Chapter 5: A Divided World: Geographies of Identity and Difference Flashcards
Critical geography
A collection of ideas and practices concerned with challenging inequalities as these are evident in landscape
society (define)
a structured system of human organisation which members of a cultural group live; provides protection, continuity, and security for its members
welfare geography
An approach to human geography that documents and explains social and spatial variations; issues of injustice and inequality are often of paramount importance
rimland theory
the power controlling the rimland (inner crescent) could control all of Europe and Asia and therefore the world
spectacle
Places and events that are carefully constructed for the purposes of mass leisure and consumption.
Iconography
the identity of a region as expressed through symbols;
the interpretation of visual images, including landscape, in order to uncover their symbolic meanings
Representation (in study of landscape)
A view of the world
all views are subjective because they are affected by the identity of the person making them
Hegemony
A social condition in which members of a society interpret their interests in terms of the world view of a dominant group
where one country is dominant over the others
Apartheid
the South African policy instituted by the government to spatially SEPARATE groups of people (as defined by authority)
was enacted to avoid ‘racial pollution’ and moral decay
Ghetto
A residential district in an urban area with a concentration of a particular ethnic group
chain migration
A process of movement from one location to another through time, sustained by social links of kinship or friendship
acculturation
process by which an ethnic group is absorbed into a larger society while retaining aspects of distinct identity
common when that groups sticks together after moving somewhere
An example is ChinaTown or KoreaTown within Canadian cities
assimilation
process by which an ethnic group is absorbed into a larger society and loses its own identity
elitist landscapes
areas highly populated with upper class people often are at a higher elevation, are closer to lakes/rivers, are far away from pollution from factories, and have specialty features like golf courses
Landscapes of Stigma/Pariah Landscapes
spaces of exclusion and social injustice (pariah means “an outcast”)
