cultural geography
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Culture
Culture is like an iceberg…
Elements of Culture
Culture
KnowledgeLanguageValuesCustomsMaterial Objects
Learned “Enculturation”
SharedPatternedMutually ConstructedSymbolicArbitraryInternalized
How Culture Began
Formed around cultural hearths Iraq Mesopotamia Egypt Nile River India Indus River China Huang He River
How Culture Began
Agriculture Surplus Settlement
Civilization – highly organized, city-based societies with advanced knowledge of farming, trade, government, art, & science
Specialized labor
Industrial Revolution, Informational Revolution
Internal Forces External Forces
Culture changes evolution
Technology is the key
Diffusion – spreading
Acculturation – adopting Assimilation Integration Separation Marginalization
How Does Culture Change?
Cultural Regions
Why is Culture Important?