GEOG-3742 (3) Place, Power, and Contemporary Culture

Presents a radical reexamination of the geography of culture. Examines the relationship between places, power, and the dynamics of culture. Explores how the globalization of economics, politics, and culture shapes local cultural change. Looks at how place-based cultural politics both assist and resist processes of globalization. Recommended prereq., GEOG 1982 or GEOG 1992 or GEOG 2002. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies.