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Final Exam AS GEOG 2060 3.00 M Saturday, April 20 15:30 - 17:30 CLH A
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Exam Format 7 questions, –one from each theme in the course Answer 4 –short (2 page) essay
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Theme 1: Landscape change over time landscapes and places change over time. –Examples please Effect of various influences. –economic forces –imperialism –globalization –or whatever. Power shapes place.
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Sample question: What can we learn by studying the way that landscape changes over time?
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Theme 2: Reconstructing the past Reconstructed the past ways of life of two aboriginal peoples –the Sto:lo –the Anishnabe) Uncertainties about evidence Purpose
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Sample question: Is there a point to reconstructing a vanished way of living in a landscape?
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Theme 3: Geosophy The study geographical knowledge SW BC: illustrates differences in the cultural outlook of the Sto:lo vs the Europeans.
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Sample question: What were the major differences between the geographical knowledges of the Sto:lo and the non-Sto:lo in SW BC?
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Theme 4: Ways of Looking Power is embedded in culture. How we learn to look is crucial The Gaze Sto:lo and non-Sto:lo had different ways of looking at the land, and each other.
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Sample question: Explain the role of power in shaping the cultural history of SW BC.
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Theme 5: Colonialism and Imperialism SW BC was colonized by the Europeans Colonialism and imperialism mean more than this. –attitudes of mind, –forms of power and knowledge.
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Sample question: Is it useful to characterise SW BC as a landscape of colonialism?
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Theme 6: Academics as Colonialists Geography and colonialism closely related. Academics in the imperial centres gain intellectual mastery over colonies SW BC: potlatch and museum collections.
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Sample question: What is the connection between the academic and colonialism?
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Theme 7: Identities, Power, Knowledge Summary Identity is constructed Community is imagined Knowledge, identity and a sense of place are shaped by power. Places shaped by power (Hamilton).
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Sample question: How does power shape the landscape over time?
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