INTD 1102 Lecture 12: Class, Race and Urban Geography
3 Mar 2016
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This is a term created by a scholar paul gilroy used to refer to the complex histories of the black diaspora. Explanation of how an why people move from one area to another. Black diaspora moved from their original land do to the combination of political, religious and environmental pressures, to another area were they reformed themselves. Slave trade on the coast, nova scotia as well as the rest of canada. This term refers to both the historic an collective memory and the situated knowledge as well. In maps created, the atlantic ocean was viewed almost as a connecting mass between the two land masses. Gilroy wanted to create a way to understand how race works: Race is: uid and ever changing (never static, transnational and intercultural (not nationally bound, resistance to racism happens transnationally. Urban geography as map of social welfare policies. Municipalities and communities planned to do with class and race.
