This document outlines the schedule and topics for 6 sessions on identity and the 'other' held between November 14 and December 3, 2013. The sessions covered personal and group identity, gender and sexuality, anti-bullying activism, contested spaces and resistance, access and mobility in urban landscapes, and conceptualizing place through creative works. Guest speakers were scheduled to discuss political action and urban development. Readings and activities included photo elicitation assignments, group work on posters, and lectures on identity-related concepts.

1. Session 21: Identity and the ‘other’
– Part 1: Personal identity
November 14, 2013
1) Handing back your photo elicitation
assignments;
1) Short lecture: Concepts related to identity and
the ‘other’; gender and sexuality;
2) Guest: Harrison Oakes – Political and social
action in cultural geography; anti-bullying; Bill
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Readings: Chapter 8 of Norton Socially Constructed Identities;
Sameness and Difference; Gender; Sexuality; Other Peoples and
Landscapes
Norton, W. (2005). Cultural Geography: Environments, Landscapes, Identities, and
Inequalities. Oxford University Press, Don Mills.
The Forks,
Winnipeg

2. Session 22: Identity and the ‘other’
– Part 2: Identity in relation to the other
November 19, 2013
1) Discussion about term paper;
2) Description: Activity for next class;
3) Time to work on poster (40mins);
4) SEEQ Evaluation (25 mins)
Laura, Australia

3. Session 23: Identity and the ‘other’
– Part 3: Contested spaces
November 21, 2013
1) Lecture/workshop:
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Contested spaces, identity,
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Social action: different forms of action;
resistance &forms of protest
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Potential for geographic transformation
Readings: Chapter 7 of Norton – Identity, Resistance, Landscapes
Norton, W. (2005). Cultural Geography: Environments, Landscapes, Identities, and
Inequalities. Oxford University Press, Don Mills.
IUCN World
Conservation Congress

4. Session 24: Identity and the ‘other’
– Part 4: Access and mobility
November 26, 2013
1) Group work on poster (30 mins);
2) Guest: Karina Cardona – Urban
landscapes, access and mobility
Readings: Supplementary
Exchange District,
Winnipeg

5. Session 25: Conceptualizing place through
stories, art, music, and poetry
November 28, 2013
1) Lecture/workshop: creative
research, understanding place through
writing, story, music and art
1) Time to work on poster (45 mins);
Readings: Chapter 9 of Norton – Imagining Places; Writing and
Reading Places; Consuming Places
Norton, W. (2005). Cultural Geography: Environments, Landscapes, Identities, and
Inequalities. Oxford University Press, Don Mills.
Munson Park,
Winnipeg

6. Session 26: Photo elicitation poster session
December 3, 2013
Photo-elicitation poster session!