unit 3 Flashcards
culture
made up of shared attitudes, practices, behaviors, and technology in a society
culture trait
a single attribute of a culture,
such as the behavior of bowing to show respect
A particular religious trait might impact a woman’s role in society, voting power, and rates of populations NIR
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cultural placemaking
the making of a place’s unique combination of a culture trait and their reflection in the landscape
Certain trait define place: give an example.
the cultural trait related to country music contribute to the the cultural placemaking of Nashville, Tennesee
cultural relativism
looking at a culture in a different POV, their own
Ethnocentrism
religions think they are the best, thought that your culture is the “center” of the cultural universe: putting culture on pedastol
cultural landscape
imprints of cultural traits
ethnicity
a people or group of people who identify with each other
what are the types of diffusion
expansion, contagious, hierarchical, reverse hierarchical, relocation, stimulus
relocation diffusion
the spread of culture or cultural traits by people who migrate and carry their cultural trait with them
expansion diffusion
the spread of cultural traits outward through exchange without migration: different person must adopt trait
contagious diffusion
cultural trait spreads continuously outward from its hearth through CONTACT AMONG PEOPLE
Hierarchical diffusion
when the culture trait spreads from a place or person of power to another leveled patterm
Reverse Hierarchical diffusion
a trait diffusing from a group of lower status people to a group of higher status
Ethnic neighborhood
an area within a city that has a concentrated population of a particular ethnic group
feminist geography focuses on gender roles in various societies and how it shapes the way people intersct with cultural landscape
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Acculuration
Acculturation refers to a person retaining significant parts of his or her previous culture while adopting some parts of the new culture.
Assimilation
Assimilation occurs when a person moves into a new culture and retains very few, if any, of his or her their previous cultural traits
Culture Trait
representative of a religious belief system, a nonmaterial cultural trait.
Syncretism
Syncretism is the blending of different cultures or religions
sequent occupancy
involves looking in a cultural landscape for traits for imprints of different groups or people who occupied the space before and left cultural traits
universalizing religion
try to have a universal appeal and attract all people to their beliefs
ethnic religions
attempt to appeal not to all people, but only to one group
ethnic religions spread through relocation proccesses
language families
what languages are organized into based on their hearths
language divergence
when speakers of the same language relocate and develop variations or dialects to it to meet their new surroundings
language shifts
language shifts is when speakers come into context with other languages and a blending of two or more languages occur
toponyms
place names that reflect cultural identity
Ways toponyms can relate to cultural identity
EXAMPLES
physical features: Grand Canyon (big canyon)
historical events happened in the place
value, aspirations of place: Jerusalem (Jews live there)
cultural imperalism
invasion of CULTURE with the intent of dominating the invaded culture politically, economically, or socially
cultural nationalism
the resistance by a group of people against cultural imperialism
Name a way culture can diffuse through modern culure.
Social Media!
cultural convergence
occurs when two cultures interact and become more alike
globalization
how cultures interact on a global scale
material culture
clothing
food
literature/art
houses/public buildings
nonmaterial culture
language/religion
education systems
government/law systems
music/holidays
a sense of place
a phenomenon or feeling with a particular geographical location
centripetal forces
unites place/people
centrifugal forces
forces that divide a country
Lingua Franca
a language which is commoly spoken and understood by members of society
diaspora
the dispersion of people from their OG homeland
syncretism
syncretism: development of a new cultural trait as a result of the blending of two distinct but interacting cultures
