The 3 articles below, all from the 100th anniversary issue of
the Annals of the Association of American Geographers 94(4):
Kwan, M., 2004,
Beyond differences: From canonical geography to hybrid geographies, p.
756-763.
Rhoads, B. L.,
2004, Whither physical geography, p. 748-755.
Sheppard,
E., 2004, Practicing geography, p. 739-743.
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May 29 |
Practical issues facing geography in the future
Employment opportunities in geography |
Readings Think about the following
questions |
Gober, Patricia,
2000. In search of synthesis. Annals of the Association of
American Geographers 90(1):1-11.
Hanson, S., 2004.
Who are "we"? An important questionj for geography's future.
Annals of the Association of American Geographers 94(4):715-722.
Murphy, Alexander
B., 2007, Geography's place in American higher education. Journal of
Geography in Higher Education.
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June 5 |
Presentation of proposals |
Turn in proposals, oral presentations |
No readings |
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Required Texts:
Johnston, R.J., Gregory, D., Pratt, G., A., Watts, M.
(eds.), 2000. The Dictionary of Human Geography, 4th ed.
Malden, MA, Blackwell, 958 p.
Thomas, D.S.G., Goudie, A., 2000.The Dictionary of
Physical Geography, 3rd ed. Malden, MA, Blackwell, 610 p.
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last update:
09/05/07 04:35 PM
Department of Geography, University of Oregon, Eugene OR, 97403-1251 |
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