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

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

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.

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