GEOG101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Deconstruction, Cultural Relativism, Class Conflict
15 Jun 2015
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Concepts of human geography: philosophical, conceptual, analytical. Select a place that has meaning to you. Describe the place annd space in absolute and relative terms (paragraph 1) Describe the site of your selected place. Explain how the situation of your chosen place changes over time (paragraph 2. Describe the meaning that you attribute to your selected place and whether this meaning is shared or contested with others (paragraph 3) Reflect and comment on the usefulness of absolute and relative notions of place and space (paragraph 4) All maps and photos must be sourced. Each paragraph 5 marks, sourcing and grammar 5 marks. It is not enough to simply accept that facts, concepts, and techniques are related; we need to know why. We know through experience, through experice only, those things that actually exist. Sees knowledge acquisition as an ongoing process of verifying and, as necessary, correcting factual statements. Rejects any philosophy that purports to be an all embracing system.
