I apologize for the delay of week 10 posting, I have trouble figuring out the “spaces” in two creative works.

In this week posting, I am trying to compare the spaces between the creative works of “Taming Space: Drug use, HIV, and homemaking in Downtown Eastside Vancouver,” by Leslie Robertson between Tomson Highway’s “The Kiss of The Fur Queen.”

In regards to the space and setting of Highway’s “The Kiss of The Fur Queen,” the residential school setting plays a pivotal role reflecting the author’s past experience, and represents the theme of the creative work itself. The space of the residential school offers a lack of freedom for the students. Some of the students, like the main character himself experienced sexual abuse in the school. As it is illustrated in the novel, the author describes the residential school is like a nightmare to the main characters of the novel, and they loss their freedom and respect at the school. From the boys’ perspective in the novel, the setting of the residential school relates to feeling such as unpleasant, lack of freedom, and the memory of being sexually abused.

For the setting and space in “Taming Space: Drug use, HIV, and homemaking in Downtown Eastside Vancouver, the location setting of the creative work is in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, which is an area of Vancouver that is renowned for it’s population of drug users. The article also relates to areas such as medicalized space, living spaces, and public health service spaces in Eastside Vancouver Downtown. These “spaces” bear a crucial roles for individuals who live in Eastside of Vancouver Downtown, as it reflects the cultural identity as well as self-identity of the individuals who live in that area.