The Critical Geographers!

 Thanks again everyone for an incredible semester!  I will miss our Thursday evenings!  Be in touch, okay!  Keep the blog going too!  We're all making spatial histories from here on out!

socialist mosaic - the pen can break the chains of our bondages

 

Final Topic

 Matthew R. Berry

 Critical Geography

 Professor Simpson

 3 December 2020 

Final Topic

    My final topic will be utilizing the materialist method to look into the outdoor industry and specifically mountain guiding. Considered the blue-collar outdoor industry job, mountain guiding involves poorly paid laborers who use technical skill to safely climb mountains and other features with clientele. Most guides are forced to work multiple jobs due to the low-paying wages, yet the clientele could be considered the bourgeoisie who can afford to spend, upwards of tens of thousands of USD for these workers to assist them up mountains they otherwise could not technically or physically climb. Guides enjoy the work, generally speaking, but looking into the industry could very much shed light on larger metanarratives such as globalization and exploitation of workers. Having worked the last few years since I left the Army as a guide, it was a personal topic that I felt this class set me up to research and discuss well.

(Sorry!! Only just saw that this was due today when looking at the presenation instructions!)