Distribution and human identity

Question 1

What are the 8 constitutive elements of human identity?

Answer 1

Place
Language
Religion
Ethnicity
Nationality
Community
Class
Gender

Question 2

What is place in terms of human identity

Answer 2

• places we have never visited have meaning. ie paris you have a vision of the eiffel tower
• a way for us to know unknown places
• where you come from defines you
• you learn how o be a human through the lens of the city you are from
lanscape material or symbolic

Question 3

Describe density

Answer 3

Density is the the frequency in which something occurs in space.

Question 4

Describe concentration

Answer 4

It is used to describe the changes in distribution. density and distribution are not the same.

Question 5

What are the three main ways to describe distribution in space?

Answer 5

Density, concentration and pattern

Question 6

In terms of human identity what is Language?

Answer 6

Language is the way we communicate with one an other. • Every day there is a language is lost.
• Culture is lost through the loss of language
• Language is used throughout nationlism
• colonized countries taking language of the opressor once they are free
• decolonization through relearning the languages of the past
Dominant language can change through economics

Question 7

What is Religion in terms of human identity

Answer 7

• Religion defines culture
• Every religion has a whole way of life
• Different province have different connection to there religion
Ethnicity is celebrated in the west

Question 8

What is Nationalism in terms of human identity

Answer 8

• Boundaries are made up
• the feeling of being canadian or manitoban is made up in your head
• nationalism used in politics
• an imagined community of the mind
we feel more like winnipegers than canadians

Question 9

What is class in terms of human identity?

Answer 9

Social or economic class was used to refer
to people with a common social or
economic status. Social or economic class impact one
culture, work, education, location,
neighbourhood, culture etc.

Question 10

What is ethnicity in terms of human identity?

Answer 10

Ethnicity is a problematic term. It refers
to the perceived distinctiveness of one
group relative to others, usually based
on a shared history that may be
partially mythical and that has political
associations

Question 11

What is Gender in terms of human identity?

Answer 11

Gender refers to attributes that are
culturally ascribed to women and men; it
is a cultural construct subject to change

Question 12

What is community in terms of human identity?

Answer 12

A term with traditionally positive
connotations, such as loyalty, shared
concerns, and personal contact,
community is today more frequently
employed as an alternative term for
ethnic group and in urban parlance to a
neighbourhood