Mapping To Help Students Better Understand The Cultural Landscape
Join Dr. James Rubenstein to learn how Mapping can help bring to life geographic concepts underlying the distribution of economic activities.
Dr. James Rubenstein, Miami University
Human geographers describe where cultural groups and economic activities are located around the world, and explain reasons underlying the distributions. Most students relate well to cultural geography concepts, such as the distribution of languages and religions, but find the concepts of underlying economic geography to be more challenging.
Why are most of our cars made in North America, most of our phones made in East Asia, and most of our clothing made in South and Southeast Asia? Mapping can help bring to life geographic concepts underlying the distribution of economic activities.
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About the speaker
Dr. James Rubenstein, Miami University
Dr. James M. Rubenstein received his BA from the University of Chicago in 1970, MSc. from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1971, and PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1975. He was a professor at Miami University for 37 years, where he taught urban and human geography.
Dr. Rubenstein is now a full-time writer. Dr. Rubenstein is the author of The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography (13th edition), Contemporary Human Geography (5th edition), as well as co-author of Introduction to Contemporary Geography, published by Pearson Education. He also conducts research in the automotive industry and has published four books on the subject: The Changing U.S. Auto Industry: A Geographical Analysis (Routledge); Making and Selling Cars: Innovation and Change in the U.S. Auto Industry (The Johns Hopkins University Press); A Profile of the Automobile and Motor Vehicle Industry: Innovation, Transformation, Globalization (Business Expert Press); and Who Really Made Your Car? Restructuring and Geographic Change in the Auto Industry (W.E. Upjohn Institute, with Thomas Klier). He also writes a weekly column about local food for The Oxford Press.