Geog 1200 – Society & Space Lecture 1 - Intro & Place PDF

Geog 1200 – Society & Space Welcome and Introduction Week of Sept. 9, 2024 1  Class Outline 1. Welcome and Introduction 2. Introducing: Human Geography 3. Course Logistics 4. Thinking Like a Human Geographer 5. Maps, Location...

Geog 1200 – Society & Space Welcome and Introduction Week of Sept. 9, 2024 1  Class Outline 1. Welcome and Introduction 2. Introducing: Human Geography 3. Course Logistics 4. Thinking Like a Human Geographer 5. Maps, Location & Distance More than 18 million people live in Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest cities in Asia 2 Dr. Susan Dupej SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow [email protected] @cannabistourismresearch (Instagram) www.linkedin.com/in/susandupej www.susandupej.com  Cannabis Legalization in Canada On October 17th, 2018, Canada became the first G7 country (second country, overall, next to Uruguay in 2013) to nationally legalize the cultivation, processing and selling of cannabis for adult recreational use. To what extent does the legal context offer tourism providers the chance to create recreational products and experiences related to the purchase and consumption of cannabis?  Course Administration Course Website: https://courselink.uoguelph.ca/d2l/home/893531 all lecture PPT slides for the week will be uploaded in one document prior to the start of the week announcements syllabus assignment instructions  Course Administration Virtual Tutorials: there are 8 tutorial sections tutorials are lead by TAs tutorials are virtual use the links on Courselink to access the virtual ZOOM meet tutorials start the week of Sept. 16 all tutorial PPT slides & materials for the week will be uploaded in one document prior to the start of the week  What is (Human) Geography? Human Geographers ask questions about spatial variation: Where are things and why, and how and why are things different from place to place.? Geography refers to a spatial expression. Geographers are interested in the variation of spatial expressions from place to place.  What is (Human) Geography? Just like in the physical environment…  What is (Human) Geography? …there is also variation in the places that humans create. Great Wall The suburbs of China Manhattan Small East Coast Skyline Fishing Village  What is (Human) Geography? Economic, social, cultural and political relationships, processes and activities happen in particular places and across interconnected spaces. Durban, South Africa 11 A ‘tongue and cheek’ map created by William Samari, Ray Yamartino, and Rafaan Anvari of DogHouseDiares illustrates what every country does better than every other country. 12 Largest Source of Imports by Country, 2015 13  Branches of Human Geography Population & Migration Human and Environment Relations Political Geography Economic Geography Cultural Geography Social Geography Urban Geography Tourism Geography 14 Florence, Italy Course Assessments  Assignments #1 - 3 Assignment #1: Human Geography in the News (10%) DUE: Fri., Sept. 27, 2024@11:59pm Review: Week of Sept. 16th in tutorial Assignment #2: Everyday Space (10%) DUE: Fri., Oct. 25, 2024 @11:59pm Review: Week of Oct. 7th in tutorial Assignment #3: Contested Space (10%) DUE: Fri., Nov. 15, 2024 @11:59pm Review: Week of Oct. 28th in tutorial  Assignment # 4: ‘Minute Essays’ At the end of each week, students will write a ‘minute essay’ (a brief Assignment #4: insightful response) based on the week’s lecture material. Students will Minute Essays (10%) reflect on an idea or concept addressed in lecture that week. There are no right or wrong answers to these questions. There is, however, a difference DUE: At the end of each week Review: Sept. 9, 2024 between thoughtful answers and answers with not a lot of thought. Answers do not need to be long, but they do need to be of quality and reflect information (to some level of detail) presented during the week’s classes. The question for each week will be different. Submission method: Minute Essays will take the form of a Courselink Quiz. At the end of each week after the Friday class (@10:30am), a question will become available on Courselink under the Quizzes tab. Quizzes will only be available until the following Saturday at noon (12:00pm).  Assignment # 4: ‘Minute Essays’ Assignment #4: Instructions: Minute Essays (10%) Students will provide a response to a question posted to Courselink in the Quizzes tab after the Friday lecture (@10:30am) each week. DUE: At the end of each week Students will provide responses directly into a textbox on the quiz. Review: Sept. 9, 2024 Only 1 response/submission is allowed. Responses are due by Saturday @ 12:00pm (noon). Students will not be able to make a submission after this cut-off time. Students are encouraged to answer the question as soon as possible after class has finished. Responses are to be approx. 150 words (3-4 sentences) in length. No references are required. Students will receive a mark out of three (3) according to the grading scheme below.  