CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY

CULTURE- Definition(s) Set of norms and values Learned behavior Survival skills “Roadmap to a successful life” Include legal and political systems,Tools and technical skills, values,

attitudes and beliefsTension between change and stability

in every culture

MAJOR THEMES Cultural Landscape Culture Hearths Cultural Diffusion Cultural Ecology Cultural Regions and Realms

BASIC CONCEPTS Traits Systems Artifacts, mentifacts, sociofacts vernacular

Cultural Landscape Concept originated

with American geographer Carl Sauer in 1920s

Distinct imprint of a culture on the land

Transformation by structures, contact and communication, tilling and channeling water

Vernacular v. high style architecture

CULTURE HEARTHS Areas where successful food

production and other practices led to an increase of population and an improvement in quality of life.

“Creative minority” Appearance of “elites” Some are isolated, others impacted

wide areas.

CULTURE HEARTHS

CULTURAL DIFFUSION CONTIGUOUS HIERARCHICAL RELOCATION - toponymy

CONTIGUOUS AND HIERARCHICAL DIFFUSION

CONTIGUOUS

CULTURAL ECOLOGY Interaction of a people with the

natural eEnvironment

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REGIONS AND REALMS

“PERCEPTUAL” REGIONS

CULTURAL TRANSITION ZONES

LANGUAGES

RELIGIONS