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GEOG 322 : Culture and Environment in East Asia

Undergraduate course

Project description

This course is a thematic approach to the cultural geography of East Asia: China, Japan and Korea. People in East Asia share a common cultural heritage that is Chinese in its nature, although they preserve some of their own unique traditions. The regional characteristics will be discussed with a special emphasis on the cultural processes that shape traditional patterns of livelihood as well as transforming contemporary East Asian life-style. The fundamental learning objective of the course is to explore East Asia as a culture region with a special emphasis on transforming relationships between culture and the environment in East Asia.

Year 2022

Location New Zealand

Organization University of Auckland

Project aims

Project outcome

By the end of this course, students will be able to: Understand various aspects of the unity and diversity in East Asia as a culture region; (Capability 1, 2, 4 and 6) Provide evidence of critical reading that has resulted in your ability to discuss links between some cultural theories and geographic phenomena; (Capability 1, 2, 3 and 5) Apply some of your understanding of the East Asian links between culture and environment in studying some other culture regions. (Capability 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)