Exam 3

Question 1

culture

Answer 1

artistic & intellectual product of an elite (high art, manners, literature)

Question 2

culture is ORDINARY

Answer 2

1. a whole new way of life, 2. the arts and learning

Question 3

culture as a GEOGRAPHIC PROCESS

Answer 3

reverse-how culture shapes place and space.. how does place and space shape on another

Question 4

cultural COUNTOURS ARE QUITE BROAD

Answer 4

high and low, black and white, masc and femme

Question 5

NYC subculture

Answer 5

traditions, holy places, links to hip hop ctulure

Question 6

dominant culture reaction

Answer 6

a spreading disease, visible sign a city is losing control

Question 7

culture

Answer 7

body of beliefs, social forms, and material traits that create group of peoples distinct tradition-whole new way of life

Question 8

*cultural hearths *LIST

Answer 8

geographic originals/source of innovation, ideas or ideologies

Question 9

*cultural traits

Answer 9

single aspect of complex routine practices that constitute a particular cultural group

Question 10

*cultural complex

Answer 10

combo of traits characteristic of a particular group

Question 11

*cultural system

Answer 11

collection of interacting elements that’re taken together shape a groups identity

Question 12

*cultural region

Answer 12

areas within a particular cultural system prevails

Question 13

*cultural landscape

Answer 13

outcome of complex interactions between human group & natural environment

Question 14

*cultural geography

Answer 14

how space, place and landscape shape culture at same time that culture shapes place, space and landscape

Question 15

how/why do neighborhoods decline?

Answer 15

white flight, property values go down, taxes go up, services suffer, rock bottom

Question 16

Why the 50s? (3 explanations)

Answer 16

1. presence of creative individuals 2. composition of the audience (massive # of young ppl, link to baby boom), 3. transformation of culture industry (radio/tv broadcasting)

Question 17

transformation of commercial culture industry

Answer 17

1.how do we/how is culture produced?, 2. what factors might shape the production of symbols?

Question 18

3 points of academic consternation

Answer 18

1. lack of good quality, comparable, 2. emphasis on the top end of hierarchy, 3. we need to identify places that lack connectivity

Question 19

Why can’t these cities be represented like the bigger cities (like st. petersburg and moscow)

Answer 19

1. poverty, 2. collapse, 3. risk aversion, 4. exclusion and resistance

Question 20

shatterbelt

Answer 20

stuck between 2 cultural and political forces, constantly in conflict and aggression (middle east)

Question 21

central place theory

Answer 21

comprises central places-ranging from small # of very large cities offering expensive/infrequently purchased goods, to large # of small cities offering everyday goods

Question 22

central place

Answer 22

service center providing goods to a surrounding market area

Question 23

assessment of central place theory

Answer 23

1. doesnt take account of historical factors, 2. rational economic decisions rarely made, 3. mobility has increased (internet shopping)

Question 24

characteristics of world cities

Answer 24

1. has international exposure, 2. possess a diverse pop, 3. center of transportation

Question 25

Louis Wirth

Answer 25

urbanism-a related set of economic & demographic trends producing rapid and dramatic changes in cities

Question 26

urbanism

Answer 26

an interrelated set of social & psychological responses to these trends

Question 27

*3 main attributes of urbanism (Wirth)

Answer 27

1. size, 2. density, 3. social heterogenity

Question 28

Wirth writes that urbanism is harmful to culture.. argues the city:

Answer 28

1. weakens the bonds of kinship, 2. reduces the social significance of family, 3. leads to the disappearance of neighborhood

Question 29

streets then:

Answer 29

1. both intimate and intrusive, 2. shared but contested space, 3. symbolize public life

Question 30

Haussmannization

Answer 30

created boulevards to help make city easier to move around in

Question 31

Paris summation

Answer 31

1. viewed roads as arteries, 2. help traffic flow, 3. boulevards create breathing spaces, 4. stimulate business acitivity