GEOG 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lunch Counter, Gated Community, Genitive Case
27 Aug 2016
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Chapter 7- human geog: interpreting places and landscapes. ** experiences are always happening in a place. Key ideas: people are shaped by the places they are in, power: who has ability to get stuff done, cultural relevance example: times square: lots of people, retail, advertisements. Walmart: lots of people, buying stuff, retail, known for squeezing price out of producer, shifted global production site. A practice of visiting the forgotten places that are less exciting and attractive to experience real world places. Going to an old industrial area instead of the statue of liberty. How you make and inside and an outise. Grafiti: regulates social interaction, regulating access to people/resources, provides a focus/symbol of group membership/identity example: gated community. Homogenous gorups, rules, conformity example: south river watershed alliance. ** shifts rules as to inside/otside place rather than to a certain group ofpoeple example: edible eastside.
