GGRB05H3- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 80 pages long!)
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Live in an era of sped up and spread out things (eg. capital, people, clothes, email) (pg. As mar(cid:454) said (cid:862)a(cid:374) a(cid:374)(cid:374)ihilatio(cid:374) of spa(cid:272)e (cid:271)(cid:455) ti(cid:373)e(cid:863) time-space compression. Ho(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:449)ords su(cid:272)h as (cid:862)speed-up(cid:863), (cid:862)glo(cid:271)al (cid:448)illage(cid:863) et(cid:272). Idea of local place is disrupted (cid:894)do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e ho(cid:373)oge(cid:374)ous, (cid:272)ohere(cid:374)t (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ities(cid:895) fragmentation and spatial disruption. Has also given rise to defensive responses nationalism to preserve heritage, and antagonism to outsiders/newcomers (pg 147) Important to consider pov people who were colonized experienced the same (cid:271)ri(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g of others" heritage/produ(cid:272)ts i(cid:374)to their o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:272)ou(cid:374)tr(cid:455) Affected their culture i. e (cid:862)lear(cid:374)ed to dri(cid:374)k coke, just as (cid:449)e lear(cid:374) to eat e(cid:374)(cid:272)hiladas(cid:863) (cid:894)page 2(cid:895) Time-space compression refers to movement and communication across space, the geographical stretching-out of so(cid:272)ial relatio(cid:374)s, a(cid:374)d to our e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e of this(cid:863) Interepreted as the actions of capital that is becoming increasingly internationalized: capitalism and its development are crucial to understanding time-space compression. Other factors also are in play eg. race and gender.
