TIMETABLE All classes will take place on Mondays, 2-4pm. Usually classes will take place in Geography room 226, but some classes (Semester B, weeks 1-4) will be in the computer labs (F.B.3.44). If there are any changes you will be notified by email so please check your email regularly. Block 1, Semester 1 Research Foundations 1 22 Sept. Theory and Practice in Geography Miles Ogborn 2 29 Sept. Geography and the social sciences Miles Ogborn 3 6 Oct. Geography and the humanities Alison Blunt 4 13 Oct. Studying at QM: visit to the People’s Palace Alison Blunt archives 5 20 Oct. Space and place in East London Alison Blunt 6 27 Oct. Geography’s Global Responsibilities Simon Reid-Henry Week 7 – Reading Week Block 2, Semester 1 The politics and practice of research 8 10 Nov. Doing research: post-graduate perspectives Kavita Datta 9 17 Nov. Writing and Publishing in Geography Miles Ogborn 10 24 Nov. Research ethics in practice Stephen Taylor 11 ! Dec. Geographies of impact Catherine Nash 12 8 Dec. Designing a research proposal Miles Ogborn Block 3, Semester 2 Research methods 1 12 Jan. An introduction to web-based social Al James 2 19 Jan. science survey tools in geographical research 3 26 Jan. An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems 4 2 Feb. 5 9 Feb. Critical cartographies and visual David Pinder methodologies 6 16 Feb. Questioning the archive: power, Tim Brown and Alastair Owens knowledge and memory Week 7 – Reading Week 8 2 March In-depth interviewing, focus groups and Caron Lipman analysing transcripts 9 9 March 10 16 March Spatial ethnographies, participant Philippa Williams observation and the politics of fieldwork 11 23 March Action research and participatory Cathy McIllwaine techniques 12 30 March Dissertation conference Kathryn Yusoff
TIMETABLE All classes will take place on Mondays, 2-4pm. Usually classes will take place in Geography room 226, but some classes (Semester B, weeks 1-4) will be in the computer labs (F.B.3.44). If there are any changes you will be notified by email so please check your email regularly. Block 1, Semester 1 Research Foundations 1 22 Sept. Theory and Practice in Geography Miles Ogborn 2 29 Sept. Geography and the social sciences Miles Ogborn 3 6 Oct. Geography and the humanities Alison Blunt 4 13 Oct. Studying at QM: visit to the People’s Palace archives Alison Blunt 5 20 Oct. Space and place in East London Alison Blunt 6 27 Oct. Geography’s Global Responsibilities Simon Reid-Henry Week 7 – Reading Week Block 2, Semester 1 The politics and practice of research 8 10 Nov. Doing research: post-graduate perspectives Kavita Datta 9 17 Nov. Writing and Publishing in Geography Miles Ogborn 10 24 Nov. Research ethics in practice Stephen Taylor 11 ! Dec. Geographies of impact Catherine Nash 12 8 Dec. Designing a research proposal Miles Ogborn Block 3, Semester 2 Research methods 1 12 Jan. An introduction to web-based social science survey tools in geographical research Al James 2 19 Jan. 3 26 Jan. An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems 4 2 Feb. 5 9 Feb. Critical cartographies and visual methodologies David Pinder 6 16 Feb. Questioning the archive: power, knowledge and memory Tim Brown and Alastair Owens Week 7 – Reading Week 8 2 March In-depth interviewing, focus groups and analysing transcripts Caron Lipman 9 9 March 10 16 March Spatial ethnographies, participant observation and the politics of fieldwork Philippa Williams 11 23 March Action research and participatory techniques Cathy McIllwaine 12 30 March Dissertation conference Kathryn Yusoff