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Course: Political and Cultural Geography

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Course title Political and Cultural Geography
Course code KGE/PKGA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vogt David, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction to the scientific discipline of political and cultural geography - subject and object of study, basic concepts and notions, research paradigms, scientific journals. Methods of political-geographical research - spatial polarization and fragmentation, MAUP, spatial dependence in a multi-scalar context. Macro-regional differentiation of the world according to political, economic and cultural criteria, dependence theories, theory of cyclical development over time and across space. Classical geopolitics - main schools of thought, assumptions, hegemonic-state strategies and geopolitical codes in the 20th and 21st centuries. Critical geopolitics and subaltern studies as a responses to the crisis of classical geopolitics, disputed territories, research methods and main scholars. Geography of conflicts - political, cultural and environmental resources, theory of causes of wars, de iure and de facto states. Modern state - attributes of the state, power and sovereignty, border disputes and perception of borders, orientation at the political map of the world in the 20th and 21st centuries, both historical and contemporary. Forms of the state's constitutional organization, components of the state territory, decentralization, regionalism and role of the geographical organization of society. Nation and nationalism - nations and states, processes of the emergence and formation of nations, typology of nationalism and main scholars of nationalism. National and regional identity - political aspects of spatial identity formation, landscape iconography and construction of national landscapes. Regional nationalism in the context of European integration, practical examples, the concept of Europe of regions and typology of nationalist responses. Electoral geography - electoral systems, spatial context of elections, voter-party-locality relations, contemporary electoral trends. Local politics and conflicts in the global cities - social stratification and spatial segregation, gentrification and its consequences. Environmental political geography - climate change and economic restructuring in institutional and civil politics and policies.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive lecture, Discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, Individual study, Textual studies, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 26 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 55 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To achieve a basic knowledge for the work with literature, texts and internet resources.
To achieve a basic awareness of and orientation in the political map of the world.
To achieve a basic awareness of the current political events in the world.
Skills
To work with data and digital geographical databases.
To understand the scientific text and locate key ideas within it.
To orientate himself/herself in the text written in English.
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To know the basic concepts, methods and research paradigms in political and cultural geography.
to orientate in the political map of the world and understand selected geopolitical and nationalist problems.
To analyze literature and, based on the knowledge from this literature, find interconnections between political events and spatial organization of political units at various scale levels.
Skills
To apply the theoretical knowledge onto particular states or regions.
To analyze the state's territory using the methods of multi-scalar polarization and fragmentation.
To analyze the collected political-geographical information and contextualize it in the development of the geographical organization of society.
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Interactive lecture
Seminar
Multimedia supported teaching
Textual studies
Individual study
Discussion
Skills
Lecture with visual aids
Textual studies
Discussion
Seminar
Individual study
Students' portfolio
Competences
Textual studies
Discussion
Individual study
assessment methods
Knowledge
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Test
Combined exam
Skills
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills demonstration during practicum
Seminar work
Competences
Written exam
Skills demonstration during practicum
Continuous assessment
Recommended literature
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  • Otázky geografie. [Díl] 3. 1. vyd. Praha : Nakladatelství České geografické společnosti, 1995. ISBN 80-901942-4-9.
  • Školní atlas dnešního světa. Praha : Terra, ----. ISBN 80-902282-4-0.
  • Agnew, John; Mitchell, Katharyne; Toal, Gerald. A companion to political geography..
  • Agnew, John. Political geography: A reader..
  • Anděl, J., Bičík, I., Bláha, J. Makroregiony světa: nová regionální geografie. Karolinum, 2019. ISBN 978-80-246-4273-4.
  • Anděl, Jiří. Kulturní geografie : jazyk, národy, náboženství, kulturní dědictví. Ústí nad Labem : Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity J. E. Purkyně, 1998. ISBN 80-7044-193-3.
  • Baar, Vladimír. Národy na prahu 21. století = Emancipace nebo nacionalismus?. Vyd. 1. V Šenově u Ostravy : Tilia, 2002. ISBN 80-7042-807-4.
  • Baar, Vladimír; Rumpel, Petr; Šindler, Petr. Politická geografie. 1. vyd. Ostrava : Přírodovědecká fakulta Ostravské univerzity, 1996. ISBN 80-7042-737-X.
  • Baker, Alan R.H. Geography and History. Bridging the Divide. Cambridge, 2003. ISBN 0521288851.
