中国政治地理学教材建设:特色定位与拓展领域

Towards updated textbooks of Chinese political geography:Characteristics to be enhanced and fields to be expanded

中国高教版《政治地理学》教材已沿用二十余年。在当前百年未有之大变局的背景下,冠以“政治地理学”的研究成果不断涌现,更加剧了甄别相关概念学理的紧迫性。为此,全国政治地理学课程的任课教师以及部分海外同行一道,围绕在现有教材的基础上如何深化教材特色、拓展教材内容,做到本土化、国际化和知识性、趣味性相结合,对政治地理学的教材建设进行了研讨。主要结论为:(1)在教材的特色化方面:要重视基本概念和理论的本土化;中西方理论视角的融合;多尺度内容体系的构建和应用知识的加强。(2)在教材的内容拓展方面:应关注并吸收行为主义、批判地缘政治、政治生态学、城市政治地理学、身份政治、选举地理等流派和视角。(3)在教材的应用面向方面:应加强对“一带一路”倡议、海洋强国建设、跨境河流治理等现实关切问题的理论响应。总体上,政治地理学教材建设要抓住人地关系主线,立足本土、融合经典、面向实践,构建知识导向、政策导向与学术研究良性互动的内容体系。本研究对于未来政治地理学教材的编写及修订、以及解决当下政治地理学的教与学的知识困扰具有重要的参考意义。

The textbook of“Political Geography”in the higher education edition in China has been used for more than 20 years and its content system is in urgent needs of being updated.In addition,to cope with the unprecedented changes in a century in China,the research outputs classified as“political geography”continue to emerge,which further requires the construction of the discipline of Chinese political geography.In this context,both the domestic teachers of political geography course and some overseas colleagues come together to attend a series of online and on-site discussions on the construction of political geography textbooks.This paper is exactly one of the products after the knowledge exchanges.This paper is concerned about how to enhance the characteristics of the textbooks,expand the contents of the textbooks,and promote both localization and internationalization,as well as add knowledge and enjoyment of learning on the basis of the existing textbooks in higher education edition.To achieve these goals,the authors of this paper mainly focus on the following three points.The first is about the oriented characteristic of the textbooks.The authors suggest that special attention should be paid to the formation of fundamental concepts and theoretical frameworks,and the construction of multi-scale content systems.Moreover,the new textbooks should integrate both Chinese and Western perspectives as well as strengthen the practicability of knowledge.The second is about theory construction.The authors suggest that the textbooks construction needs to absorb the newly emerging approaches and topics such as behaviorism,critical geopolitics,political ecology,urban political geography,identity politics,and electoral geography.Finally,it is about the practical aspect of the textbook construction.The authors suggest that theoretical responses to issues such as the Belt and Road Initiative,the construction of a maritime power,and the governance of transboundary rivers should be strengthened.In general,the construction of political geography textbooks in China needs to center on the main line of the human-land relationship,focus on the local features,integrate classics and frontiers,be oriented to practice,and build a knowledge system that incorporate knowledge,policy,and academic research.This paper is of important significance for the revision of future political geography textbooks and for solving some of the current difficulties in the teaching and learning of Chinese political geography.