2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

GEOG2810 Spaces of Citizenship and Belonging

10 creditsClass Size: 160

Module manager: Professor Gill Valentine
Email: g.valentine@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2008/09

This module is approved as an Elective

Module summary

This module explores the social, economic, cultural and political processes that shape British society and its geography, and looks at how it affects people's sense of identity, community, well-being and belonging. Differences arising from class, race/ethnicity, disability, sexuality, gender and age are examined in relation to people's experiences of social, cultural and economic inclusion and exclusion, and related to people experience of citizenship and belonging. The module considers social and spatial polarisation in urban areas and the associated problems of crime and disorder and explores different ways of conceptualising identities, power and community, and the growth of identity politics.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should have acquired:
- An appreciation of the key issues in social and cultural geography
- Knowledge of the processes underpinning social inequalities, social difference, citizenship and feelings of belonging in the UK
- An understanding of the concepts of deprivation, exclusion, identity and citizenship, and the theories which underpin them
- Independent research skills
- Ability to present their knowledge in different written formats

Skills outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding:
- The dynamic nature of geographic thought and the inter-relationships between geography and social science in a wider context
- Geographies of diversity and difference, and how they are conceptualised and manifested in British society
- Geographies of social inequality at different scales and in different social, economic and political contexts
- Debates about the impact of globalisation, space-time processes, socio-economic and demographic change
- The contextualisation of social processes
- The contribution of geography to the development of social, economic, cultural and diversity agendas, policies and practices, and their implications for understanding citizenship
- The ethical implications of geographical debates and research

Skills:
- Critical analysis of theories, concepts, issues and ideas about citizenship, belonging, society and place
- Abstraction and synthesis of information and ideas from different sources.
- Reasoned arguments, solving problems and making reasoned decisions.
- Planning, designing, executing and reporting geographic research as team member.
- Effective written communication skills.
- Apply skills to access relevant source material (e.g. Web of Science, and WWW)
- Manage time and organise work effectively

Syllabus

1. Bodies: as the basis for citizenship & belonging
2. Identities: citizenship & belonging
3. Citizenship & belonging
4. Citizenship & responsibility
5. Citizenship & public space
6. Citizenship and social inequalities
7. Spaces of poverty, deprivation and exclusion in Britain
8. Housing, inequality and citizenship
9. Institutionalising advantage and disadvantage
10. Disaffected citizens? Crime and disorder

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Group learning	1	1.00	1.00
Lecture	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			89.00
Total Contact hours			11.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

55 hours reading to support lectures and in preparation for exam
34 hours reading, writing and independent research for assessed report

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Through class discussion in lectures and through the submission of assessed work prior to the final examination.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Report	750 Words	30.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		30.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	1 hr 15 mins	70.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		70.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 28/04/2009

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