GGR100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Merchant Capitalism, Mass Production, Toronto Islands
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Place is constructed out of a number of processes and relations that constitute the meaning and physicality of a given locale. Globalization refers to the increasing interconnectedness of our world. However, growing disparities exist in our globalized world. Political economic and cultural forces drive globalization. Mathematical space, described through points, boundaries and lines, for example maps. Space pre-exists human activity (processes happen in space) Despite the assumption of objectivity, absolute space can be deeply political. New activities equal new infrastructures thus creating a new spatiality or new geography. Not fixed; something we"re all engaged with; e. g. starbucks. Refers to the location in which social and economic activity occurs, and in turn, how that activity occurs, and in turn, how that produces space. The invisible ways in which power is inscribed into space. Space governs us and becomes a force in which we are required to follow. Quebec language laws, street signs, zoning etc.
