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Students must draw on all of the readings for the particular
selected unit in their reflections. For example, if students
choose to do a reflection based on Unit 2, the paper must draw
on the Dicken (2011) reading and the Knox et al. (2015)
reading.
Although students are expected to demonstrate a clear
understanding of the readings, reflection papers are not intended
to simply summarize the readings. Rather, students should
outline the main points of the readings and use this as the basis
for a critical reflection.
Critical reflections should demonstrate depth in thinking about
the material they are learning, and evaluate critically how
theories and practices of geography can influence their own
lived experiences and observations about the world.
Students are encouraged to draw on other sources in addition to
course materials, including the weekly discussion postings from
previous Units if applicable.
All sources, including the course readings, lecture notes, and
discussion postings must be properly cited using APA.
Reflection papers are to be written according to academic
scholarship standards (1,000 +/- 100 words excluding title page
and references).
Unit reference notes below
https://issuu.com/wiley_publishing/docs/fouberg_hg11e_c05ide
ntityraceethnic
Pg 117-142
Unit 5 Notes: Geographies of Culture and Identity
The reading this week comes from chapter 5 in the textbook,
Human geography: People, place, and culture, by Fouberg,
Murphy, and De Blij (2015). This chapter begins by examining
the intersections of culture and identity, and in particular the
gendered division of labour in different societies. Gender is an
important identity category that human geographers seek to
understand, especially how it relates to power and intersections
with other identity categories, such as ethnicity, race, class, and
sex. Human geographers are especially concerned with
investigating how identity categories are propped up by
unquestioned assumptions and stereotypes. Different societies
often impose well-defined identity categories that conceptualize
people not as individuals, but as members of a category
assumed to behave and act in certain ways.
Geographers understand identity in two ways: as a way that
individuals define themselves, and as a way individuals are
defined by others. Both often rely on processes of inclusion
and exclusion, where identity relies on what political and
gender theorist Judith Butler (1993) refers to as a 'constitutive
outside': defining a particular subject according to what it is
not, or according to what it excludes. Place and connections to
place can also deeply influence the construction of identity,
most obviously at the national scale (think of images often
associated with being “Canadian”), but also at more local
scales. Race continues to define an identity category, even
though a scientific consensus has emerged that physical
differences in human appearances do not constitute significant
differences in the human species that can be described as race.
Race is usually an identity imposed on people, and is based
primarily on skin colour and other physical features.
Geographers and other social theorists often use the terms
racialize and racialization to refer to identities that are
subjected on people, mainly based on skin colour. As opposed
to the term race, which implies an objective category, racialize
and racialization suggest a process that has been imposed on
some subjects by others. These terms are usually associated
with processes of racism, the act of associating negative or
inferior behaviours and traits with specific groups of people.
Racism has often been used as the rationale or excuse for
colonial and imperialist domination of some groups by others
for the sake of cultural and economic exploitation. Although all
terms describing racial category are problematic, it is now
common in Canada to refer to certain groups of people by skin
colour (e.g., Black, Brown, White); generic cultural grouping
(First Nation, Inuit), or nationality (e.g., Chinese, Mexican,
Icelandic, Samoan). However, as Fouberg et al. (2015) show,
different countries refer to cultural groups and identity
categories in different ways, as evidenced by census categories
that continue to separate out society along identity categories
(p. 120). This illustrates the role that place has in shaping or
imposing identity.
As opposed to race, which is based mainly on physical
attributes, ethnicity is an identity category that refers to a
placed based cultural grouping formed over a long period of
time, and which often become associated with specific
languages and sometimes specific national or sub-national
boundaries. In immigrant receiving countries like Canada,
ethnicities are often hyphenated, such as Chinese-Canadian,
Indo-Canadians, English-Canadian, French-Canadian, and so on.
In the United States, race and ethnicity are sometimes conflated,
such as with the term African-American.
Geographers also study the identity category sex or sexuality,
often drawing on queer theory, a body of literature and
theorizing that disrupts heteronormative and naturalized
divisions of humans into two discrete sexes, male and female.
Moving beyond questioning gender in terms of cultural assigned
roles and assumptions, queer theorists disrupts the biological, as
well as cultural assumptions that give rise to the normalization
and dominance of heterosexuality and the division of
individuals into two opposite sexes based exclusively on sex
organs.
