GEO 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Haile Selassie, Peter Coates, Social Constructionism
13 Dec 2017
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Globalization: increasing interconnectedness of different parts of the world through common processes of economic, environmental, political and cultural change. Global music market but different retail values depending on country. Bob marley: reggae musician that spread local music to world. Economically depressed jamaican neighborhoods; global music industry. Peter coates, environmental historian, wrote nature (1998) Western conceptions of nature since ancient times. A force or entity with spiritual or religious qualities. Theory that states reality is created by humans (societies) Reason so many different ideas of nature exist. Historic view: environmental determinism in 19th century. Different views on what nature is & what nature"s purpose is. Human activities are controlled by environment, particularly climate & terrain. Environment mindset action or lack of action. Industrial revolution expansion of imperialism & colonialism. Popular theory of ed applied to the rest of the world conclusion. Warm climates lazy, relaxed and promiscuous . Imperialism and colonialism justified - western lens.
