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GEOP2020 - Geographies of Violence: Bodies, Spaces and Power

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Project description

Geography and violence are fundamentally interconnected: the history of geography as an academic discipline is bound up with colonial and geopolitical violence, while the meaning and practice of violence is inseparable from such geographical concepts as place, landscape and territory. This unit introduces students to new ways of understanding violence by examining how it both influences and is shaped by geographical processes at a range of scales, from the global conflicts of nation-states to micro-geographies of interpersonal violence. It offers an interdisciplinary conceptual vocabulary and a series of historical and contemporary case studies designed to highlight the spatial dynamics of violence, while also encouraging students to explore opportunities for a more peaceful future based on the insights offered by geographical perspectives on violence.

Year 2022

Location Australia

Organization Macquarie University

Project aims

Project outcome

1.Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between geography and violence at multiple scales 2. Apply concepts from geography and across the social sciences and humanities to analyse case studies of violence 3. Critically examine the geographical processes and forms of mobility that result in particular bodies being exposed to violence 4. Engage with and evaluate theoretical concepts related to geopolitics and biopolitics 5. Construct and express complex arguments and ideas in oral and written work