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Socio-Cultural Perspectives in Kinesiology: Lecture 8A: First Nations' Health and Physical Activity Issues
Socio-Cultural Perspectives in Kinesiology: Lecture 8A: First Nations' Health and Physical Activity Issues
! Dionne Brand calls Toronto: A city that has never happened before.
Weaknesses of Multiculturalism
! How do notions of accommodation and cultural tolerance deflect attention away from structural inequity?
!Racism? !White privilege?
! Multiculturalism continues to focus on the Other rather than question/ destabilize white privilege
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! Some say the concept encourages immigrant communities to remain concentrated and segregated in certain areas, and as such it implies that they should never be considered Canadians
11/18/12
Imperialism
! The extension of power/authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries ! The attitude of superiority and domination over foreign peoples ! Cultural imperialism
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Colonialism
! The act of imperialism by the establishment of settlers/colonies and the direct rule and disciplining of indigenous peoples ! The domination/ conquest of the resources, labour and markets of the colonized
Processes of marking, defining and controlling space
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Noble Savages
Death of Jane McCrea John Vanderlyn (1804)
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11/18/12
Issues of Space/Property
! Space has been appropriated and place under control by those who set up the new rules about space