Professor: Jeffrey S. Smith, Ph.D.  E-mail: jssmith7@ksu.edu
Office: Seaton 164-C    Office Phone: 532-3412
Mailbox: 118 Seaton Hall
Office Hours: Mon & Wed: 11:30am - 12:30pm; and by appointment.

REQUIRED READING:
      - Jackson, John Brinkerhoff. 1994. A Sense of Place, A Sense of Time. New Haven: Yale University Press.  ISBN: 0-300-06397-0 (paper).

      - Meinig, Donald W. 1971. Southwest: Three Peoples in Geographical Change, 1600-1970.  New York: Oxford University Press.  ISBN: 0-19-501289-5 (paper).

      - Packet of selected article and book chapter readings (available at the Arts & Sciences Copy Center). ca. $31.00

COURSE DESCRIPTION/FORMAT:
 This seminar is designed to explore the breadth and depth of the sub-field of cultural geography through an examination of the scholarship of selected distinguished cultural geographers.  Weekly readings are intended to introduce students to the writing style, research interests, and mind set of those scholars.  Moreover, it is intended to provide graduate students the opportunity to work at developing a command of a sub-field within the greater discipline of geography.

COURSE GRADING:
 Each student's grade is based on two book reviews (75 points each), weekly oral overviews of notable scholars (20 points each), an oral presentation on an up-and-coming Master Weaver and their scholastic family tree (100 points), a critical appraisal of the course material/discussions (75 points), and a subjective assessment of each student’s performance/participation in class discussions (50 points).

Note: I reserve the right to modify the content of the course.  Every attempt will be made to contact the class in advance should a deviation be necessary.
 

         Date                              Discussion Topic and Assigned Readings

Wed 1/28             Go over syllabus & outline
                              Introductions to the class:
                                       - What is Cultural Geography?
                                       - Who is a Master Weaver?

Readings (please read these in preparation for the first day of class):
- Hugill, Peter J. and Kenneth E. Foote. 1994. Re-Reading Cultural Geography. In Re-Reading Cultural Geography, ed. Kenneth E. Foote et al., 9-23. Austin: University of Texas Press.

- Smith, Jeffrey S. 2003. Cultural Geography: A Survey of Perceptions Held by Cultural Geography Specialty Group Members. Professional Geographer 55(1): 18-30.

- Sauer, Carl O. 1925. The Morphology of Landscape. University of California Publications in Geography 2(2):19-53.
 

Wed 2/4                 James J. Parsons
Readings:
- Parsons, James J. 1977. Geography As Exploration and Discovery. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 67(1): 1-16.

- Parsons, James J. 1986. A Geographer Looks at the San Joaquin Valley.  Geographical Review 76(4): 371-389.

- Wallach, Bret. 1998. In Memoriam: James J. Parsons, 1915-1997.  Annals of the Association of American Geographers 88(2): 316-328.

- Parsons, James J. 1949. California Manufacturing. Geographical Review 39(2): 229-241.
 

Wed 2/11              Peirce F. Lewis
Readings:
- Lewis, Peirce F. 1985. Presidential Address: Beyond Description. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 75(4): 465-478.

- Lewis, Peirce F. 1983. Learning from Looking: Geographic and Other Writing about the American Cultural Landscape. American Quarterly 35(3): 242-261.

- Lewis, Peirce F. 1998. The Monument and the Bungalow. Geographical Review 88(4): 507-527.

- Lewis, Peirce F. 1979. Axioms for Reading the Landscape: Some Guides to the American Scene. In The Interpretation of Ordinary Landscapes: Geographical Essays, ed. Donald W. Meinig, 11-48. New York: Oxford University Press.

- Lewis, Peirce 1993. Common Landscapes as Historic Documents. In History From Things: Essays on Material Culture, (eds.) Steven Lubar and W. David Kingery, 115-139. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute Press.

- Lewis, Peirce F. 1960. Linear Topography in the Southwestern Palouse, Washington-Oregon. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 50(2): 98-111.

Wed 2/18                 Yi-Fu Tuan
Readings:
- Tuan, Yi-Fu. 1977. Introduction. In Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience, by Yi-Fu Tuan, 3-7. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

- Tuan, Yi-Fu. 1991. A View of Geography. Geographical Review 81(1): 99-107.

- Tuan, Yi-Fu. 1975. Place: An Experiential Perspective. Geographical Review 65(2): 151-165.

- Tuan, Yi-Fu. 1976. Humanistic Geography. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 66(2): 266-276.

- Tuan, Yi-Fu. 1999. Autobiography: My Angle. In Who Am I?, by Yi-Fu Tuan, 3-11. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

-Tuan, Yi-Fu. 1966. New Mexican Gullies: A Critical Review and Some Recent Observations. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 56(4): 573-597.
 

Wed 2/25                 Donald W. Meinig
                                  Book Review #1 Due (75 points)
Readings:
- Meinig, Donald W. 1971. Southwest: Three Peoples in Geographical Change, 1600-1970.  New York: Oxford University Press.

- Meinig, Donald W. 1983. Geography as an Art. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 8(3): 314-328.
 

Wed 3/3                  Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov
Readings:
- Jordan, Terry G. 1989. Preadaptation and European Colonization in Rural North America. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 79(4):489-500.

- Jordan-Bychkov, Terry G. 2003. Selected Pages From: The Upland South: The Making of an American Folk Region and Landscape. Santa Fe: Center for American Places.

