Ale Bereskyj (04) ECON
Megan Brooks (05) ENGL
Nancy Francis (04) ECON
Susannah Hewlett (04) PSYC
Zach Manis (05) PHIL,POL
Jaime Muscar (04) EASIA
Matt Renwick (05) ECON
Sean Stewart (06) POL
Jessica Taylor (04) ANTH
Here's a developing narrative about G of HC
Schedule of classes: (approximate summary of topics... with links to comments and expansions)
| week of | Tuesdays | Thursdays |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Jan | The Web, and Landscapes | more Landscapes |
| 13 Jan | How do I find... and Tools ...and a digression on Bam | the day's [first] digression and beginning GIS |
| 20 Jan | projects step 1 Demography | H5N1 and continuing GIS |
| 27 Jan | today's menu the Broad Street Pump and H5N1 continued | Vultures, Broilers, Hmong, and Roma |
| 3 Feb | Saints and Demons The Good Guys? | US agriculture maps |
| 10 Feb | Turkeys, Apples, Merton... | Curry and Sustainability |
| 17 Feb | (break) | (break) |
| 24 Feb | Insular Southeast Asia | Sarawak |
| 2 Mar | Sarawak continued | Diseases, especially malaria |
| 9 Mar | Globalization | Coffee and Globalization |
| 16 Mar | Chronotopes and Architectonics | antique mall fieldtrip |
| 23 March | some loose ends | |
| 30 March |
Among the Topics that were possible linchpins for classes (some of which we did get to): Remote Sensing, Hydrocarbons, Aral Sea, Brazil nuts, Smart Mobs, Borders, Maquiladoras, Migration, Internet's reach, Logging, Fisheries, Resettlement, Malaria, Sarawak, Amazonia, Cartography, Rubber, Sugar, food security... In each case, I have materials under construction. Each is an interesting tale: a set of problems in human enterprise and activity, most with explicit spatial ('geographical') dimensions. Each provides opportunities to explore the questions ?what are the patterns [spatial and otherwise] at various scales? ?What are the forces that make/constrain those patterns?
Assignments: one two three four five six seven ...and eight ...chronotopes... nine ...and (finally) ten!
Requirements:
- [1/2 of final grade] Project, in the form of a suite of Web pages, on a subject to be negotiated, but including
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- a clear spatial and temporal focus
- a clear problem or question in the realm of 'cultural' material, involving the explication of distribution(s) in time and space
- available material to work with in multiple media (books, articles, Web sites)
- probably involving maps, maybe using GIS
- [1/3 of final grade] Assigned writing, some in class and some to be completed outside of class, all to be posted to your course Web pages (I'll use a check, checkplus, checkminus scheme, with zero for missed assignments and some lesser sanction for lateness)
- [1/6 of final grade] Log file
- There won't be a final exam.
Some of the Information Tools we'll explore: Wikipedia, JSTOR, eHRAF, Cultural Survival Quarterly, The Globalist [need to register], Infomine, OAIster, Population Reference Bureau, Emerging Infectious Diseases from CDC
This course has two forerunners: Fall 2001 University Scholars and Spring 2003 Global Stewardship Institute