GPHY 229 Chapter Notes - Chapter wk9: Human Rights Activists, Pension, Neocolonialism
22 Dec 2016
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Landscapes chapter 5 landscapes of conflict and resistance. Foucault power = a microprocess of social life. Runs through the whole social body not just the state or political system. Power is exercised and reproduced, not just possessed. Hegemony power easier than getting power through force: hegemony must be upheld to justify power. Hegemony = habitual (not conscious in many cases) Henri lefebvre the site of everyday life = site of resistance & active struggle. Streets; names and street life; everyday life examples of resistance/conflict. Symbolic resistance; landscapes of spectacular and extraordinary/out of the ordinary e. g. carnivals, parades. Symbolic resistance and temporary inversion of normal hierarchical relations e. g. rio carnival allows women to transcend usual femininity. Mardi gras parade sydney; inverts heterosexual social relations. Berlin street names changed as political situation changed. Take ba(cid:272)k the night (cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:272)hes; fo(cid:396) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s safet(cid:455) classes resisted the changes, used the old names anyway. 5. 3. 1 resisting and excluding the marginal: spatial exclusion creates social boundaries.
