GGR100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Geopolitics, Social Forces, Economic Geography
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Critical reflection due on oct. 2 (2-3 pages) Review: a variety of different global processes exist, economic, political, cultural and environmental, cultural: the americanization of culture e. g. Note: the world may be global, but we have a very unique relationship to commodities. Integration mediated through production and the length representations and mischaracterization. Human geography: how people react with one another and environment; basically, study of change and its effects. The tradition of geo-politics; relative power and cultural questions; understanding how we arrived in the world we live in and make this place a more just place; how location plays a role in understanding different issues (infrastructure) Defining geography: human activity is always interactive with people, things and it defines what it is to be human. It"s integral or open; geography as a holistic discipline that integrates different perspectives and broad relations of the world.
