GEO 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Onondaga People, Primitive Accumulation Of Capital, Social Movement

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEO 103
• Professor: Robert Wilson

Document Summary

Primitive accumulation: private interests appropriating natural resources used collectively by people. People forcibly kicked off land and disposed from them to turn into private property. Historic example: in upstate new york, onondaga people, territory, conquest, and land distribution (enclosing commons). Private accumulation often accompanied by fierce resistance/land, water, etc. turned into commodity. Commodity: an idea valued primarily for its monetary or marketable value (exchange value) Tendency of capitalism to undermine environmental conditions to perpetuate itself through environmental degradation and sickening workers. Social movement to conserve/protect environment, safeguard human health. Globalization: ongoing process by which regional economies and societies integrated into large networks exchange, accelerated in pas ~40 years. Enables movements of capital, products, and waste regions. Spatial fix: spatial fi(cid:454)=(cid:859)geographi(cid:272) solutio(cid:374)(cid:859) to (cid:272)apitalis(cid:373)(cid:859)s persiste(cid:374)t (cid:272)rises, capitalism seeks out new sites to make products, extract resources, and dispose of (cid:449)astes ofte(cid:374) to pla(cid:272)es (cid:449)ith li(cid:373)ited e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal regulatio(cid:374)s, (cid:449)orkpla(cid:272)e safety.