R SOC355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: University Of British Columbia Press, Community Forestry, Energy Industry

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Rural Sociology
• Course: R SOC355
• Professor: John Parkins

Document Summary

Resource industries like mining and forestry have deep influences in the identity of the communities. Bella coola located almost on the coast (near an inlet) Port hardy on vancouver island, northern tip. 238 reimagining as an attempt at place making , forms of collective action. 239 two general forms of place making: bella coola conservative contained spaces . Local food systems: port hardy outward looking, global networks. Fig 11. 1 port hardy text is huge relative to other place names, emphasizing it. Be prepared to describe the differences in approach. Delinking of community and industry: recall dalhausie and shutting down of the pulp/paper mill, host communities to primary industry. Communities change because the primary industry is changing. Elimination of jobs by industry (replacement by machinery; labour- shedding technology), whereas the community wants job creation. Energy industry seems to not feel these effects as much. Massive facilities requiring a lot of labour (construction, operation, etc. )