GGR107H1 Lecture Notes - Crop Diversity, Social Constructionism, Critical Geography
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Ontology (the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence). Ex, positivism vs. social constructionism (the idea that groups construct one another). Theory (organized system of accepted knowledge that applies to a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena). Critical thinking helps us differentiate between facts and opinion. Making everyone think the same way about an issue. Looking at both sides of an issues and splitting the difference . Thinking negatively and obsessively looking for flaws. How to think critically: attitude- being open, skeptical and humble, pitfalls- limits, language, faulty logic, identify arguments- looking for indicators, deductive vs. inductive, evaluate sources- credible, biased, accurate, evaluate argument- assumption, reasoning (relevant & sufficient?) and omissions. Food has changed over the last 50 years. It s less healthy; there is sick soil and polluted water. The loss of crop diversity, stuffed and starved, and travels long distances. Buy local, organic and fair trade, support small-scale farmers, join the movement.
