CG- Introduction to Cultural Geography

Question 1

Explain:

Rubenstein’s distinctive features of place?

Answer 1

Place: The specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic.

Toponyms: A name given to a place on Earth (Give spaces meaning, contributes to sense of place)
Site: The physical character of a place (Water, climate, sources, topography, soil, vegetation, latitude and elevation)
Situation: AKA relative location… location of a place relative to other places

Question 2

Explain:

Space?

Answer 2

The physical gap or interval between two objects. Many objects are distributed across space in a regular manner, for discernible reasons.

Question 3

Explain:

Cultural Landscape?

Answer 3

A combination of the cultural (language and religion) features, economic (agriculture and industry) features, and physical (Climate and vegetation) features of a region. Basic Definition:
Basic Definition: An environment that has human involvment

Question 4

Define and Explain:

Cresswell’s 3 Elements of Place (borrowed by Agnew)?

Answer 4

Place: Places must have some relationship to humans (A meaningful location)

Location: The fixed objective coordinate on the Earth’s surface (A specific location)
Locale: The material setting for social relations - the actual shape of place within which people conduct their lives as individuals, as men or women, as white or black, straight or gay
Sense of Place: The subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place

Question 5

Explain:

Contested Landscapes?

Answer 5

An environemnt or space where different groups or individuals have conflicting interests, claims, or perceptions
Reasons for conflict:
- Political
- Cultural
- Economic
- Environmental

Question 6

Explain:

How do cultures deal with contested landscapes?

Answer 6

1. Negotiation and Diplomacy
2. Legal and Instituional approaches
3. Cultural diplomacy
4. historical narratives
5. Resistance and activism
6. migration

Question 7

Explain:

Controversy surrounding the Teddy Roosevelt statue at American Museum of Natural History?

Answer 7

1. The statue of Teddy Roosevelt has racial bigotry and seems to demean.
2. Teddy Roosevelt was racist to both Native Americans and Africans.

Question 8

Define:

Culture?

Answer 8

The body of customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms that together constitutes the distinct tradition of a group of people

• What people ‘care for’
  
  • Food
  • Clothing
  • Shelter
• What people care about
  
  • Language
  • Religion
  • Ethnicity

“Culture is agent, the natural area is the medium and the cultural landscape is the result”

Question 9

Place?

Answer 9

A space or location that has meaning.

Question 10

Iconoclasm?

Answer 10

The action of attacking or breaking away from existing values