Spring 2020 - GEOG 440 D100
Property, Land, Society (4)
Class Number: 3190
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2020: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 18, 2020
Sat, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Nicholas Blomley
blomley@sfu.ca
1 778 782-3713
Office: RCB 7131
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Prerequisites:
60 units, including eight of upper division geography.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
An examination of property, particularly in relation to land, with an emphasis on its social, political, and spatial dimensions. Students with credit for GEOG 440W may not take this course for further credit.
COURSE DETAILS:
Property relations are immensely important, shaping opportunities, identities and practice. Property is a crucial means by which we make space and place. What is property? How is it categorized? Who gets to have it, and with what effect? The broad goal of this class is to understand property, unpack its social and political dimensions, and consider its geographic qualities. We will explore its different forms, when held privately, by groups or by the state.
We will consider these issues through concrete local and international examples. Topics will include gentrification, indigenous property and the BC treaty process, enclosure and the commons, street uses and municipal property, and everyday understandings of property
The format of the class will be seminar-based, with lectures and group discussion based on assigned readings. This will be supplemented by films, and the insights of visiting speakers.
Notes
There will be NO tutorials during the first week of class.
Grading
- Participation 20%
- Mini papers 20%
- Time property geography exercise 25 25%
- Critical Book Review 35%
Registrar Notes:
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