How do Places Affect Identity? Chapter 5 Section 2 Text pages 135-139 How do Places Affect Identity?

Identity and Place Identities can be tied to our sense of place, an area’s uniqueness, in an area Impacts how we define and experience places Sense of Place can change just like identity

Ethnicities Tied to Places Jews/Palestinians and Israel Native Americans and the lands of the U.S. Australia Aborigines and Uluru Hindus and the River Ganges Muslims and Mecca/Kabah

Ethnicity Affiliation with or identity within a group of people bound by common social, ancestral, cultural, religious, or national experience Can change with place, space, and scale Irish Americans may have a different idea of what Irish is than people from Ireland Myanmar consists of various ethnic groups, however members of these different groups living in America may identify ethnically as Burmese

Ethnicity Cont. Ethnicity can refer to any or all of these qualifiers: common social, ancestral, cultural, religious, or national experience Jews-ethnicity primarily means religion Amish-both a folk culture and religion Swiss-Americans: a national origin These aspects of ethnic groups can lead to stereotypes of not only those within the group but other ethnically unrelated groups What are some stereotypes about different groups? Ethnic Geography: the study of spatial aspects of ethnicity

Ethnicity Questions What ethnicity(ies) do you identify with? Is place important to any of these?

Ethnic Conflicts Racial distinctions cannot be easily made Tutsis and Hutus Irish and English Basque and Spanish

Ethnic Conflicts Racial distinctions cannot be easily made Tutsis and Hutus Irish and English Basque and Spanish

Ethnic Conflicts Racial distinctions cannot be easily made Tutsis and Hutus Irish and English Basque and Spanish

Gendered Places Places perceived for men or women What’s the gender of these places MMA Gym Dance Studio Yoga Gym Executive Office Sports Bar Nail Salon

Sexuality A person’s sexual orientation or preference What is sexually “normal” is defined by society Norms, mores, and taboos are established within cultures to encourage “normal” practices Practices such as homosexuality and incest have traditionally been viewed as taboo Some practices may gradually come to be accepted (homosexuality), others may not (incest) Heteronormative: straight, white, male views impact societal thinking Queer Theory: Tension between heterosexuals and homosexuals, especially politically Why do these views and values supersede others?