GEOG 1HA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Critical Geography, Human Geography, Ecotourism
3 Feb 2020
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Chapter 8 geographies of identity and difference. Critical geography a collection of ideas and practices concerned with challenging inequalities, as these are evident in landscape. Iconography the description and interpretation of visual images, including landscape, in order to uncover their symbolic meanings; the identity of a region as expressed through symbols. Hegemony a social condition in which members of a society interpret their interests in terms of the world view of a dominant group. Power the capacity to affect outcomes; more specifically, to dominate others by means of violence, force, manipulation, or authority. Authority the power or right, usually mutually recognized, to require and receive the obedience of others. Situatedness an idea that rejects notions of researcher authority and impartiality knowledge is not neutral and cannot be acquired in some detached and disembodied manner but is partial and located somewhere else.
