Constructing Law, Space, and their Subjects:
Landscape, Topography and Culture
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Maps and Mapping in Cultural Context
Consider the following two very different visions of land use in a Canadian Aboriginal and a European culture.
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| READING | Read Chapter Three from Hugh Brody's Maps and Dreams (pp. 34-48) to be exposed to the dreams of hunting trails and of heaven of the Beaver aboriginal community of northeastern British Columbia. |
~ | QUESTION | Based on what you have read or seen in the media how does our society and the European legal system which supports it view this divergence in maps and mapping between cultures?
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| Based on what you have now read about Aborginal conceptions of land and its use in both Australia and British Columbia, what words would you use to describe the competing notions regarding land in both Aboriginal and British colonial societies? |