chapter 5 Flashcards
cultural complex
the combo of traits/ characteristic of a particular group
cultural hearth
the geographical origin or source of innovations, ideas or ideologies (carl sauer)
cultural landscape
characteristic and tangible outcome of the complex interactions b/w a human group and a natural environment
cultural nationalism
an effort to protect regional and national cultures from the homogenizing impacts of globalization
cultural region
area where certain cultural practices, beliefs, or values are practised bymajority of the inhabitants
cultural trait
a single aspect of the complex routine practices that constitute a particular cultural group
culture
shared set of meanings that are lived through the material and symbolic practices of everyday life
francophone
mother tongue is french
language
means of communicating ideas or feelings by means of a conventionalized system of signs, gestures, marks or articulate vocal sounds
mother tongue
first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census
popular culture
the practices and meaning systems produced by large groups of people whose norms and tastes are often heterogeneous and change frequently,often in response to commercial products
folk culture
traditional practices of small groups, especially rural people with simple lifestyle who are seen as homogeneous in their belief systems and practices
religion
belief system and a set of practices that recognize the existence of a power higer than humans
world music
msuical genre defined largely by the surge of non-english language recordings released in the UK and US during the 1980s
cultural geography
the study of the ways in which space, place and landscape shape culture at the same time that culture shapes space, place and landscapes
