SOSC 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Industrial Revolution, Terra Nullius, Scientific Racism

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1350
• Professor: Reese Simpkins

Document Summary

Keywords: normalizing power, terra nullius, scientific racism, assimilation, patricia monture, indian act 1876, sandra lovelace. Indigenous people in canada: diversity includes inuit, metis, and first nations people, conditions on reserves. Normalizing power (mona gleason): normalization is the process through which something becomes seen as normal or natural, normalizing power works by, comparing, differentiating, hierarchicalizing, homogenizing, and excluding, enforces western norms onto other cultures. Scientific racism: different types of humans have different capabilities, non-european races= not quite human, rampant sexuality, cultural differences are visually inscribed, europeans decided that non-white cultures need discipline, civilization and salvation, requiring certain behaviour from them. Colonialism in canada and the americans: colonialism= contemporary reality, sex/gender and sexuality= primary mechanisms of colonialism, sexual assault, sexism, homophobia and transphobia are entangled with the history of colonialism. Sex/gender and sexuality as mechanisms of colonialism: colonial assumption= heterogendered norms indicative of superiority, 2 aspects of colonization, tangible aspects- land theft, forced movement, intangible aspects- imposition of certain ideas.