Assignment # 4: ‘Minute Essays’ Assignment Assignment#4: #4: Minute MinuteEssays Essays(10%) (10%) DUE: DUE:AtAtthe theend endofofeach eachweek week Review: Review:Sept. Sept.9,9,2024 2024  Assignment # 4: ‘Minute Essays’ Assignment #4: Due date: Minute Essay 1 - Sept. 14 @ 12:00pm noon Minute Essays (10%) Minute Essay 2 - Sept. 21 @ 12:00pm noon Minute Essay 3 - Sept. 28 @ 12:00pm noon DUE: At the end of each week Minute Essay 4 – Oct. 5 @ 12:00pm noon Review: Sept. 9, 2024 Minute Essay 5 – Oct. 12 @ 12:00pm noon Minute Essay 6 – Oct. 26 @ 12:00pm noon Minute Essay 7 – Nov. 2 @ 12:00pm noon Minute Essay 8 – Nov. 9 @ 12:00pm noon Minute Essay 9 – Nov. 16 @ 12:00pm noon Minute Essay 10 – Nov. 23 @ 12:00pm noon  Midterm & Final Exam Midterm: Final Exam: Multiple Choice (20%) Multiple Choice & Short Answer (30%) The midterm will be written in the classroom The final exam is cumulative, meaning it will during the regularly scheduled lecture time. The cover content from the entire term (i.e., from exam is multiple choice and heavily draws from before and after the midterm). the textbook. More information will be provided closer to the midterm date. The final exam will be written in-person on Dec. Mon., Oct. 21, 2024 @9:30-10:20am. Students 5, 2024 at location TBA. Students will have 2 will have the full class time (50 minutes) to write hours to write. the midterm.  Participation Participation (10%) grades will be based the meaningful oral contributions made by students to tutorial discussions throughout the course. Further details will be provided during tutorials. Thinking Like a Human Geographer ‘Geography Lesson’ 23 Place & Sense of Place 24  Why does place matter? Depending on where you live, this will effect the life you have. This is why place matters. “The geography of our everyday lives is pivotal in influencing who we are and what we might become”. Mexico City 25  In Place Forms of shelter vary from place to place. 26  In Place Water sources vary from place to place. 27  In Place Acquiring goods varies from place to place. 28 Place Place is a unique collection of human and physical features on the earth’s surface, including environmental conditions, physical and human landscapes, cultural practices, social life and economic activities. 29 30  Sense of Place The unique qualities and distinctive features of place that give place a certain ’feel’ and contributes the to meanings we attach to it. Castle, Dublin Ireland 31  Sense of Place Village in Mozambique, Africa 32 Sense of Place 33 Caribbean Beach Placelessness (Relph, 1976) Places lose their uniqueness to the point where one place looks like the next. Ubiquitous landscapes. Places that seem detached from the local environment and say nothing about the specificity particular locality. Placelessness (Relph, 1976) Woodbridge, Plaza del Sol (Smart Centre)  Superhighways “start everywhere and lead nowhere” (Relph 1976). Traffic on the IH-10 Katy Freeway viewed facing west near Loop 610 on Thursday, April 11, 2013, in Houston. ( Smiley N. Pool / Houston Chronicle)  Place is Nested Southern Ontario Guelph University of Guelph MKCN Rm. 105 Your seat There is a spatial hierarchy with respect to area size. 38 Scale: Spatial patterns can be explained through interactions at one scale or across multiple scales. Source: Adaptation from Castree, N., Coe, N. M., Ward, K. and Samers, M. (2004) Spaces of Work: Global Capitalism and, Geographies of Labour, figure 0.1. Guelph Farmers Market Ontario Food Terminal (Downtown Toronto)  Maps, Location & Distance Visual Representations 42  Maps Maps are representation of the earth that use lines and symbols to convey information about spatial relationships. Topographic Maps Topographic Maps: Contour Lines Topographic map of Lugano, Switzerland.  Thematic and Choropleth Maps, and Isopleths Isoline map of precipitation for the continent of Africa. What story about median income in the Washington, DC area is this map telling? Proportional Maps  Map Projections Projections are: a systematic rendering of the Earthʼs surface onto a flat surface a science of converting the spherical surface of the Earth Cartography is the art and the science of graphically onto a flat plane. representing a geographic area of the globe on a flat surface.  Map Projections Distortion of: Distance Direction Shape Area Mapping South America Using 10 Different Map Projections  Map Projections Equidistant Preserve distance Conformal (Mercator) Preserve compass directions e.g. Mercator Projection Azimuthal Equidistant Mercator Azimuthal Preserve compass direction Equal-Area / Equivalent Proportions e.g. Peters Peters Peters (green) vs. Mercator (black outline)  Cartogram Gross Domestic Income (US Dollars) Cartogram demonstrating spatial inequality of all people living on US$10 or less a day.  Location Absolute Location: The measure (e.g., lat/long coordinates) or representation of a single position.  43° 31' 57.36'' N 80° 13' 31.0044'' W  Location Site: The specific characteristics/attributes of a place (both natural and human-made). Situation: The location of a place in relation to its surroundings/other places. New Orleans  Distance Absolute Distance: The physical separation between two points on the earth’s surface measured by an accepted standard unit, such as kms.  Distance Relative Distance: The transformation of linear measurements into alternative units that are more meaningful for understanding spatial relationships (e.g., costs and travel time).  Distance “Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things” (Waldo Tobler) Distance Friction of Distance: the inhibiting or deterring effects of distance on human activity; it is a reflection of the time and cost in over coming distance: an increase in time and cost with increasing distance.  The effects of changing transportation technologies, “shrinking” the world.  Next Week The Changing Global Context 61