Geographies of resistance

Timetable

1. October 7th 2026, 8:30 AM
2. October 14th 2026, 8:30 AM
3. October 21th 2026, 8:30 AM
4. October 28th 2026, 8:30 AM
5. November 4th 2026, 8:30 AM
6. November 18th 2026, 8:30 AM
7. November 25th 2026, 8:30 AM

All classes are held in clasroom 16 of the Collegium Geographicum (10 Krygowskiego St., 60-681 Poznań).

Module aim (aims)

The aim of the module is to familiarize students with the concept of resistance in human geography and its role in social life and urban management.

 

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

Non-applicable

Syllabus

Week 1: Introduction (main terms and origins of resistance)
Week 2: Geographies of resistance
Week 3: Resistance and its impact on the place
Week 4: Place-based conflicts
Week 5: Place as a scenography for resistance
Week 6: Place as an actor in resistance
Week 7: Case studies and discussion

Reading list

Castells, M. (2015). Networks of Outrage and Hope. Social Movements in the Internet Age. Polity Press.

Cresswell, T. (2004). PLACE a short introduction. Blackwell Publishing.

Cresswell, T. (2013). Geographic Thought: A Critical Introduction. Wiley-Blackwell.

Gül, M., Dee, J., & Nur Cünük, C. (2014). Istanbul’s Taksim Square and Gezi Park: The place of protest and the ideology of place. Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, 38(1), 63–72. https://doi.org/10.3846/20297955.2014.902185

Hayes, T. J. (2017). #MyNYPD: Transforming Twitter into a Public Place for Protest. Computers and Composition, 43, 118–134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2016.11.003

Hughes, S. M. (2020). On resistance in human geography. Progress in Human Geography, 44(6), 1141–1160. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132519879490

Kotus, J., Sowada, T., Rzeszewski, M., & Mańkowska, P. (2019). Anatomy of Place-Making in the Context of the Communication Processes: A Story of One Community and One Square in a Post-Socialist City.

Routledge, P. (2017). Space Invaders: Radical Geographies of Protest. Pluto Press.