A final crucial point that Fouberg et al. (2015, p. 132) make is
that geography shapes power relationships and directly
influences identity: "Power relationships can ... subjugate entire
groups of people, enabling society to enforce ideas about the
ways people behave". These ideas, or cultural norms, are the
subject of the videos for this week, both of which are TED
Talks. The first (2014) questions assumptions between place
and identity. The second (2015) is a humorous but nevertheless
critical view of the cultural identities of a number of American
towns from the perspective of a black man who finds he is not
part of the cultural landscape. These videos also show how
individuals can resist identities imposed on them by others, and
advocate for identities that move beyond stereotyped
assumptions based on race, class, gender, and sexuality.
Identity also has intersections with political geographies, as we
will discuss in Unit Seven. For example, nations and
nationalism are often functions of identity, as groups of people,
sometime around ethnic lines, identify as belonging to a
particular territory. Identity can also be defined along sectarian
lines, which sometimes coincides with particular geographical
territories. Identity can be disrupted when colonial and
imperialist powers impose their own power on groups of people
and destabilize existing spatial relationships, when internal and
external conflicts pit certain groups of people against each
other, or when warfare leads to redefinitions of boundaries, as
is what happened with the Ottoman Empire after the WWI.
The discussion this week focuses on processes of identity
formation. In discussing identity, please keep in mind the
points from this week's readings and videos: that identity is
both imposed upon, and taken on by individuals. Identity is
both self constructed and resisted in many ways. Geographers
pay particular attention to the role of place in these two
dimensions of identity formation.
Things to Work On
Part C of the Research Project (annotated bibliography) is due
this week.
Active discussion posting is required every week.
The second reflection paper is due in Unit Seven.
References
Butler, J. (1993). Bodies that matter: On the discursive limits of
'sex'. New York, NY: Routledge.
Fouberg, E., Murphy, A., & De Blij, H. (2015). Chapter 5:
Identity: Race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. In Human
geography: People, place, and culture (11th ed.). Hoboken, NJ:
John Wiley & Sons. Retrieved from
http://issuu.com/wiley_publishing/docs/fouberg_hg11e_c05iden
tityraceethnic
TED. (2015, May). Rich Benjamin: My road trip through the
whitest towns in America [Video file]. Retrieved from
https://www.ted.com/talks/rich_benjamin_my_road_trip_throug
h_the_whitest_towns_in_america
TED. (2014, October). Taiye Selasi: Don't ask where I'm from,
ask where I'm a local [Video file]. Retrieved from
https://www.ted.com/talks/taiye_selasi_don_t_ask_where_i_m_f
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Students must draw on all of the readings for the particular selec.docx

  • 1. Students must draw on all of the readings for the particular selected unit in their reflections. For example, if students choose to do a reflection based on Unit 2, the paper must draw on the Dicken (2011) reading and the Knox et al. (2015) reading. Although students are expected to demonstrate a clear understanding of the readings, reflection papers are not intended to simply summarize the readings. Rather, students should outline the main points of the readings and use this as the basis for a critical reflection. Critical reflections should demonstrate depth in thinking about the material they are learning, and evaluate critically how theories and practices of geography can influence their own lived experiences and observations about the world. Students are encouraged to draw on other sources in addition to course materials, including the weekly discussion postings from previous Units if applicable. All sources, including the course readings, lecture notes, and discussion postings must be properly cited using APA. Reflection papers are to be written according to academic scholarship standards (1,000 +/- 100 words excluding title page and references). Unit reference notes below https://issuu.com/wiley_publishing/docs/fouberg_hg11e_c05ide ntityraceethnic Pg 117-142 Unit 5 Notes: Geographies of Culture and Identity The reading this week comes from chapter 5 in the textbook,
  • 2. Human geography: People, place, and culture, by Fouberg, Murphy, and De Blij (2015). This chapter begins by examining the intersections of culture and identity, and in particular the gendered division of labour in different societies. Gender is an important identity category that human geographers seek to understand, especially how it relates to power and intersections with other identity categories, such as ethnicity, race, class, and sex. Human geographers are especially concerned with investigating how identity categories are propped up by unquestioned assumptions and stereotypes. Different societies often impose well-defined identity categories that conceptualize people not as individuals, but as members of a category assumed to behave and act in certain ways. Geographers understand identity in two ways: as a way that individuals define themselves, and as a way individuals are defined by others. Both often rely on processes of inclusion and exclusion, where identity relies on what political and gender theorist Judith Butler (1993) refers to as a 'constitutive outside': defining a particular subject according to what it is not, or according to what it excludes. Place and connections to place can also deeply influence the construction of identity, most obviously at the national scale (think of images often associated with being “Canadian”), but also at more local scales. Race continues to define an identity category, even though a scientific consensus has emerged that physical differences in human appearances do not constitute significant differences in the human species that can be described as race. Race is usually an identity imposed on people, and is based primarily on skin colour and other physical features. Geographers and other social theorists often use the terms racialize and racialization to refer to identities that are subjected on people, mainly based on skin colour. As opposed to the term race, which implies an objective category, racialize and racialization suggest a process that has been imposed on some subjects by others. These terms are usually associated
