SOSC 2350 Lecture Notes - Liberal Democracy, Terra Nullius, Yuppie
3 Apr 2013
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This deals with mapping, history of canada and the processes of racialization. This is a straightforward article that doesn"t deal with obvious theory, instead it talks about the contestation over space. How the constitution of spaces: are organized to sustain unequal social relations. The homeless and padlocking of parks: reproduce racial hierarchies. The constitution of space is not the space itself but its location and its physical attributes. Produces a particular kind of social imaginary: space has always been used in a way to product hierarchies. Money flows away from water in new orleans in toronto it flows towards. In terms who was most impacted they tended to be primarily represented by the urban poor (black mothers) You understand how spaces are allocated due to the historical aspects of spaces: black people in louisiana (history of slavery) Understanding space as something that is used to sustain unequal social relations: for example, look at the canadian history with the reservation system.
