Geography 2410A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Social Geography

• School: Western University
• Department: Geography
• Course: Geography 2410A/B
• Professor: Wes Kinghorn

Document Summary

Social geography is concerned with the ways in which social relations, social identities and social inequalities are produced, their spatial variation, and the role of space constructing them. Individuals are part of societies (social geography is about society: society denotes the ties that people have with others. Space and society (social geography focuses on the relationships between societies and the spaces they occupy and use) The significance of the local and the everyday (the focus of social geography is on people(cid:859)s daily li(cid:448)ing spa(cid:272)es) Social relations and identities are power relations (the social relations on which social geographers have concentrated their attention are about power, oppression, and the distribution of resources in society) Social geography is political and has a role in social policy. Space is a means of resistance and celebration. Positivist approaches: approach social geography as though it were a natural science.