GGRA02H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Neoliberalism
Document Summary
Geography - the study of the spatial organization of human activity and of people"s relation- ship w/ their environments. Broad # of relations including economic, culture, politics. Key as- sumptions: 1) nothing natural about the social world (everything is created through relationships: multiple histories & geographies exist & over-layer 3) attention on social & cultural difference. & inequality 4) premised on open or integral analysis. Place - discreet entity (ex. park, neighbourhood, or campus). All pro- cessess are grounded in some physical location. Affects the character of a range of social, cultur- al, political & economic processes. Social, cultural, political & economic entity that assumes its specific character b/c of complex flows & connections that come together in a locale. Layered meaning reflects the social construction of place. Focused on location w/ a recognition of relations that constitute that location.
