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Instructor: Matthew Toffoletto Winter 2024 CST100 Final Answer the following questions as briefly as possible and in your own words . This exam is open note but closed book : you may use your notes from lecture and from your reading, but you may not use the course text. You may not use any outside resources to answer these questions; any evidence of the use of unpermitted resources or tools will result in a zero on the exam. Some questions may be answerable quite briefly; bullet points may be sufficient. Other questions will require longer responses, perhaps a paragraph or two. However, they are not essays , and your aim should be to answer them as concisely and clearly as possible. If you find yourself writing very long responses, you may not have enough time to complete the exam. QUESTION 1. (10 points) Briefly explain the relevance of the following concepts in Tuck and Yang’s critique of liberal decolonialism: settler nativism and adoption fantasies; decolonize the mind. QUESTION 2. (10 points) As a critique of classical Marxism, what does Denise Ferreira da Silva mean by “reading the dead”? QUESTION 3. (10 points) Theorist Dorothy Roberts has described race as a “political category that has been disguised as a biological one.” Drawing on our discussions of the political emergence of racism, what is meant by this phrase? QUESTION 4. (10 points) Following Silvia Federici’s research, what was the political motivation behind the witch hunts in early modern Europe and North America? QUESTION 5. (15 points) Broadly construed, our course has focused on cultural changes in the post-industrial world (post- 1800 or 1850). However, our cultural life has also changed radically in new ways, starting in 1950 and culminating in the bewildering landscape of the 2020s. As briefly as possible, provide two possible explanations from the theories we’ve studied as to why the cultural landscape of this most recent period is so different than any previous.

Instructor: Matthew Toffoletto Winter 2024 QUESTION 6: ESSAY . (45 points) Throughout the world, but especially in North America, a civic debate has unfolded in the last 50–70 years about urban planning and transportation. In the US and Canada, this debate has responded to the collapse of many urban public transit networks (such as the tram networks of the early twentieth century, seen throughout the Northeast) and the advent of the Interstate system, including especially urban highways. These highway systems enable individuals to travel quickly within cities and between cities and provide the infrastructure for transport of goods via large trucks. However, these systems also perpetuate inequality in transport as they make a city or region’s population dependant on car ownership and are often built by displacing historically impoverished or marginalized communities. Alternatives to these systems include the expansion of intercity rail networks, which provide faster, cleaner, safer, and cheaper transport, and expanded urban transit networks, which also help to reclaim urban land for public parks and other amenities. Despite the benefits of public transit networks and the drawbacks of highway systems, especially within cities, many cities in North America continue to support highway expansion projects, often in direct conflict with public opinion. Using concepts from a theorist we have studied, offer a possible explanation for the continued support of the interstate system in North American cities. Possible theorists and concepts are listed below, though you may offer your own example. Your essay should reflect an accurate understanding of the concepts. Length : aim for three body paragraphs, plus introduction and conclusion. Mircea Eliade: hierophanies and eternal return Leanne Simpson: radical resurgence Marx: critique of capitalism Silvia Federici: feminist critique of early modern enclosure Frederic Jameson: postmodernism’s cultural logic Decolonial theory: US and Canada as settler-colonial states Freud’s psychoanalytic model Lacan’s psychoanalytic model Tim Ingold: materialism; culture on the ground Elizabeth Povinelli: geontopower Kodwo Eshun: the chronopolitical and Afrofuturism

Instructor: Matthew Toffoletto Winter 2024 Urban highway in Houston, Texas. Via KPRC 2, Houston. Highway interchange in Toronto, Ontario. Via Beyond the Automobile.

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Instructor: Matthew Toffoletto Winter 2024 Grading Breakdown QUESTION 1 accurately addresses the question uses relevant material from the course 10 points QUESTION 2 accurately addresses the question uses relevant material from the course 10 points QUESTION 3 accurately addresses the question uses relevant material from the course 10 points: QUESTION 4 accurately addresses the question uses relevant material from the course 10 points QUESTION 5 accurately applies two relevant theories; provides an effective answer to the question; demonstrates an understanding of the question and its relevance 10 points QUESTION 6 30 points: a clearly and effectively applies the thinking of a theorist or method, including accurate application of terms and concepts 15 points b addresses the question in a relevant and critical way, reflecting understanding and reflection 15 points c organizes and articulates thinking in an effective way 15 points

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