Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and
Sexuality
- Field Note; Building Walls
- the people of
Indonesia still
make bricks
by sun+hand
- something the US has
not done for 100 yrs
- different cultures+societies
have gendered* jobs that
are perceived appropriate
for wo/men
- women
are often
seen as
expendable
- divisions of labor
- What is Identity,
and how are
Identities
constructed?
- Race
- division of race* started
during colonization
- creating racism*
- can have to
do w/ social
class/status
- Race+Ethnicity in the US
- usually something
assigned than chosen
- white, non-white
- ethnicities and
races are different
- Residential
Segregation*
- some of the
most
dramatic
geographic
impacts of
racism is @
the
neighborhood
scale
- steadily
decreasing
- Identities Across Scales
- complex in a globalized world
- The Scale of NYC
- more diverse than
any other city in USA
- have an impact on
NYC's cultural landscape
- succession*=
Washington
Heights
- identity* is marked
through cars, clothing,
club memberships,
jewelry, + houses
- we use identifying against*
to identify ourselves
- How do places affect identity, and
how can we see identities in places?
- Ethnicity
and Place
- people are bound to
their group and region
- Swiss Americans
- Chinatown
in Mexicali
- Identity
and
Space
- space* "social relations stretched out"
- place* how space comes together
- people make places based on social relationships
- many geographers are studying
sexuality and space/queer theory*
- our sense of place*
becomes part of our identity
- How does
geography reflect
and shape power
relationships
among groups?
- Just Who Counts?
- depends on who's in charge
- women are often
undervalued
- pay gap
- Vulnerable Populations
- power relationships
can have big impact bc
illness, owies,+famine
- discovered
through fieldwork
- HIV/AIDS
- Women is
Subsaharan
Africa
- numerically
dominated
by women
- hardest
jobs,
worst
rights
- men
trade,
women
produce
- many
countries
guarantee
a certain
% of
women in
gov
- Dowry
Deaths*
in India
- many
brides
are
killed for
dowries
- Nisha Sharma
= hero, stood up
to groom's fam
- less
arranged
marriages
- Shifting
Power
Relations
Among Ethnic
Groups
- groups are
happier when
economy is good
- blame "other" when bad
- Chinese
Exclusion
Act
- many
latinos
in LA
- changed cultural
landscape
- riots caused
availability of
jobs decreased
- power
relationships
= who has
power