Introduction to Cultural Geography...Introduction to Cultural Geography Defining culture and...
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Introduction to Cultural Geography
Defining culture and examining the Cultural Landscape
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Culture Defined
• A way of life underpinned by particular values and traditions
– The expression of those values and traditions through writing, music, visual and performing arts, or through rituals, festivals and the like.
– The intellectual, spiritual, and aesthetic development that distinguish humans from animals
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Culture Criticism
• “There is no culture in the world, only differing arrays of power that organize society in this way and not that”
– Don Mitchell, Syracuse University 2000
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Culture as related to Geography
• Examines culture of particular groups
– Cultural Politics
– How culture is practiced
– How culture is captured materially and symbolically
• Artifacts
• Landscapes
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Main Factors of Culture
• Education • Government • Agriculture • Economy • Sport • Grooming • Values • Work ethic • Etiquette • Courtship • Recreation • Gestures
• Religion • Language • Architecture • Cuisine • Technology • Music • Dance • Sports • Medicine • Dress • Gender roles • Law
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The Cultural Landscape
• The visible, material landscape that cultural groups create as they inhabit the earth.
– Mankind’s mark on the landscape left behind through the process of construction, agriculture, landscaping and conservation
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Importance of the Cultural Landscape
• Cultural landscapes are the accumulation of artifacts that help present information about the people(s) that have live there
– Evidence about the spread and development of cultures
– Alterations to the landscapes that reflect their identity
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Material vs. Non-Material Culture
Material Culture
• clothing
• buildings
• farming patterns
• technology
Non-Material Culture
• Language
• Religion
• Political organization
• Customs or traditions
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Reading a Cultural Landscape
• By looking at a culture’s environment it is possible to see what the culture values, divisions of society, connections to other cultures, etc…