Course Information Prof: Thomas Whitmore TAs: Hélène Ducros Rebekah Deeds Text: Diversity Amid...

Course Information•Prof: Thomas Whitmore•TAs:

Hélène Ducros Rebekah Deeds

•Text: Diversity Amid Globalization (& attached atlas)

•Course Blackboard homepage: https://blackboard.unc.edu/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_252107_1

Blackboard course site

•Note the announcements – I use the announcements for important info

•Note the links to the PowerPoint lectures (lectures button)Do not think that these are a good substitute to good note taking

Course Advice•Importance of keeping up with text

readings ‑ read ahead: Chapters 1 & 2 now

•See syllabus for reading assignments and schedule

•See syllabus for “how to succeed”

•Importance of attendance: exams drawn equally (or more) from lectures and text

Evaluation•(2) mid‑term exams, each worth

about 100 points. You will need a pencil and scantron sheet for all exams

•(2) 5+ page papers - each worth 100 points each. (details on ‘assignments’ on Blackboard)

•(2) short written assignments - each worth about 50 points

•A final exam worth about 100+ points

WWW site for the text:

•http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_rowntree_dag_3Look over chapters on this siteOn-line study guide with sample questions

Virtual field trips with many links to web sites of interest

Country dataEtc.

Maxims to understand the world

• Everything takes place somewhere Things closer together are more

similar than those more distant Places/locations provide both

benefits and burdens

• Everything & everybody is connected to everything and everybody else

• Resources are necessary

Maxims to understand the world• Change happens

Different types of things change at different rates

Change is contested & messy

• Conviction is necessary but overvalued

• Categories are artificial and mutable

• Things look different from afar or close up

• None of the above function alone

Globalization Amid Diversity•Is this an oxymoron?

•Globalization Increasing interconnectedness (changes in one part affect others)

•Diversity Despite the interconnections the world is NOT the same everywhere!

Globalization•Economic interconnections

•Communications

•Cultural borrowing

•Human movements (international migration)

•Formal multi-state connections (e.g., NAFTA or European Union)

•Global-scale interconnectedness of the environment (e.g., El Niño and/or global climate change)

Economic Globalization

Kenworth Semi-tractors entering US (Texas) from their construction plant in Mexico

Economic Globalization

Japanese electronics (Sanyo) assembly plant in Mexico

Economic Globalization IIIEconomic Globalization IIIWhere was this picture taken?

Globalization of Communication Interconnectedness

Satellite TV in Sri Lanka

Cultural Globalization: Cultural borrowing

US convenience store in Mexico

Cultural GlobalizationCultural GlobalizationMcDonald’s in Thailand…

Cultural Globalization IICultural Globalization II…Vietnamese Market in the U.S.

Indian Restaurant in England

Cultural Globalization

Cultural borrowing

Environmental Globalization

hazards & change

Flooding monsoon in India (also note the Shakey’s Pizza)

Diversity•Despite the interconnections the

world is NOT the same everywhere!

•Physical environments vary

•Human uses of local environment vary

•Human/cultural landscapes vary

Natural Environmental Diversity Western Australia

Natural Environmental Natural Environmental Diversity Diversity

Nevado Calluncaya, PeruNevado Calluncaya, Peru

Diverse Human uses of the Diverse Human uses of the environmentenvironment

Terraces near Tarma, PeruTerraces near Tarma, Peru

Diverse human uses of the environment, Iowa, USA

Diverse Diverse humanhumanCultural Cultural

Landscapes: Landscapes: House House

compoundcompoundin Ghanain Ghana

Diverse humanCultural Landscapes:

Spanish colonial heritage in a town layout in Venezuela

Diversity (continued)

•Human cultures vary (e.g., language, religion)

•Political systems vary

•Levels of development and wealth vary

“Typical” NC household and week’s food. © P. Menhzel & F. D’Aluisio. 2005, Hungary Planet, Ten Speed Press

Diverse Cultures and wealth

“Typical” Chad household and week’s food. © P. Menhzel & F. D’Aluisio. 2005, Hungary Planet, Ten Speed Press

Diverse Cultures and

wealth

Economic Diversity IEconomic Diversity IFloor tile making in Saltillo, Mexico

Economic Diversity IIEconomic Diversity IISteel making in Germany

© Thyssen Hutte Superstock

The core of Geography: the interconnectedness–diversity

duality•What are the characteristics of places -- how are they similar and different? Location and situation Spatial organization and patterns

Human uses Cultural landscape Environment

How are places interconnected? How do they

influence each other?•Movement of people

•Transport of goods

•Communication of ideas

•Physical environmental processes

Geographer’s Tools

•Maps: key way to show/analyzeSpatial organization and patternsGeneral “road” mapsThematic maps

Formal RegionsFlows

Organization of characteristics into regions to simplify and enable easy recall and comparison

Economic Globalization: World Economic Globalization: World TradeTrade

Economic Globalization: Illicit Economic Globalization: Illicit TradeTrade

Figure 1.7

Annual per capita income

Lectures in this course - themes similar to text’s

themes•Important elements of the

natural environment

•Key natural resources and their extractive economics

•Economic development generally and its local diversity

Lectures in this course - themes similar to text’s

themes II•Population and Settlement issues

•Historical development and cultural coherence and diversity

•Social issues generally and their local diversity

•Other key issues (e.g., the role of globalization and colonialism)

Development = bettering of society or of a people (many

definitions)•Sustainable development

•Measures of development Economic measures Non‑economic measures - $$ isn’t the best measure necessarily

Development Diversity: Development Diversity: IncomeIncome

Developed (rich, north) world

Undeveloped (poor, south) world

World Institute for Development Economics Research United Nations University (UNU-WIDER) 2006

Development Diversity: Wealth

World Institute for Development Economics Research United Nations University 2006

Diversity: Internal Diversity: Internal InequalityInequality

Rich Global “North” vs Rich Global “North” vs Poor Global “South”Poor Global “South”

N

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GNI (GNP) per Capita

Social DevelopmentSocial Development

Development: Colonialism