Proposed Class Schedule

Date Topic Reading Remarks
Th 7 Sep Course introduction Mitchell 'a critical introduction' xiii-xxi  
Tu 12 Sep Culture wars 1 Mitchell Ch 1  
Th 14 Sep Culture wars 2 Mitchell Ch 1  
Tu 19 Sep The new cultural geography 1 Mitchell Ch 2  
Th 21 Sep The new cultural geography 2 Mitchell Ch 2 Assignment #1 issued 21 Sep Enroll without instructor's permission deadline
Tu 26 Sep Political economy of culture 1 Mitchell Ch 3  
Th 28 Sep Political economy of culture 2 Mitchell Ch 3  
Tu 3 Oct Landscape 1 Mitchell Ch 4  
Th 5 Oct Landscape 2
 Mitchell Ch 4 6 Oct enroll with instructor's permission dedline
Tu 10 Oct Landscape as symbol 1 Mitchell Ch 5  
Th 12 Oct Landscape as symbol 2 Mitchell Ch 5  
Tu 17 Oct Spectacles 1
 Mitchell Ch 6 17 Oct due date assignment #1
Th 19 Oct Spectacles 2
 Mitchell Ch 6  
Tu 24 Oct Gender 1 Anderson 2005 article on washrooms in Toronto (.pdf file) Assignment #2 issued as powerpoint as web page (more basic)
Th 26 Oct Gender 2 Mitchell Chs 7-8  
Tu 31 Oct Identity 1

Mitchell Ch 9

Parnell, Susan (2002) Winning the battles but losing the war: the racial segregation of Johannesburg under the Natives (Urban Areas) Act of 1923 Journal of Historical Geography 28.2: 258–281.

Jeffrey Popke, E (2003) Managing colonial alterity: narratives of race, space and labor in Durban, 1870–1920 Journal of Historical Geography 29.2: 248-267.

  
Th 2 Nov Identity 2 Mitchell Ch 9  
Tu 7 Nov Nationalism and Belonging 1 Mitchell Ch 10  
Th 9 Nov Nationalism and Belonging 2 Mitchell Ch 10 10 Nov drop deadline
Tu 14 Nov Conclusions Mitchell Ch 11  
Th 16 Nov test preparation Mitchell Ch 11  
Tu 21 Nov No class: office hours in N412 during class time    
Th 23 Nov No class: office hours in N412 during class time    
Tu 28 Nov No class: office hours in N412 during class time    
Th 30 Nov Test in class    
Mon 4 Dec   Due date for assignment #2. Submit to drop box, North 4th floor of Ross by the elevators