GEOG 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Uluru, Identity Component
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Reading: knox et al, chapter 5, entire chapter. The assertion of a person"s identity is intended to give meaning to an encounter with others. ibrahim, 1998 (will see on exam) Processes of identity and landscapes: landscape as contested terrain, landscape as learning, landscape as language. Landscape provides the raw material for ideas and images of territorial places and identities: be they empires, nations, regions, or localities. And these landscapes have been culturally reproduces (encourages and enhanced) Raw materials: what the land has originally, the rocks, the ground, the weather, etc . People inscribe identity to a landscape by moving around on it, becoming attached to the land. People interact with landscape and produce a place. A place is something that people interact with and have an attachment to. The end product of these cultural processes are diverse, they are landscapes of: honour and virtue, bountiful resources, future wealth, landscapes of distinction (purposefully different from other landscapes.
