Kim England
Courses Taught
In the academic year
2009/10 I am teaching:
Autumn 2009 Geog 476:
Women and the City
Winter 2010 Geog 277:
Geographies of Cities Geog
Spring 2010 342:
Geography of Inequality
AND Geog 541: Feminist Geographies
Course Catalog Descriptions
NOTE: Online access to all course materials requires a UW password. The links generally only work in the
quarters I am teaching the classes.
GEOG277: GEOGRAPHIES OF CITIES
This course will develop your understanding of the
geographic nature of urbanization, urban systems (inter-urban geography)
and the internal spatial patterns and activities within cities (intra-urban
geography). Particular emphasis is
placed on the
GEOG342: GEOGRAPHY OF INEQUALITY
This course considers the geographies of
social, political and economic inequalities.
The focus will usually be on urban areas, although other spatial scales
will also be examined. The course begins
with discussions of the theoretical underpinning of ‘inequality’. The remainder of the course builds on these
ideas by exploring topics such as the spatial distribution of wealth and
poverty, and the geographies of exclusion and discrimination in employment and
housing. Particular emphasis is placed
on the
This course explores the reciprocal
relations between gender relations, the layout of cities, and the activities of
urban residents. Topics include:
feminist theory and geography (women, gender, and the organization of space);
women and urban poverty, housing and homelessness; paid employment; geographies
of childcare; and women and urban politics.
Particular emphasis is placed on the
GEOG 495: GEOGRAPHY OF DIFFERENCE
How do spaces and places operate in
relation to the processes and politics of gender, class, ‘race’, ethnicity,
age, (dis)ability, sexuality, and national
identities? How do different
institutions, processes and practices (re)shape these identities and these
spaces? This course critically examines
the ways in which social relations, social identities, and social inequalities
are produced, their spatial variation, and the role of space in constructing
them. We will explore the geographic
dimensions of various facets of socially constructed categories of difference
(such as gender, ‘race,’ and class) and the theoretical frameworks that
geographers use to analyze them.
GEOG
541: FEMINIST GEOGRAPHIES (actual content subject to change)
This graduate
seminar explores major research themes in feminist geographies. Particular attention is given to the concept
that gendered identities and spaces are discursively (re)produced. And as recent feminist scholarship emphasizes
diversity and difference, the seminar highlights the intersections between
gender, ‘race,’ ethnicity, sexuality, class, and other social identities and
divisions. This seminar draws on English
language literature that focuses on North America and