Chapter 5: Cultural Geographies

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ACTOR-NETWORK THEORY

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AN ORIENTATION THAT VIEWS THE WORLD AS COMPOSED OF "HETEROGENEOUS THINGS," INCLUDING HUMANS AND NONHUMANS AND OBJECTS

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AFFECT

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EMOTIONS THAT ARE EMBODIED REACTIONS TO THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

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CULTURAL COMPLEX

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COMBINATION OF TRAITS CHARACTERISTIC OF A PARTICULAR GROUP

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CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY

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HOW SPACE, PLACE, AND LANDSCAPE SHAPE CULTURE AT THE SAME TIME THAT CULTURE SHAPES SPACE, PLACE, AND LANDSCAPE

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CULTURAL HEARTHS

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THE GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS OR SOURCES OF INNOVATIONS, IDEAS, OR IDEOLOGIES

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CULTURAL LANDSCAPE

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A CHARACTERISTIC AND TANGIBLE OUTCOME OF THE COMPLEX INTERACTIONS BETWEEN A HUMAN GROUP AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

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CULTURAL NATIONALISM

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AN EFFORT TO PROTECT REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CULTURES FROM THE HOMOGENIZING IMPACTS OF GLOBALIZATION, ESPECIALLY FROM THE PENETRATING INFLUENCE OF U.S. CULTURE

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CULTURAL REGION

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THE AREAS WITHIN WHICH A PARTICULAR CULTURAL SYSTEM PREVAILS

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CULTURAL SYSTEM

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A COLLECTION OF INTERACTING ELEMENTS THAT TAKEN TOGETHER SHAPE A GROUP'S COLLECTIVE IDENTITY

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CULTURAL TRAIT

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A SINGLE ASPECT OF THE COMPLEX OF ROUTINE PRACTICES THAT CONSTITUTE A PARTICULAR CULTURAL GROUP

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CULTURE

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A SHARED SET OF MEANINGS THAT ARE LIVED THROUGH THE MATERIAL AND SYMBOLIC PRACTICES OF EVERYDAY LIFE

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DIALECTS

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REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN STANDARD LANGUAGES

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DIASPORA

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SPATIAL DISPERSION OF A PREVIOUSLY HOMOGENEOUS GROUP

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ETHNICITY

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SOCIALLY CREATED SYSTEM OF RULES ABOUT WHO BELONGS AND WHO DOES NOT BELONG TO A PARTICULAR GROUP BASED UPON ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED COMMONALITY

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FOLK CULTURE

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TRADITIONAL PRACTICES OF SMALL GROUPS, ESPECIALLY RURAL PEOPLE WITH A SIMPLE LIFESTYLE WHO ARE SEEN TO BE HOMOGENEOUS IN THEIR BELIEF SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES

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GENRE DE VIE

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FUNCTIONALLY ORGANIZED WAY OF LIFE THAT IS SEEN TO BE CHARACTERISTIC OF A PARTICULAR CULTURAL GROUP

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HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY

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GEOGRAPHY OF THE PAST

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HYBRIDITY

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A MIXING OF DIFFERENT TYPES; IN CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY, HYBRIDITY IS MOST OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH MOVEMENTS ACROSS A BINARY OF, FOR INSTANCE, THE RACIAL CATEGORIES OF BLACK AND WHITE SUCH THAT IDENTITIES ARE MORE MULTIPLE AND AMBIVALENT

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ISLAM

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ARABIC TERM THAT MEANS SUBMISSION TO GOD'S WILL

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ISLAMISM

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ANTI-COLONIAL, ANTI-IMPERIAL, AND GENERALLY ANTI-CORE POLITICAL MOVEMENT

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KINSHIP

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RELATIONSHIP BASED ON BLOOD, MARRIAGE, OR ADOPTION

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LANGUANGE

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COMMUNICATING IDEAS OR FEELINGS BY MEANS OF A CONVENTIONALIZED SYSTEM OF SIGNS, GESTURES, MARKS, OR ARTICULATE VOCAL SOUNDS.

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LANGUAGE BRANCH

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COLLECTION OF LANGUAGES THAT POSSESS A DEFINITE COMMON ORIGIN BUT HAVE SPLIT INTO INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGES

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LANGUAGE FAMILY

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COLLECTION OF INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGES BELIEVED TO BE RELATED IN THEIR PREHISTORICAL ORIGIN

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LANGUAGE GROUP

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COLLECTION OF SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGES THAT ARE PART OF A LANGUAGE BRANCH, SHARE A COMMON ORIGIN, AND HAVE SIMILAR GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

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MATERIALISM

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A THEORY WHICH EMPHASIZES THAT THE MATERIAL WORLD--ITS OBJECTS AND NONHUMAN ENTITIES--IS AT LEAST PARTLY SEPARATE FROM HUMANS AND POSSESSES THE POWER TO AFFECT HUMANS; MATERIALISM ATTEMPTS TO UNDERSTAND THE WAYS THAT SPECIFIC PROPERTIES OF MATERIAL THINGS AFFECT THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HUMANS AND NONHUMAN ENTITIES

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MUSLIM

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MEMBER OF THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS WHOSE DUTY IS OBEDIENCE AND SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF GOD

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NON-REPRESENTATIONAL THEORY

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AN APPROACH TO HUMAN (AND NON-HUMAN) PRACTICES THAT EXPLORES HOW THEY ARE PERFORMED AND WHAT ARE THEIR EFFECTS SUCH AS HOW MUSIC PRODUCES IN HUMANS BOTH REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING

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POPULAR CULTURE

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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

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RACE

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PROBLEMATIC CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN BEINGS BASED ON SKIN COLOR AND OTHER PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

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RACIALIZATION

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PRACTICE OF CATEGORIZING PEOPLE ACCORDING TO RACE OR OF IMPOSING A RACIAL CHARACTER OR CONTEXT

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RELIGION

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BELIEF SYSTEM AND SET OF PRACTICES THAT RECOGNIZE THE EXISTENCE OF A POWER HIGHER THAN HUMANS

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RITES OF PASSAGE

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CEREMONIAL ACTS, CUSTOMS, PRACTICES, OR PROCEDURES THAT RECOGNIZE KEY TRANSITIONS IN HUMAN LIFE, SUCH AS BIRTH, MENSTRUATION, AND OTHER MARKERS OF ADULTHOOD SUCH AS MARRIAGE

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SEXUALITY

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SET OF PRACTICES AND IDENTITIES THAT A GIVEN CULTURE CONSIDERS RELATED TO EACH OTHER AND TO THOSE THINGS IT CONSIDERS SEXUAL ACTS AND DESIRES

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TRIBE

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FORM OF SOCIAL IDENTITY CREATED BY GROUPS WHO SHARE A SET OF IDEAS ABOUT COLLECTIVE LOYALTY AND POLITICAL ACTION

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WORLD MUSIC

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MUSICAL GENRE DEFINED LARGELY IN RESPONSE TO THE SUDDEN INCREASE OF NON-ENGLISH-LANGUAGE RECORDINGS RELEASED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES IN THE 1980'S