Undergraduate Research in Political Geography

Posted by on Apr 3, 2015 in Uncategorized | No Comments

Inquiry-based learning in Political Geography (Geog 453) has been supported through the Graduate Research Consultant (GRC) Program of UNC’s Office of Undergraduate Research.   Recent undergraduate research projects in Political Geography have included: The Geographies of Social Movements:  https://geographiesofsocialmovements.web.unc.edu/ Experiences at the US/Mexico Border:  https://experiencesusmexicoborder.web.unc.edu/  Case Studies in Border Disputes and Separations:  borderlandsandborders.web.unc.edu Land Expropriation: […]

Fall Course Flyer – GEOG 453 Political Geography

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Flyer for Fall 2015 GEOG 453 Political Geography GEOG453_2015Fall Does power have a zip code?

“Technology, nature, and war in the twentieth century”

Posted by on Mar 19, 2015 in Uncategorized | No Comments

  An interesting set of abstracts have been posted on the conference website for our session on Technology, nature and war in the twentieth century to be presented at the International Historical Geographers Conference in London July 2015.   Technology, nature, and war in the twentieth century Convenor(s) Oliver Belcher (University of Oulu, Finland) Scott Kirsch (University […]

Cultural geography 3.0

Posted by on Feb 8, 2015 in Uncategorized | No Comments

Now online first, the trilogy is complete: Cultural geography III: Objects of culture and humanity, or, re-‘thinging’ the Anthropocene landscape.  Progress in Human Geography  Prog Hum Geogr February 4, 2015 0309132514566741

2015 Technology & Democracy Workshop

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Are our technological choices open to democratic participation? How are the relations between technology and democracy being reconfigured, and how might they be? GEOG 650 Technology & Democracy Workshop is a research-oriented experiential and service learning course.  The syllabus is available here: ~ 2015.TECH&DEM.syllabus Support from APPLES service learning and UNC’s Office for Undergraduate Research GRC […]

Production of space seminar — course syllabus and reading list

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My spring 2015 graduate seminar is “The production of space: Henri Lefebvre and historical-geographical materialism.”  The syllabus is posted here: ~Geog.814.2015  

THE PRODUCTION OF SPACE — Spring 2015 Graduate Seminar

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Spring 2015 Graduate Seminar: GEOG 814: THE PRODUCTION OF SPACE Henri Lefebvre & historical-geographical materialism Thursdays 5-8pm @ MU222 Instructor: Scott Kirsch email: kirsch@email.unc.edu   Overview If it is no longer remarkable to speak of space, nature, and landscapes as “socially produced” it is largely a reflection of the extent to which contemporary spatial and […]

Technology as a keyword

Posted by on Sep 5, 2014 in Uncategorized | No Comments

Abstract for my talk at the University of Toronto’s Geography Department next week:   Technology as a keyword   Abstract While for centuries technology referred to a systematic study of the ‘practical arts’ – typically a technical manual or a kind of book –its usage has expanded dramatically so that today we think nothing of the […]

Fall 2014 Political Geography (GEOG 453)

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Where is power? GEOG453_2014Fall Flier for my Fall 2014 Political Geography lecture (GEOG 453)    

Spring 2015 Technology & Democracy Workshop (GEOG 650)

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Spring 2015 Technology & Democracy Workshop (GEOG 650) Instructor: Scott Kirsch      email: kirsch@email.unc.edu Are our technological choices open to democratic participation?  How are the relations between technology and democracy being reconfigured, and how might they be?  GEOG 650  Technology & Democracy Workshop is a research-oriented experiential learning course open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Students explore political, […]