GGR221H1 Lecture 5: Lecture #5
9 Mar 2017
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Ggr221 lecture #5 divisions of labour & uneven development. Capitalism in inherently geographical system for organizing life concepts of place, scale & connection, location and distance. Labour is the fundamental source of value, and therefore essential to economic growth. Workers are producers, consumers, and actors in life"s work and must negotiate these roles. Interdependencies crucial, e. g. for the organization of global commodity chains. Breaks down the production process into sequential, discrete tasks and rationalized to increase output and profit. Allocates people into particular roles and technical tasks. In turn locates people socially in relation to everyone else. Thought of as unskilled work, has implications to people, relationships among and between people and the products of their work. Gendered: feminized labour, masculinity and sexuality (construction, demolition etc) Racial: concentration in specific economic sectors (new) international division of labour. One country has a cost advantage over others in producing specific commodities (eg cloth, wine)
