photographic Essay

SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1 GEOG 2300 Space, Place and Identity

Possible photo essay topics:-

1) Retail Space - the “culture of shopping”

- E.g. The demise of the corner store/ the “high street”/ “clone towns”/ the rise of the “box store” and the “power centre”/ the “farmer’s market”/”organic” and specialty markets/ the 100 mile diet and eating local/ the “theme mall”/ the “mom and pop”/ Sunday shopping/ 24hr. shopping/ the mall as meeting place/ etc.

2) The “Home Town”

- E.g. the “old neighbourhood”/ “market days”/ the “church social”/ the civic monument/ the built heritage/ parades and holidays/ the country fair/ the agricultural show/

3) Sport and Identity

- E.g. the “local” team and local identity/ the old rink as a cultural venue/ symbolic places (Maple Leaf Gardens; the Montreal Forum; Yankee Stadium; etc.)/ professional” vs. amateur-local/ the culture of the Olympics/ etc.

4) Entertainment and Leisure Space

- E.g. the music scene/ “counter-culture”/ “high” culture/ architecture/ mass-media: film; television; radio; newspapers/ the “art world”/ the “fashion industry”/ the “Disney” phenomenon/ tourism and the tourist industry/ creating simulacra - Las Vegas; folk museums; theme parks/ honeymooning in Niagara Falls?/ etc.

5) Nationalism and National Identity

- E.g. National symbols/ National holidays/ regional identity vs. national identity/ parades/ commemorations and memory space/ Canada Day/ multiculturalism and a national identity – multicultural festivals/ etc.

6) Contested Space – In Place/ Out of Place

- E.g. Waterfront Development/ Urban heritage/ Changing Industrial Landscapes/ the Street/ graffiti – art or vandalism?/ “bladers” and “boarders” and public space/ Youth space?/ etc.

7) Urban Space

- e.g. the “hood”/ the city park/ the city block/ the escape to suburbia/ escape from suburbia/ civic pride/ heritage landscapes/ multiculturalism and multiethnic enclaves-neighbourhoods-communities/ “soup kitchens”/ homelessness/ etc.

9) Youth Culture & the Geography of Childhood

- e.g. raves/ homelessness and street life/ where do we hang out?/ the “drug culture”/ playgrounds/ street games/ etc.

10) Globalisation and Place

- e.g. living in a “shrinking world”?/ the rise of the “glocal”/ slow food-city-travel etc./ the China syndrome!/ local vs. global tourism/ global vs. local culture/ the importance of place in a global world/ etc.

11) Location and Disasters

- e.g. risk management/ in the path of the hurricane/ disaster relief/ New Orleans & Katrina – rebuilding/ tsunami + Thailand etc./ 9-11 and Ground Zero/ Peggy’s Cove and Swissair/ living on the floodplain/ etc.

12) Living in a wired/ wireless world

- e.g. virtual world/ virtual tourism/ internet shopping and the local retail environment/ social networking vs. local neighbourhood interaction/ virtual offices and working from home – the changing workplace/ GIS – surveillance- Google Earth/ etc.