GEOGY209 Social Geography – Health People Place

Write a formal essay (introduction, main body, conclusion) based on Michel Foucault’s concept of power and institutions as discussed in lectures.

Choose an institutional space either a gym, school, prison or workplace to analyse power relations, health and place. Draw on lecture material and readings to think about how power relations, surveillance, the ‘surveillant gaze’ (panopticon), disciplining gaze, institutional discourses, docile bodies, power and resistance are challenged or reproduced in relation to health and your place.

You will need to utilise at least six geographical journal articles (references in Chicago author-date style) to interpret health and place. These will include health geographies and an institutional space (geographies of gym, school, prison or workplaces). See the reading list for this paper for appropriate geographical publications.

Practicalities: 2000 word limit (+or – 10%) 1.5 spacing – cover page with name/ID/course title/ date/essay title

Assessment criteria: In order to be eligible for top marks you need to:
•communicate relevant ideas in written form;
•devise a clear argument and focus;
•provide clear structure (introduction, main body, conclusion);
•provide an analysis of the ways in which your institutional space, power, health and place intersect;
•demonstrate an ability to write clearly, proof read, and present a ‘clean copy’;
•demonstrate an ability to draw on published material and follow referencing protocols.