3.2 Cultural Landscapes Flashcards
Placelessness
Many modern cultural landscapes exhibit a great deal of homogeneity
Cultural Landscape
The visible reflection of a culture
Built Enviroment
Physical artifacts that humans have created and that form part of the landscape
Examples of the built enviroment
Buildings, roads, signs, fences, etc.
Traditional Architecture
Style that reflects a local culture’s history, beliefs, values, and community adaptations to the environment and typically utilize locally available materials.
Postmodern Architecture
A movement away from boxy, mostly concrete or brick structures toward high rise structures made from large amounts of steel and glass siding
Contemporary Architecture
Style that uses multiple advances to create buildings that rotate, curve, and stretch the limits of size and height
Ethnicity
Membership within a group of people who have common experiences and share similar characteristics such as ancestry, language, customs, and history
Ethnic Encalves
Clusters of people of the same culture
In ____ and _____, there are “men only” and “women only” restaraunts.
Iran; India
Cultural Regions
Determined based on characteristics such as religion, language, and ethnicity
Cultural Realms
Larger area including several regions
Sacred Places
Specific places and natural features that have religious significance
Christians worship in ____.
Churches
Hindus worship in ____ and _____.
Shrines; Temples
Buddhist worship in _______ and ______.
Stupas; Pagodas
Jews worship in _____ and _____.
Synagouges; Temples
Muslims worship in ______.
Mosques
The Shinto worship in _____.
Shrines
Torrii
An archway that marks a sacred place for the Shinto.
Charter Group
The first group to establish cultural and religious customs in a space
Ethnic Islands
Ethnic Concentrations
Sequent Occupancy
Process of ethnic groups moving in and out of neighborhoods and create new cultural imprints on the landscape
Harlem Ethnic Group Transition
Jews -> African Americans ->Puerto Ricans
Neolocalism
The process of re-embracing the uniqueness and authenticity of a place
Hindus believe the _____ _____ to be sacred.
Ganges River
Dispora
When one group of people is dispersed to various locations
Japan is the cultural hearth of what religion?
Shinto
