Academic Calendar - 2020 ARCHIVE
Western University Academic Calendar. - 2020ARCHIVE
Geography 3414A/B
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, SOCIETY, AND ENVIRONMENT
This course engages with digital technologies as social and spatial phenomena. Through an exploration of themes including the cloud, internet infrastructures, smart cities, digital platforms, and the gig/sharing economy, the course identifies the environmental and social implications of pervasive digitality while critically navigating through utopian versus dystopian discourses of technology.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in year 3 or 4 in any module.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth:
CATEGORY A
i
Subject Code: GEOGRAPH
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Geography 3414A/B
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, SOCIETY, AND ENVIRONMENT
This course engages with digital technologies as social and spatial phenomena. Through an exploration of themes including the cloud, internet infrastructures, smart cities, digital platforms, and the gig/sharing economy, the course identifies the environmental and social implications of pervasive digitality while critically navigating through utopian versus dystopian discourses of technology.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in year 3 or 4 in any module.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Faculty of Social Science | Geography and Environment | CERTIFICATE IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE
Faculty of Social Science | Geography and Environment | HONOURS SPECIALIZATION IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE - BA
Faculty of Social Science | Geography and Environment | HONOURS SPECIALIZATION IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT/HBA
Faculty of Social Science | Geography and Environment | MAJOR IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE