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GEG-20048 - Module Specification
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
Faculty of Natural Sciences

For academic year: 2023/24 Last Updated: 13 February 2024

GEG-20048 - More-than-human geographies
Coordinator: Daniel Allen Room: WSF11 Tel: +44 1782 7 34961
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Level: Level 5
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733615

Programme/Approved Electives for 2023/24

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2023/24

There's more to the world than the things people do, say and make. And more often than not, the artefacts of human activities come back to haunt, trouble, contaminate or otherwise disturb human equilibrium. More-than-human geographies (MTHG) traces the multiplicity of encounters and relations between humans and nonhumans. This module explores how Human Geographers cope with the material and ephemeral histories of human activity on the world around us.
Students examine the contemporary but invisible landscapes of animal lives, pollution, global trade, infrastructure in their multiple and contested meanings through analysing a set of key research projects in this growing field.

Aims
To develop students knowledge of and capacities for critical analysis of geographies of the non-human and human-created world: e.g. animals, built infrastructure, chemicals, landscapes of memory, ghosts and commodities.

Intended Learning Outcomes

critically assess Human Geography research projects exploring the more-than-human world
: 1
identify geographical and transdisciplinary approaches and methodologies for more-than-human research: 2
generate novel ideas for more-than-human research themes
: 2
identify how key concepts in Human Geography underpin the study of more-than-human geographies: 1

Study hours

10 x 2 hour interactive lectures / seminars
50 hours independent reading and asynchronous resource assessment
80 hours coursework scoping, related reading and preparation of elements

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Bibilography weighted 70%
Annotated Bibliography
3,000 word annotated bibliography. Entries for annotation will be available from a set reading list.

2: Portfolio weighted 30%
Photovoice Portfolio
`Photovoiceż is a research methodology which involves the use of photographs or images which can help us to interpret and understand the world. It is a technique often used by human geographers and social science researchers to discover different levels of meaning in relation to particular places (Harper, 2002). You must source a series of at least 5 photos representative of the readings and annotate with an accompanying 1,000 words. The theme of this assessment is more-than-human universities. Readings will be available from a set list.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 13 February 2024