Place, Belonging, Exclusion and Power Relations

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Place, Belonging, Exclusion and Power Relations

Colonialism

Indigenous Communities

Mining

Extracting resources resulting livelihood of Indigenous

Politized water

Access to clean water

Traditional food insecurities

Prisons

Winnipeg: Indigenous women have highest population in prisons

Residential Schools

Access to land

Deserving VS Undeserving

Waste Colonialism

China & Thailand receive our garbage

Ethical relations

Anthropocentrism

Exploit land

Camping, cottaging, golfing

Urban Planning focused around human needs

Urbanization

Exploit animals

Animals used for laboratory practices

Animals used for fashion

Animals used for food

Loving VS Disgusting animals

Valued VS Disposable

Disgusting animals are those deemed 'unpredictable'

Identity

Who you are /how you relate to yourselves

Education

Interests

Gender

Sexuality

Race

Religion/culture

Age

Neighbourhoods/communities

Employment

Food

How people understand us

Relationships

Performance of identity

Fluid/changing

Time

Spatial

Environment/Climate

Nature as a resource

Environmental Racism

Slow Violence

Political Ecology

Climate crisis

Health

Social Cultural Model

Social and architectural determinants of health

Community belonging -> community programs

Social and health infrastructure

Structural & Behavioral Causes

General Socioeconomic, culture & environmental conditions

Sickness from Society

Individual factors

Age, sex & constitutional factors

Living & Working Conditions

Invisable illnesses

Mental health

Biomedical Model

Pathology

"Issues" ->seeking to find a singular fix

Biomedical body & its direct function

Hospitals

Capitalism

'Normal' produced by capitalism Normal VS Abnormal

Gendered Male VS Female

Westernized

Heteronormative

Ableism

Capitalist mindset: normal sells: Recipe books assume the user is able-bodied

Whiteness

Disposability

Education

Patriarchy

Hierarchical structure

Seeking to control

Consumerism

Exploitation

Sameness VS Differences

Social Class

Social Production of Labour

Racialization

Body

Sites

"Black Women are over 3 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women" https://thenib.com/pregnancy-and-race/

Spatial Segregation

Technology

"False Arrest of Pregnant Woman in Detroit Highlights Racial Bias in Facial Recognition Technology" https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/9/false_arrest_of_pregnant_woman_in

Whiteness

White Supremacy

Migration Geographies

Refugees: Forced to leave home country due to persecution

War Refugees: Forced to leave home country due to generalized violence

Economic Migrants: Voluntarily leaving to another place

Climate Refugees: Forced to leave due to climate crisis

Food Politics

Labour Practices

Migrant Farm workers

Black Food Geographies

"Race is embedded in food project spaces" Ramirez, Margaret Marietta. 2015

Accessibility and Availability

Food Industry/Companies

Healthy VS Unhealthy foods & brands

Advertising

Access/Cost of food

58% of food is wasted in Canada

Soil Justice

Soil dispossess people

Who has access to soil? Access to soil = developing belonging/inclusion

Food Insecurity

Seasonal Food Insecurity: result of climate = predictable

Transitory Food Insecurity: short-term, sudden impact on ability to access foods

Chronic Food Insecurity: long-term, unable to access minimum amount of food (6 months of the year or longer)

Food Sovereignty