  • Baňouch, Hynek; Fedorko, Martin. Mezinárodní organizace. 1. vyd. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 2000. ISBN 80-210-2474-7.
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  • Brinke, Josef,; Gardavský, Václav. Otázky geografie. [Díl] 1. 1. vyd. Praha : Nakladatelství České geografické společnosti, 1994.
  • Brinke, Josef,; Gardavský, Václav. Otázky geografie. [Díl] 2. 1. vyd. Praha : Nakladatelství České geografické společnosti, 1995. ISBN 80-901863-1-9.
  • Cosgrove, Denis E. Social formation and symbolic landscape. Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1998. ISBN 978-0-299-15514-8.
  • Duch, Raymond M.; Stevenson, Randolph T. The economic vote : how political and economic institutions condition election results. Cambridge, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-70740-4.
  • Flint, Colin; Taylor, Peter. Political geography: World economy, nation-state, and locality..
  • Frajer, Václav; Gardavský, Václav. Otázky geografie. 4. 1. vyd. Praha : Nakladatelství České geografické společnosti, 1997. ISBN 80-86034-11-9.
  • Gallaher, Carolyn; Dahlman, Carl; Gilmartin, Mary; Mountz, Alison; Shirlow, Peter. Key concepts in political geography. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4129-4672-8.
  • Graham, Brian. Modern historical geographies/. Logman, 2000. ISBN 0-582-35779-9.
  • Heřmanová, Eva; Chromý, Pavel. Kulturní regiony a geografie kultury : kulturní reálie a kultura v regionech Česka. Vyd. 1. Praha : ASPI, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7357-339-3.
  • Hnízdo, Bořek. Mezinárodní perspektivy politických regionů. Praha : Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1995. ISBN 80-85241-95-1.
  • Huntington, Samuel P. Střet civilizací : boj kultur a proměna světového řádu. Praha : Rybka Publishers, 2001. ISBN 80-86182-49-5.
  • Chlupatý, R. Orwell na steroidech : průvodce chaosem 21. století. ISBN 978-80-88268-43-7.
  • Jehlička, Petr; Daněk, Petr; Tomeš, Jiří. Stát, prostor, politika : vybrané otázky politické geografie. 1. vyd. Praha : Univerzita Karlova, 2000. ISBN 80-238-5566-2.
  • Jelen, Libor. Konfliktní regiony světa. ISBN 978-80-87476.
  • Jusko, Karen Long. Who speaks for the poor? : electoral geography, party entry, and representation. Cambridge, 2017. ISBN 978-1-108-41231-5.
  • Kaplan, Robert D. Pomsta geografie : co mapy vyprávějí o příštích konfliktech a boji proti osudu. Praha, 2013. ISBN 978-80-905173-6-3.
  • Klímová, Eva. Školní atlas světa. 1. vyd., 1. dotisk. Praha : Kartografie, 2004. ISBN 80-7011-730-3.
  • Krejčí, Jaroslav. Postižitelné proudy dějin : civilizace a sociální formace, struktury a procesy, kultura a politika, revoluce a renesance, náboženství, národy a státy. Vyd. 1. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2002. ISBN 80-86429-09-1.
  • Kristensen, Niels N?rgaard. Political identity and democratic citizenship in turbulent times. Hershey, 2020. ISBN 978-1-7998-3677-3.
  • Marshall, Tim. Moc geografie v 21. století. Praha, 2022. ISBN 978-80-87950-38-8.
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  • Ó Tuathail, Gearóid; Dalby, Simon; Routledge, Paul. The geopolitics reader..
  • Romancov, Michael. Námořní slepota. Praha, 2022. ISBN 978-80-88433-10-1.
  • Skokan, Ladislav; Bursa, Milan. Geografické tabulky. Praha : Fortuna, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7373-018-5.
  • Šlachta, Mojmír; Burda, Tomáš; Holeček, Milan. Ohniska napětí ve světě. Praha : Kartografie Praha, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7011-926-6.
  • Veselý, Zdeněk. Smlouvy, pakty, dohody : slovník mezinárodně politických a diplomatických aktů. 1. vyd. Praha : Epocha, 2002. ISBN 80-86328-05-8.
  • Waisová, Šárka. Mezinárodní organizace a režimy ve středovýchodní Evropě. 1. vyd. Praha : Eurolex Bohemia, 2003. ISBN 80-86432-46-7.


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