GEO 793 Lecture Notes - Placemaking, Hybridity, Estonian House
14 Nov 2012
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Strategic spatial essentialism: latin americans" real and imagined geography of. Latin americans in canada: 304,245 (2006 census) Latin americans in ontario: 147,135 (2006 census) Essentialist and anti-essentialist approaches to ethnicity, identity, culture and place. Place-making as a strategy for identity-creation and resistance. Latin americans in toronto: 99,290 (2006 census) Multiculturalism became official policy in canada in 1988. The policy is based on essentializing and stereotyping of ethnic groups. Yet it offers the tools for resistance and for developing a sense of belonging through territorialization. Efforts to create: a barrio latino: a visible latin american neighborhood of retail and residences, a community center (casa para los latino americanos) as strategies for constructing a shared identity for latin americans. Spatial essentialism as a tool: to negotiate intra-group diversity, to establish a sense of belonging within the host society. The production of ethnic places contributes to construct identities that are territorialized (tied to specific spaces) but not necessarily essentializing (statics)
