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GG4249 Placing Peru: A Decolonial Development Geography

2026 to 2027 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

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SCQF level

SCQF level 10

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Planned timetable

To be confirmed

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Module coordinator

Prof N D Laurie

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Module Staff

Prof Nina Laurie

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Module description

This module draws on Andean indigenous understandings of space and temporality to interrogate international development using Peru as an in-depth case study. In the indigenous Andes space and time are not fixed nor are they seen as unilinear instead, the idea of backwards and forwards in time is used to interpret spaces and moments in ways that move in multiple directions. This indigenous ontology provides the starting point for the module which will examine the complexities intrinsic to international development and the global-local and colonial dilemmas it raises in relation to imagining the future. Focused on Peru, the module examines large-scale social change by engaging with debates around nature economy and society. It gives critical attention to the extended life-course moments of key development actors who have shaped development geography over the last four decades (NGOs, professionals, faith-based organisations, volunteers and social movements).

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS GG2011 AND PASS GG2012 OR PASS SD2001 AND PASS SD2002 OR PASS GG2013 AND PASS GG2014 AND PASS SD2100 OR PASS SD2005 AND PASS SD2006 AND PASS SD2100

Anti-requisites

YOU CANNOT TAKE THIS MODULE IF YOU PASS GG3238 OR TAKE GG3238

Assessment pattern

100% coursework

Re-assessment