GEOG 121 Lecture 4: GEO 121 SEPT 26TH LECTURE NOTES
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Place as concept evokes multiple interpretations in geography. Place is more than location: place is a location made meaningful. Sense of place: the feelings evoked by a place (familiarity, memory, belonging) There are different ways that the place evokes feelings. Ex) house is space, home is place. Ex) molson i am canadian (pre-2000 advertisement): a lot of whiteness, stereotypes, more into individuals characteristics, internal characteristics, you have to belong to understand. Ex) molson i am canadian (2000): what our beliefs are as country, geopolitical, distinguish us from america, let me tell you who we are style. Ex) molson i am canadian (2015): more multi-cultural, different languages saying i am canadian to open the fridge, white manner canadian -> lots of people are canadian, didn"t see a hockey stick, instead of i am canadian it"s. We are canadian , canada is an inclusive place. Place also indicates location and appropriate position in a social order.
