CO SCI 136 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Masculinity, Denis Cosgrove, Human Geography
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Landscape in geography old" and new" cultural geography. Denis cosgrove : landscape as a way of seeing". Jim duncan: the politics of landscape in shaughnessy heights, vancouver. 1: reflection on the discipline of human geography. 2: three key ideas: cultural geography representation landscape. American vs. british traditions: american associated with carl sauer cultural landscape". Culture as cultivation" (agriculture) and way of life" set of beliefs, language, religion, customs. Ways of life manifest themselves in way of culture e. g. clothes, buildings, food create cultural landscape distinctive regions. However he saw it as rural and separate from politics and economics. Society & space = co-constituted, focus on unequal power relations (political economic & social), how culture is produced and reproduced. Influenced by focus on working class and everyday lives at the cccs (uob) interested in urban every day lives (more politically and economically engaged research) Very different definition than sauer representation (e. g. financial markets)
