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AGST Module 1 (Environmental policy & Rural development studies) will hold a series of special lectures titled “Spatial Thinking in Social Sciences Perspectives on Rural-Urban / Local-Global Dichotomies” from October 11 to 21, 2016.

In this course, we critically engage with the spatial turn in social sciences developing since the 1970s. Building upon a brief introduction into the return of spatial thinking in the social sciences, we will discuss three themes in relation to the visual culture: the construction of the rural (in relation to the urban), our understanding of the local (in relation to the global), and re-invention of the nature (in relation to culture, or society).

[Instructors]
Prof. Dr. Joost Jongerden
Wageningen University, Netherlands
Ms. Bahar Şimşek
Ankara University, Turkey

[Schedule]
(1) October 11(Tuesday)   9:00-12:00
(2) October 14 (Friday)       9:00-12:00
(3) October 14 (Friday)     13:00-15:30
(4) October 18 (Tuesday)   9:00-12:00
(5) October 21 (Friday)       9:00-12:00
*Oct 14th has been changed from 13:00-16:30

[Venue]
Meeting Room (8F), Faculty of Law and Faculty of Economics East Bldg.

[Lecture Title]
Spatial Thinking in Social Sciences Perspectives on Rural-Urban / Local-Global Dichotomies

* This course is designed to be worth 1 credit
** Advanced registration is required
For credit — Student affairs office of your graduate school, by course registration period
For participation — International affairs office, Graduate School of Economics

[Materials]
Readings will be available through a Cloud system for participants.
The details will be announced later.

[Contact]
International Affairs Office, Graduate School of Economics
iao.econ [at] mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp (please replace [at] with @)