LS300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Spatial Analysis, European Canadian, Saskatoon Freezing Deaths
19 Apr 2016
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Analyzing space the murder of pamela george. What is meant by spatial analysis: with sociology of law, this analysis entails looking at space as socially constructed. Public and private (or personal space) as social. Power balances, stereotypes occur in theses spaces. Histories to spaces, ppl attempt to redefine space. Space as abstract and overlooked in legal analysis: what goes on in spaces is also social and certain power dynamics can get replicated in spaces. People use their bodies in relation to space, whether knowingly or not. Create realities where certain people are to be in certain spaces ought to be. Razack: argues for denaturalizing of space and: law as a part of space making. Reinforces space, starlight tours physically being removed. Those in power exercising control and power through space. Continues to be repeated because of colonial power. Why analyze space: if we do not ask questions about space, we can lose valuable information about context.
