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Prerequisites
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Language of Instruction
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Turkish
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Responsible
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Okan Türkan
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Instructors
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Assistants
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Resources
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K1. Casino, V.D. 2009. Social Geography: A Critical Introduction, Wiley-Blacwell, London.
K2. Tümertekin, E. ve Özgüç, N. 1998. Beşeri Coğrafya: İnsan, Kültür, Mekân, Çantay Kitabevi, İstanbul.
K3. Valentine, G. 2001. Social Geographies: Space and Society. Prentice Hall, London.
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Supplementary Book
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Goals
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The purpose of this course is to provide knowledge to undergraduate students as follows: from the point of the political, the economic and the cultural fields of geography, but the emphasis will remain upon social issues affecting people`s life, class, race/ethnicity, gender, poverty, the body, health and well-being. Also in this course we will focus on, in places, the role of space in the creation of social inequality with particular emphasis on the Turkish context.
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Content
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Introduction to Social Geography (Description and aims of the course)
Basic Concepts of Social Geography: Space and Society
Changing World: Globalization and Modernity
Culture and Contemporary Society
Race, Ethnicity, Religion
Gender and Migration
Class, Social Stratification
Social Inequalities
Crime and Social Deviation
Population Growth and Ecological Crisis
Geography of Education
Mega Cities and Poor Regions
Information Technologies and Information Society
Mass Communication and Media
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