CDNS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Canadian Studies

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Canadian Studies
• Course: CDNS 1000
• Professor: Richard Nimijean

Document Summary

Canadian studies notes monday, october 17, 2011. Think about two different models for understanding out relationship with space. How do we in turn orient space. Writers and artists as architects of nation. In canada, romantic cultural nationalism emerges in relationship with the land. Alie(cid:374) traditio(cid:374)s are the (cid:271)iggest threat to the (cid:374)atio(cid:374) i. e. ca(cid:374)ada thi(cid:374)ks they"re goi(cid:374)g to lose themselves by influence of the states. Always looking for the way the country is distinct. The canadian souls is reached the canadian landscape. Romantic view of landscape in 19th century canada. Purest part of canada is the north, it is farthest from civilization and whatever bra bra bra. Geographic nationalism is all about generating a sense of home land. Associates a community with its historical past which leads to how a group imprints themselves on nature aka the nationalization of nature. We believe that nature is central to our identity. Landscape is universal, concrete and relates to other myths.