  • 3. with processes of racism, the act of associating negative or inferior behaviours and traits with specific groups of people. Racism has often been used as the rationale or excuse for colonial and imperialist domination of some groups by others for the sake of cultural and economic exploitation. Although all terms describing racial category are problematic, it is now common in Canada to refer to certain groups of people by skin colour (e.g., Black, Brown, White); generic cultural grouping (First Nation, Inuit), or nationality (e.g., Chinese, Mexican, Icelandic, Samoan). However, as Fouberg et al. (2015) show, different countries refer to cultural groups and identity categories in different ways, as evidenced by census categories that continue to separate out society along identity categories (p. 120). This illustrates the role that place has in shaping or imposing identity. As opposed to race, which is based mainly on physical attributes, ethnicity is an identity category that refers to a placed based cultural grouping formed over a long period of time, and which often become associated with specific languages and sometimes specific national or sub-national boundaries. In immigrant receiving countries like Canada, ethnicities are often hyphenated, such as Chinese-Canadian, Indo-Canadians, English-Canadian, French-Canadian, and so on. In the United States, race and ethnicity are sometimes conflated, such as with the term African-American. Geographers also study the identity category sex or sexuality, often drawing on queer theory, a body of literature and theorizing that disrupts heteronormative and naturalized divisions of humans into two discrete sexes, male and female. Moving beyond questioning gender in terms of cultural assigned roles and assumptions, queer theorists disrupts the biological, as well as cultural assumptions that give rise to the normalization and dominance of heterosexuality and the division of individuals into two opposite sexes based exclusively on sex
  • 4. organs. A final crucial point that Fouberg et al. (2015, p. 132) make is that geography shapes power relationships and directly influences identity: "Power relationships can ... subjugate entire groups of people, enabling society to enforce ideas about the ways people behave". These ideas, or cultural norms, are the subject of the videos for this week, both of which are TED Talks. The first (2014) questions assumptions between place and identity. The second (2015) is a humorous but nevertheless critical view of the cultural identities of a number of American towns from the perspective of a black man who finds he is not part of the cultural landscape. These videos also show how individuals can resist identities imposed on them by others, and advocate for identities that move beyond stereotyped assumptions based on race, class, gender, and sexuality. Identity also has intersections with political geographies, as we will discuss in Unit Seven. For example, nations and nationalism are often functions of identity, as groups of people, sometime around ethnic lines, identify as belonging to a particular territory. Identity can also be defined along sectarian lines, which sometimes coincides with particular geographical territories. Identity can be disrupted when colonial and imperialist powers impose their own power on groups of people and destabilize existing spatial relationships, when internal and external conflicts pit certain groups of people against each other, or when warfare leads to redefinitions of boundaries, as is what happened with the Ottoman Empire after the WWI. The discussion this week focuses on processes of identity formation. In discussing identity, please keep in mind the points from this week's readings and videos: that identity is both imposed upon, and taken on by individuals. Identity is both self constructed and resisted in many ways. Geographers pay particular attention to the role of place in these two
  • 5. dimensions of identity formation. Things to Work On Part C of the Research Project (annotated bibliography) is due this week. Active discussion posting is required every week. The second reflection paper is due in Unit Seven. References Butler, J. (1993). Bodies that matter: On the discursive limits of 'sex'. New York, NY: Routledge. Fouberg, E., Murphy, A., & De Blij, H. (2015). Chapter 5: Identity: Race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. In Human geography: People, place, and culture (11th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. Retrieved from http://issuu.com/wiley_publishing/docs/fouberg_hg11e_c05iden tityraceethnic TED. (2015, May). Rich Benjamin: My road trip through the whitest towns in America [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/rich_benjamin_my_road_trip_throug h_the_whitest_towns_in_america TED. (2014, October). Taiye Selasi: Don't ask where I'm from, ask where I'm a local [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/taiye_selasi_don_t_ask_where_i_m_f rom_ask_where_i_m_a_local