A framework for understanding Geopolitics

 

A framework for understanding Geopolitics

Human Geography

- Geographic or spatial perspective

- “Systematic study of what makes places unique and the connections and interactions

between places” (Knox and Marston, 1998 p. 3)

- Pyongyang example

• the capital of North Korea; population 3,255,400 (est. 2008). The oldest city on the Korean peninsula, it was first mentioned in records of 108 bc. It developed as an industrial city during the years of Japanese occupation, from 1910 to 1945. pyongyang summary of it - Bing. (n.d.). Bing.

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Limited, A. (n.d.). North Korea, South Korea political map with capitals Pyongyang and Seoul. Korean peninsula, national borders, important

cities. Alamy Images. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-north-korea-south-korea-political-map-with-capitals-pyongyang-and-92279016.html  

• Not only where is, but its characteristics

- “The study of the spatial organization of human activity” (Knox and Martson, 1998 p. 2)

- space more abstract than place...why?

- examples: party at the library

Places and Politics

Place:

- location, locale and sense of place

- Location: Role a place plays in the world

- Locale: Institutions that organize activity, politics, and identity in a place. This forma

a social life.

- Sense of place: Collective identity tied to a particular place. Unique “Character” of the

place (construct identity politics)

- Massey’s definition (p. 8)

- Three extra point to consider about places

- Examples: U.S. helicopter crash in Okinawa, Japan (p. 10)

Some Teacher notes i heard:

Connection with other places

The type of investment we accept

development

make money

different structures

is already mess

Infrastructure

Interaction contrast with the meaning

Massive independence in Africa

Public? politic? división

Nelson Mandela’s presidency

institutions

The company of Kia from Seoul shapes our locale, also CEMEX shapes our city

Sense of place: Regio identity: Carne Asada (stereotypes) Cindy la regia

It really depends on the three aspects (location, locale and sense of place)

USA government and military

Japan government and military

This introduction can help us to have an idea of the things It has been so useful, when we look up to the news on the TV they use some words that we don't probably understand.