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Glocalization: contextual analysis of socio-spatial organization transformations

ВБ 2.4

Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2023/2024

3 Semester

4

PLO01. Apply the acquired theoretical knowledge and practical skills for to study territorial and political systems at different levels of spatial organization. organization at different levels of spatial organization. PO05. To be able to identify, set and solve scientific and applied problems, make a critical assessment of of the decisions made. PLO15. Independently evaluate key trends in the development of natural and socio-geographical processes for the formation of new areas of scientific research. PLO 19. Critically comprehend the principles of the exercise of power and public policy, political institutions and processes, world politics and world politics and politics of individual countries and and regions.

Full-time form

1) Basic knowledge of the theoretical foundations of global and regional geography, regional and country studies, geography of the world economy, socio-economic geography of the world, geoglobalistics; 2) Basic skills of comparative geographical analysis, notation and review of literary sources

The course traces the essence of the theoretical foundations of of research of glocalization process is revealed, considering, in particular: essence of global-local relations, conceptual interpretations of glocalization and their critical analysis, analytical schemes of research of essential causal effects of global transformations at local level and vice versa with contextual analysis. The course is taught in English.

1. Henderson, J. and Jepson, N. (2018) Critical transformations and global development: materials for a new analytical framework. Area Development and Policy, DOI:10.1080/23792949.2017.1369856 2. Robertson R. (2018) Glocalization in The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology. URL: https://www.wiley.com/enas/The+International+Encyclopedia+of+Anthropology,+12+Volume+Set-p9780470657225https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/applied-and-social-sciencesmagazines/globalization-anthropological-aspects 3. Roudometof, V. Theorizing glocalization: three interpretations. European Journal of Social Theory I-18. DOI: 10.1177/1368431015605443 4. Swyngedouw, E. (2004) Globalisation or ‘glocalisation’? Networks, territories and rescaling, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 17:1, 25-48, DOI: 10.1080/0955757042000203632

Lectures Seminars Consultations Self-preparatory assignments

Classes are held in the form of lectures, seminars. The discipline ends with a pass/fail examination. During the semester, after the completion of the relevant topics, a blitz-test with open-ended questions is conducted. To determine the level of achievement of learning outcomes under items 2 and 3, students present the author's results of an individual task to assess the geostrategic positioning of the country of choice. For students who during the semester did not reach the minimum threshold level of assessment (60% of the maximum possible number of points) for blitz-tests the test, which covers the relevant issues of blitz-surveys, is conducted. The maximum grade for the final test may not exceed 40% of the final grade (up to 40 points on a 100-point scale).

Ukrainian/English