| Unit name | Journeying: Discovering the World, Creating Ourselves |
|---|---|
| Unit code | GEOG16002 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | C/4 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Professor. Mayhew |
| Open unit status | Open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Geographical Sciences |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This unit is a panoramic survey of the most remarkable journey in history: that of human cultures from the earliest hominids to our modern complex societies. The focus is on the interrelationship between humans exploring their world and the ways in which the resultant knowledge of the world has shaped human societal developments, both positive and negative. Positively, we have moved from being driven by environmental forces in early, autarchic societies to being able to traverse, describe and control the world and our social structures in modern societies. Negatively, there has been a massive price to be paid for the expansion of our geographical and societal horizons in terms of social surveillance and repression, of resource depletion, and of the domination and destruction of cultures through communication.
