GEOG 210 Lecture Notes - Mordecai Richler, Robertson Davies, Antonine Maillet
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!Where!is!Here?!!Geog!210!
Where%is%Here?!!(1987)%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%National!Film!Board!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Producers:!Sturla!Gunnarsson,!David!Macfarlane,!Adam!Symansky!
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The!documentary!Where!is!Here?!explores!the!question!of!the!Canadian!identity.!!
Following!the!making!of!the!100th!anniversary!issue!of!Saturday!Night!magazine,!
this!film!documents!the!researching!and!stories!written!by!a!number!of!prominent!
Canadian!writers.!!The!magazine!chooses!to!highlight!places!that!individuals!identify!
as!describing!their!Canada.!
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Questions+and+concepts+to+consider:+++
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1.!!According!to!this!film,!how!do!Canadians!approach!the!question!of!selfOidentity?!!
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OWhere!is!here?!Where!am!I?!What!is!this!place?!Not,!who!am!I?!!
! O!the!relationship!with!a!certain!part!of!Canada!
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How!does!this!differ!from!Americans?!
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! OWho!am!I?!
! OThe!founding!fathers,!independence!!
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2.!!The!film!suggests!that!that!few!Canadians!share!the!same!vision!of!their!country,!
rather!Canada!is!a!collection!of!stories!and!places!important!to!individual!people.!
How!do!the!following!people!describe!Canada!and!its!people?!
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• Robert!Lee!in!Williams!Lake,!BC!
Interior!of!BC!
No!one!gets!worked!up!about!the!national!anthem!!
Rodeo!
Clayton:!fights!the!bull!“confusion”;!rode!the!bull!for!8!seconds!
Feature!the!bull!instead!of!the!cowboy!
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• Peter!Foster!in!Tuktoyaktuk,!Northwest!Territories!
Witness!the!collapse!of!the!Canadian’s!dream!
Writing!about!failure!
Dry!dock!lifting!its!last!vessel!from!the!see!
Canada!was!built!with!public!money!!
the!frontiers!of!technology!are!pushed!out!here!and!then!just!left!
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