GEOG327
THE POLITICS OF SENSING
Also listed under 3 other titles
- DEVELOPMENT AS SOCIAL THEORY
- DEVELOPMENT AS SOC THEORY
- GEOGRAPHY & SOCIAL THEORY
- Department
- Geography
- Terms offered
- 5
- Data refreshed
- Jun 30, 2026
Description
This course contends that proliferating environmental sensors (e.g., camera traps; smartphones) and scientific retheorizations of the human/animal senses (sight, hearing, touch) are together refiguring human-environment relations - with consequence to core disciplinary debates. It operates as a survey course, pursuing work that deliberates on the roles that sensors and "the senses" are playing in contemporary environment-making: from animal studies, political ecology, and political geography to black geographies and media studies. In pursuing an analytical 'cut' across these seemingly disparate areas - "the politics of sensing" aims to equip students with new tools for pursuing cross-disciplinary synergies and establishing points of engagement within an ever-widening geographical project.
Syllabi
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Offering history & forecast 2014–2024
| Year | Fall | Spring | Summer | Intersession |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030 | 2030 Fall: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 fall terms since 2018. | 2030 Spring: 16% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 9 spring terms since 2018. Department course count falling about 2% per year. | 2030 Summer: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 summer terms since 2018. | 2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020. |
| 2029 | 2029 Fall: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 10 fall terms since 2017. | 2029 Spring: 21% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 10 spring terms since 2017. | 2029 Summer: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 summer terms since 2017. | 2029 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2028 | 2028 Fall: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 11 fall terms since 2016. | 2028 Spring: 21% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 11 spring terms since 2016. | 2028 Summer: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 summer terms since 2016. | 2028 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2027 | 2027 Fall: 7% chance, high confidence. Offered in 1 of 12 fall terms since 2015. | 2027 Spring: 17% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 12 spring terms since 2015. Department course count falling about 2% per year. | 2027 Summer: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 summer terms since 2015. | 2027 Intersession: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2024 | Not offered | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2023 | Not offered | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2022 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2021 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2020 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2019 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2018 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2017 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2016 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2015 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2014 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
Future estimates combine recent offering frequency with detected multi-year cycles. Hover a cell for confidence and evidence; low-confidence estimates are marked with ~.
Meeting times
Most recent first- Tue, Thu, 10:25 AM–11:40 AM JC220 2009
- Mon, 2:25 PM–5:25 PM Jefferson Academic Center JF202 1996
| Term | Professor | Type | Credits | Enrollment | CRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | Max Ritts | Lecture | 1 | 6 of 12 enrolled | 32506 |
| Spring 2023 | Max Ritts | Lecture | 1 | 5 of 12 enrolled | 32506 |
| Fall 2017 | J. R. Peet | Lecture | 1 | 7 of 20 enrolled | 25989 |
| Fall 2009 | J. R. Peet | Lecture | 1 | 12 of 20 enrolled | 26343 |
| Spring 1996 | J. R. Peet | Seminar/Proseminar | 1 | 7 of 15 enrolled | 30474 |