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Chapter 5 Lecture
Human Geography: Places and Regions in Global Context
Sixth Edition
Wendy A. MitteagerState University of New York, Oneonta
Cultural Geographies
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Key Concepts
• Cultural Geography• Cultural Complexes• Cultural Regions• Cultural Systems• Diaspora• Cultural Hearths• Identity• Americanization Figure 5.1 Maori men with traditional tattoos
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• Cultural geography– Space, place, and
landscape– Ongoing process
• Folk culture• Popular culture
Culture as a Geographical Process
• Complex concept• Shared set of
meanings• Globalization impacts
culture
Figure 5.2 Road accident memorial
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The Culture of Hip-Hop
Figure 5.B Internationally successful rapper, Nicki Minaj
Figure 5.A Sources and diffusion of U.S. rap
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Cultural Complexes
• Carl Sauer• Cultural landscape• Historical geography• Genre de vie• Cultural traits• Rites of passage• Cultural region
Figure 5.3 Cultural landscape in Kenya
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Cultural Complexes, (cont'd)
Figure 5.4 Sauer's cultural landscape, summarized
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Figure 5.6 A cultural trait of mature Tuareg men in Niger
Figure 5.8 A coming-of-age ceremony in South Korea is a rite of passage based on age
Apply your knowledge: Identify traits characteristic of your cultural group
Cultural Complexes, (cont'd)
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Cultural Complexes, (cont'd)
Figure 5.9 Cultural regions based on religion in the U.S.
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Cultural Systems
Figure 5.11 The world's four major religions: origins and diaspora Figure 5.13 The spread of
Christianity
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Cultural Systems, (cont'd)
Figure 5.10 World distribution of major religions
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Cultural Systems, (cont'd)
• Religious groups• Religion and globalization
Figure 5.16 Megachurch in IllinoisFigure 5.15 Tibetan monks protest in Nepal
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• Kinship• Tribe• Cultural nationalism• Islamism
Cultural Systems, (cont'd)
• Language• Dialects• Language family,
branch, and group• Cultural hearth
Apply your knowledge: Identify different dialects of American English. On a map identify, where these dialects are spoken and consider these regions in terms of culture and power. Do certain dialects have different cultural power?
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Figure 5.17 World distribution of major languages
Cultural Systems, (cont'd)
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Figure 5.18 India's linguistic landscape is complex with hundreds of distinct languages in use
Cultural Systems, (cont'd)
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[Insert Figure 5.22]Just include the 2003 map
Cultural Systems, (cont'd)
Figure 5.22 World distribution of TV sets
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Cultural Systems, (cont'd)
Figure 5.23 The broad reach of Muslim cultural, colonial, and trade activities.
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Culture and Identity
• Sexuality• Ethnicity • Race and Racialization• Gender• Hybridity
Figure 5.24 Gay pride parade in Brazil
Apply your knowledge: Investigate ethnicity and territory by mapping out your city's places of worship. What does the distribution tell you about the local ethnic geography?
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Culture and Identity, (cont'd)
Figure 5.C Islamic veiling fashion is highly variable
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Culture and Identity, (cont'd)
Figure 5.27 Indian women in the informal sector
Figure 5.26 Chinatown, San Francisco: voluntarily chosen by immigrants or a place of exclusion and racism?
Apply your knowledge: What are the gender constructions in your culture? What are gender constructions in other cultures?
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Emergent Cultural Geographies
• Actor-network theory (ANT)
• Non-representational theory (NRT)– Ben Anderson
• Materialism
Figure 5.28 Family watching TV in China
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Globalization and Cultural Change
• Americanization• A global culture?• World music• Global film industry
Figure 5.30 Nollywood film industry centered in Nigeria
Apply your knowledge: What films are available in your local video store (or the web) from Indian or Nigerian production companies? How do the issues in the films reflect culture?
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Geographies of Protest and Care
Figure 5.D The 2011 Wisconsin Protests
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Future Geographies
Figure 5.31 UNESCO world heritage sites: 936 properties considered to have outstanding universal value
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End of Chapter 5