Numbering Code	U-LET31 27404 LJ39	Year/Term	2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year		Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Tue.4
Instructor name	KOMEIE TAISAKU (Graduate School of Letters Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	A summary of viewpoints and methodologies in human geography, touching upon examples of specific research and the background of its academic history. Its purpose is to deepen understanding of what "geography" means to individual people, environmental and human relationships, and basic concepts of space, positioning, and location, while noting the background of its academic history. It is a (required) introductory course for persons specializing in geography.
Course Goals	Able to understand and discuss how the basic viewpoints and research themes of human geography have been studied and formulated, while following the development of its academic history.
Schedule and Contents	1st Introduction - Modern human geography 2nd Maps in the mind - Mental maps 3rd Space cognition and its development - The maps of children 4th The experience of location - Humanism/Phenomenological geography 5th Feng Shui geography - Geography as folk wisdom 6th Climate and civilization - Environment determinism and modern geography 7th Environment modification and cultural scenery - Geography of the New Continent 8th Genealogy of Japanese climate theory - Watsuji and Berque 9th Distribution and patterns - Spatial interaction 10th The spatial order created by cities - Theory of location and central place theory 11th Space and society - Temporal geography and spatial organization 12th Spatial representation - The political science of maps 13th The social space of identity - Gender geography 14th Geography education and the nation - The politics of geographical knowledge 15th NOTE: feedback
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Evaluated according to performance (30%) and final paper (70%). The former is based upon reaction papers in each class session. The latter are evaluated based upon attainment level of class objectives. All done through PandA.
Course Requirements	Students are expected to take Geography (Course I).
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Students should actively expose themselves to related papers and literature, including reference literature introduced during class, and thereby deepen their interest in pertinent issues.
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	not used
References, etc.	Jimbun Chirigaku Jiten, Human Geographical Society of Japan, (Maruzen, 2013), ISBN:9784621086872 Jumbun Chirigaku e no Shotai, Takenaka, K. eds., (Minerva Shobo，2015), ISBN:9784623072293
Related URL	http: //kyouindb.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/j/sD3iQ (class leader research performance (Kyoto University education research database)), https: //researchmap.jp/tkomeie (same above (Research map，Japan Science and Technology Agency）), https: //www.facebook.com/komeie.taisaku (class leader facebook)