GGRA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Absolute Time And Space, Merchant Capitalism, Unequal Exchange
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Lecture 3: toronto"s indigenous landscape: the global history of toronto. For aboriginal people living in the toronto area there is a long history of native occupation which toronto"s modern towers of concrete and steel may obscure but cannot eradicate. Place is constructed out of a number of processes and relations that constitute the meaning and physicality of a given locale. Globalization refers to the increasing interconnectedness of our world: however, growing disparities exist in our globalized world, political economic and culture forces drive globalization, space: absolute space. Mathematical space, described through points, boundaries and lines. i. e. maps space pre-exists human activity: processes happen in space. Despite the assumption of objectivity, absolute space can be deeply political. Representation of absolute space: maps, divided base groups/culture, political lines draw, include/excluded different people, space: relational space. Space is not the container of social activity, but rather is produced out of that activity i. e. is socially constructed.
