People, Place & Social Difference

Description

Detailed notes based off of the lecture modules broken down in to weeks. Includes Information about the final exam including information about which topics were used as questions in the Spring 2019 Exam worth 40%. Topic List: Week 2: -week 1 intro recap (social difference + 5 types of opression) -median ages of Greater Sydney- 2016 -socio-spatial polarisation -understanding employment Week 3: -explaining Sydney's social difference -Sydney's economic history -Early 20th century -boom period -end of the boom -Sydney today -Sydney as a global city/ global cities Week 4: -The geographies of health: The spatial inequalities of social difference -The social determinants of health Week 5: -Australia's migration story: building white Australia -major immigrant nation-states -fertility/mortality/migration (natural increase) -Laissez faire -cultural imperialism -federation -the immigration restriction act Week 7: -Australia's migrant story- Flows and Migration Fortunes -post-war migration program -new age pf migration/ populate or perish -integration -diverse immigration/multiculturalism -spatial impacts Week 10: -Social and spatial impacts of immigration in Sydney -contemporary migration -Visa categories/types (temporary & permanent -ethnic groups/ethnicity -important terms and definitions -ghettos/segregation -concentration models: chain migration & gravitational migration -Boal's Weberian perspective Week 11: -spaces of cultural inequality: muslims in Australia and Islamophobia -Islamophobia as anti-muslim racism -cultural racism -what does islamophobia look like -young muslims' mental map of Sydney -effects of islamophobia on muslim mobility -role of mosques -Islamophobia and unemployment Week 12: -understanding spatial justice: gender and space -gender -patriarchy -feminism -seperate spheres -'sticky' ideology -objectification -workforce composition+ gender employment ghettos -'pink collar' sectors -gender pay gaps -gendering full time +part-time work -gendered division of domestic labour -dual burden -public space +harassment -billboards/advertising in urban landscapes -objectification of men Week 13: -Social Difference in the Digital Age -digital economy -future of work in Australia -digital government -digital literacies -digital divide -digital inequalities -internet studies/online dating Exam prep: -breakdown of what to expect in each section of the exam (how many questions and on what