Geography and Stereotypes Jumpstart August 2016 Geographic Literacy
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Geography and Stereotypes? Jumpstart – August 2016
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Understanding Stereotypes
Understanding Stereotypes
Understanding Stereotypes
Stereotypes Drugs barons, corrupt police, coffee, jungles
Stereotypes Beer, drunks, rough, red hair, green clothing, leprechauns
Stereotypes Reggae, dreadlocks, weed, 'yah mon, respect mon'
Why Places Matter? • Geography matters because it is specific places that provide the settings for people’s daily lives. 1)Places provide certain opportunities and constraints on life: • Urban versus rural 2)Places also form part of our identities • Where we are from is a big part of who we are
Developing a Geographic Imagination Dharavi, Mumbai, India
Developing a Geographic Imagination Suburban Montreal, Canada
Developing a Geographic Imagination Lagos, Nigeria
Developing a Geographic Imagination • Xiapu, Fujian, China
Questions • How would you earn a living if you lived here? • What would you do in your leisure time? • What relationship would you have with your neighbours? • What would your main mode of transport be? • What relationship would you have with authority? • What would your overall quality of life be? How would you measuring this?
Why Places Matter • Places are highly interdependent
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Media literacy and information literacy
Basic components of media and information literacy
People as media people in media
Cyber literacy and digital literacy
What is geography?
The stereotype of the predicate family
Bias map
Archetypes and stereotypes
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