Cultural Geography

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Simple Definition of Culture

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A particular way of life is the _____________________

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Culture in terms of classical standards and aesthetic excellence

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____________________________ are those things related to the highest class of society: aristocracy, the learned. High Class is much better Low Class/Common Class.

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Characterize a Particular Cultural Group

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A range of activities including: Working class, Football, Music, Immigrant, Teenage, and Corporate are a range of activities that ____________________

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Complex Definition of Culture

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_______________________ is a shared set of meanings that is lived through the material and symbolic practices of everyday life.

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Values, Norms (Taboos and Sanctions), Institutions, and Artifacts

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______________, _______________, ____________, and _______________ are a "shared meanings" the define Complex culture.

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“Shared set of meanings” the define Complex Culture

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• Values

• Norms such as Taboos (improper way of acting) and Sanctions (methods of enforcing the norm)

• Institutions - structure of society where the values are reinforced

• Artifacts - things that the cultures find important

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Complex Culture is "lived through"

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________________ means that culture is not static or can be redefined as changes in values, norms in response to stimuli and situations. Methods for changes are internal and external.

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Internal complex cultural change

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__________________ in any culture's components was seen to come from discovery or invention only (innovations)

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External complex cultural change

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__________________ is a multicultural change in which outside contact and interference or pressures are involved in changing beliefs or behaviors.

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Complex Culture is "lived through"

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_______________ also means culture is constantly recreated and are connections that “hold” culture together such as people, places, and other cultures.

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Cultural Indicators

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Cultural Trait, Cultural Complex, Cultural Region, Cultural System are all _______________

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Cultural Trait

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_________________ is a single aspect of the complex nature of routine practices that constitute a particular cultural group that is not exclusive and not defining. Ex. Rites of Passage

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Rites of passage

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A category of traits common to many/most cultural groups is ______________________

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Rites of passage

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_____________________ are acts, customs, practices or procedures that recognize key transitions in human life. Ex. Bar Mitzvah, Confirmation

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Cultural Complex

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____________________ is a combination of traits that are characteristic of a particular group

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Cultural Region

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______________________ is an area where certain cultural practices, beliefs or values are more or less practiced by the majority of inhabitants. Important characteristics include scale (any) and is not necessarily contagious.

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Cultural Regions

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Southern, New England, Religions, and Sports Teams, types of rap are all examples of _________________________

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Cultural System

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_______________________ is a collection of interacting components that, taken together, shape a group’s collective identity. Can have variation within the system.

Ex. American

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Cultural System

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____________________ is broader than a cultural complex and includes traits, territory, history as well as more complex components like language and religion.

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American Cultural System

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Broad similarities at the national level include, shared territory, history, education system, language, family structure, political system, sports, and TV shows represent the _______________________.

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Culture in terms of Space

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____________________ can “occur” (or manifest or exist) at different spatial scales. Extent of its influence is spatially limited and universal.

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Culture in terms of Time

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________________________ has temporal scales (length of influence) that include limited stages, and all life stage.

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Folk Culture

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_____________________ is traditional practices of small groups, especially rural people, where that group is homogenous

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Popular Culture

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___________________ is practices and meaning systems produced by large groups whose norms and tastes are often heterogeneous and change frequently

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multiple spatial/temporal scales

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_______________________ provides potential conflicts such as what is acceptable in one group may not be acceptable in another group of which one is a member. For example, swimming/being almost nude is allowed on a swim team but not in a certain religions or tattoos may not be acceptable to friends but not acceptable at some jobs.

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Popular Culture is Expressed via consumption

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________________________ because products express popular culture. For example, what is selling is what is popular, what is popular changes constantly, and what is the most popular music now?

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Result of Commodification

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______________________ is the transformation of goods and services, as well as ideas or other entities that normally may not be considered goods, into a commodity.

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Result of Commodification

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Art vs Product, where art is the highest expression of human condition, and product, which mean something for sale, explains the _____________________.

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Popular Culture commodities

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Music, Movie and Book franchises are examples of _______________________

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Globalization

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__________________ is the increasing interconnectedness of different parts of the world through common processes of economic, environmental, political and cultural change began occurring in the Modern World System (16th Century) and is our current global interaction.

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Cultural Globalization

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________________ results in the spread of mono-culture or Americanization.

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Americanization

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______________________ results in a single culture based on material consumption and spreads via English language. Examples include McDonalds, Coke, Nike, and Movies.

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Outcome of Globalization

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Mono-culture (End of Geography?), Resistance (Increased significance of local characteristics), and Hybrid Cultures are all _________________.

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Reggae

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________________ is music based on Ska, African rhythms brought by slaves, and American 50's & 60's pop.

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Ska

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_______________ is based off Caribbean Calypso, American Jazz, American R&B

* not on Exam ;-)

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Reggae

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_____________ lyrics are based on Marcus Garvey, and Ras Tafari (or Haile Selassie) which is called Rastafarianism.

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Reggae

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____________ comes from neighborhoods of Kingston, Jamaica, and was distributed to US, international markets.

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Bob Marley

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_________________ was a commodity to be consumed and spread the local music to the world. In today's US culture his symbolism represents stoners where when in Jamaica he represented their cultural struggles.

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Raggae

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Distribution of _____________ into US, international markets resulted in a reciprocal relationship between local and global markets.