- Jordan, Terry G. 1966. Selected Pages From: German Seed in Texas Soil: Immigrant Farmers in Nineteenth-Century Texas. Austin: University of Texas Press.

- Jordan, Terry G., Jon T. Kilpinen, and Charles F. Gritzner. 1997. Selected Pages From: The Mountain West: Interpreting the Folk Landscape. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.

- Jordan, Terry G. 1967. The Imprint of the Upper and Lower South on Mid-Nineteenth-Century Texas. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 57(4): 667-690.
 

Wed 3/10                 Denis E. Cosgrove
Readings:
- Cosgrove, Denis E. 1998. Selected Pages From: Social Formation and Symbolic Landscape. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

- Cosgrove, Denis E. and Mona Domosh. 1997. Author and Authority: Writing the New Cultural Geography. In Place / Culture / Representation, ed by J. Duncan and D. Ley, 25-38. London: Routledge.

- Cosgrove, Denis E. 1985. Prospect, Perspective and the Evolution of the Landscape Idea. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 10(1): 45-62.

Wed 3/17 NO CLASS – – 100th Annual Meeting of AAG in Philadelphia, PA

Wed 3/24 NO CLASS – – SPRING RECESS
 

Wed 3/31                John B. Jackson
                                 Book Review #2 Due (75 points)
Readings:
- Jackson, John Brinkerhoff. 1994. A Sense of Place, A Sense of Time. New Haven: Yale University Press.
 
 

Wed 4/7                   Mona Domosh
Readings:
- Domosh, M. 1999. Sexing Feminist Geography. Progress in Human Geography 23(3): 429-436.

- Domosh, Mona. 1998. Geography and Gender: Home, Again? Progress in Human Geography 22(2): 276-282.

- Domosh, Mona. 1990. Shaping the Commercial City: Retail Districts in Nineteenth-Century New York and Boston. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 80(2): 268-284.

- Domosh, Mona. 1991. Toward a Feminist Historiography of Geography. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 16(1): 95-104.
 

Wed 4/14                 James S. Duncan
Readings:
- Duncan, James S. 1980. The Superorganic in American Cultural Geography. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 70(2): 181-198.

- Duncan, James S. and David Ley. 1997. Introduction: Representing the Place of Culture. In Place / Culture / Representation, ed by J. Duncan and D. Ley, 1-21. London: Routledge.

- Duncan, James S. and Nancy Duncan. 1996. Reconceptualizing the Idea of Culture in Geography: A Reply to Don Mitchell. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 21(3): 576-579.

- Duncan, James S. And Nancy G. Duncan. 2001. Sense of Place as a Positional Good. In Textures of Place: Exploring Humanist Geographies, ed by P. Adams, S. Hoelscher, and K. Till, 41-54. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

- Duncan, James S. 1973. Landscape Taste as a Symbol of Group Identity. Geographical Review 63(3):334-355.
 

Wed 4/21                 William Wyckoff
Readings:
- Wyckoff, William. 2002. Life on the Margin: The Evolution of the Waning West. Montana: The Magazine of Western History 52(3): 30-43.

- Wyckoff, William.  1991. Settlement, Livestock Grazing and Environmental Change in Southwest Montana, 1860-1990. Environmental History Review 15(4): 45-71.

- Wyckoff, William. 1999. Colorado: The Geographer’s View. In Creating Colorado: The Making of   a Western American Landscape, 1860-1940, by W. Wyckoff, 1-14. New Haven: Yale University Press.

- Wyckoff, William and Lary M. Dilsaver. 1995. Defining the Mountainous West. In The Mountainous West: Explorations in Historical Geography, ed by W. Wyckoff and L. Dilsaver, 1-58. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
 
- Wyckoff, William. 1992. Denver’s Aging Commercial Strip. Geographical Review 82(3): 282-294.

- Wyckoff, William and Lary M. Dilsaver. 1997. Promotional Imagery of Glacier National Park. Geographical Review 87(1): 1-26.

- Wyckoff, W. 1986. Frontier Milling in Western New York. Geographical Review 76(1): 73-93.
 

Wed 4/28                 Don Mitchell
Readings:
- Mitchell, Don. 1995. There’s No Such Thing as Culture: Towards a Reconceptualization of the Idea of Culture in Geography. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 20(1): 102-116.

- Mitchell, Don. 1996. Explanation in Cultural Geography: A Reply to Cosgrove, Jackson, and the Duncans. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 21(3): 580-582.

- Mitchell, Don. 1997. Public Housing in Single-Industry Towns: Changing Landscapes of Paternalism. In Place / Culture / Representation, ed by J. Duncan and D. Ley, 110-127. London: Routledge.

- Mitchell, Don. 1996. Introductory Chapter in The Lie of the Land: Migrant Workers and the California Landscape. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
 

Wed 5/5                 Student Presentations of Master Weavers (100 points)
                                Critical Appraisal of the Course Material Due (75 points)
 

Wed 5/12               Student Presentations of Master Weavers (100 points)
 

     Each student is to provide a critical and thorough appraisal of the seminar content.  This could be considered the most important component of the seminar because it requires students to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate course content.  Students are to discuss the nature and character of the subdiscipline of Cultural Geography as witness by the material discussed in class.  They are encouraged to organize their discussion in whatever manner they find most suitable.  I suspect students might want to address such things as how the field has been modified over time as witnessed by the notable scholars and/or how the focus of cultural geographers has been transformed.  Be thorough in your discussion and use examples where appropriate.  Your paper should be typed and professionally presented with traditional formatting and proper citations.