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課程資訊

課程名稱

地理思想與方法論
GEOGRAPHIC THOUGHTS AND METHODOLOGY

開課學期

94-1

授課對象

理學院地理環境資源學研究所

授課教師

姜蘭虹

課號

Geog7007

課程識別碼

228 M1140

班次

學分

全/半年

半年

必/選修

必修

上課時間

星期五A,B,C(18:25~21:05)

上課地點

405系史室

備註

含碩士在職專班同學
限本系所學生(含輔系、雙修生)

Ceiba 課程網頁

http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/941geothought

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課程概述

Course Synopsis

This course explores the nature of geographic knowledge from the classical
to the contemporary period. Emphasis will be placed on the major themes in
geography and the philosophical issues involved since the 1950s.
Leading contemporary intellectual currents in and emerging approaches to
geographic research will be examined. Guest lectures will be arranged to
supplement approaches in physical geography and GIS.

課程目標

as above

課程要求

Assessment will be based on the quality of one term paper (期末書面報告40%),
oral presentations of assigned readings and final report,　(指定報告及期末口頭
報告40%). classroom discussion (課堂參與20%). Paper topics should be
selected
as early as possible. They can be on any subject or person relevant to
the history of geography or geographic knowledge. It should be between 10 to
15 pages, typed in double space and complete with references. Oral resentation
of the paper will be held during the last two meetings, and handed in on the
week after the last meeting.

預期每週課後學習時數

Office Hours

每週二 14:00~17:00
每週四 14:00~17:00

指定閱讀

參考書目

Basic Readings

1. Martin, G. J. and James, P.E., 1993. All Possible Worlds: A History
of Geographical Ideas. 3rd ed. New York: John Wiley. (Hereafter, Martin and
James).
2. Johnston, R. J., 1997. Geography and Geographers: Anglo-American
Human Geography Since 1945. 5th ed. London and New York: Arnold. (Hereafter,
Johnston).
3. Holt-Jensen, Arid, 1999. Geography: History and Concepts. 3rd ed.
London: Sage Publication, p. 1-16. (Hereafter, Holt-Jensen)
4. Peet, R., 1998. Modern Geographical Thought. London: Blackwell
Publishers. (Hereafter, Peet). (有中譯本: 王志弘，張華蓀，宋郁玲，陳毅峰合譯，現
代地理思想，台北市：群學出版公司與國立編譯館合作翻譯發行)
5. 姜蘭虹、張伯宇、楊秉煌譯，地理思想讀本，二版，台北市：唐山出版社

評量方式
(僅供參考)

No.	項目	百分比	說明
1.	期末書面報告	40%
2.	指定報告及期末口頭報告	40%
3.	課堂參與	20%

課程進度

週次	日期	單元主題
第1週	9/23	為何學習地理思想
第2週	9/30	一個地理學者的養成
第3週	10/07	地理學的典範
第4週	10/14	1. Introduction: Geography as an academic discipline; the scope and traditions of geography; evolution of geographic thought, and the Kuhnian model of paradigm change. Peet, Modern Geographical Thought (Chapter 1) 2.Holt-Jensen, A. Geography--History and Concepts(Chapter 1) 3.Martin and James(Chapter 1) 4.
第5週	10/21	2. Geographic knowledge in the ancient world, the Middle Ages and the Age of Exploration. Martin & James, “The New Geography in Germany” (Chapter 2-5), pp.13-111 Stoddart, D.R., 1966 “Darwin’s Impact on Geography,” Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 683-698.
第6週	10/28	3.The emergence of geography as a separate discipline and the geography in Western Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: The German, French and British Schools of geography. •The New Geography in Germany Martin & James “The New Geography in Germany” (Chapter 8) •The New Geography in France Martin & James “The New Geography in France” (Chapter 9) •The New Geography in Gt. Britain Martin & James, “The New Geography in Britain”(Chapter 10) Stoddart, 1986, “The R.G.S. and the New Geography” (Chapter 4)
第7週	11/04	4.Geography in the United States in the early twentieth century •The New Geography in the U.S. before World War I Martin & James, “The New Geography in the U.S. before World War I” (Chapter 15) •The New Geography in the U.S.: World War I to Midcentury Martin & James, “The New Geography in the United States: World War I to Midcentury” (Chapter 16) •The New Geography in the U.S.: Midcentury to the Present Martin & James, “The New Geography in the United States: Midcentury to the Present” (Chapter 17) Johnston, “Foundations” (Chapter 2, pp. 38-49.)
第9週	11/18	6.6. Contesting scientism and the plurality of alternatives to geography since 1969. King, Leslie J., 1979, “The seventies: disillusionment and consolidation,” Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 69, No. 1, pp. 155-157. Blaut, Janes M., 1979, “The dissenting tradition,” Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 69, No. 1, pp. 157-164.
第11週	12/02	9.Radicalism, structuralism and marxism in geography. Peet, chapter 3, “Radical geography, Marxism, and Marxist geography,” pp. 67-111, and Chapter 4, “structuralism and structural Marxist geography,” pp. 112-146. Castree, Noel, 2000, “Professionalisation, activism, and the university: Whither “critical geography?” Environment and Planning A, Vol. 32, pp 955-970.
第12週	12/09	10. Geography in China and the Asia-Pacific Williams, Jack F. 1991, “Geographers and China.” Issues and Studies Vol.38, No. 4/Vol.39: 217-247. Lin, G. C. S. , 2002, “Changing discourses in China Geography: A narrative evaluation.” Environment and Planning A 34(10):1809-1831. London, UK: Pion.
第13週	12/16	11. Feminist Geography Hanson, S., 1992, “Geography and Feminism: Worlds in Collision?” Annals, AAAG 82, 4: 569-586. Peet, R., “Feminist Theory and the Geography of Gender” Women and Geography study Group, 2004, Gender and Gender Reconsidered (CD with 13 chapters) Royal Geographical Society
第14週	12/23	12. Postmodernism in Geography Cloke, P., Philo, C., and Sadler, D., 1991 Ch 6 “The Differences of Postmodern Human Geography” pp.170-200. Gregory, Derek, 1989, “Areal differentiation and post-modern human geography,” in D. Gregory and R. Walford, eds., Horizons in human Geography. London: Macmillan, pp. 67-96.. Harvey, D., “The Condition of Postmodernity”, Part 4, The Condition of Postmodernity, 閻嘉譯, 後現代的狀況，北京：商務印書館出版。
第15週	12/30	13.Technical advancement and the development of geography: The role of GIS. Wright, Dawn J., Michael F. Goodchild and James D. Proctor, 1997, “Demystifying the persistent ambiguity of GIS as “tool” versus “science,” Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 87, No. 2, pp. 346-362. Pickles, John, 1997, “Tool or science? GIS, technoscience, and the theoretical turn,” Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 87, No. 2, pp. 363-372. Harvey, Francis, 1997, “From geographic holism to geographic information system,” Professional Geographer, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 77-85. Graham, S., 1998, "The end of geography or the explosion of place? Conceptualizing space, place and information technology", Progress in Human Geography, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 165-185.
第16週	1/06	14. Applied geography and the relevance debate in geography Martin & James, “Applied Geography” (Chapter 18) Massey, Doreen and John Allen, eds., 1984, Geography Matters! A Reader. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Chapter 1, “Introduction,” p. 1-11.