Chapter 5 Lecture

Human Geography: Places and Regions in Global Context

Sixth Edition

Wendy A. MitteagerState University of New York, Oneonta

Cultural Geographies

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Key Concepts

• Cultural Geography• Cultural Complexes• Cultural Regions• Cultural Systems• Diaspora• Cultural Hearths• Identity• Americanization Figure 5.1 Maori men with traditional tattoos

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• Cultural geography– Space, place, and

landscape– Ongoing process

• Folk culture• Popular culture

Culture as a Geographical Process

• Complex concept• Shared set of

meanings• Globalization impacts

culture

Figure 5.2 Road accident memorial

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The Culture of Hip-Hop

Figure 5.B Internationally successful rapper, Nicki Minaj

Figure 5.A Sources and diffusion of U.S. rap

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Cultural Complexes

• Carl Sauer• Cultural landscape• Historical geography• Genre de vie• Cultural traits• Rites of passage• Cultural region

Figure 5.3 Cultural landscape in Kenya

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Cultural Complexes, (cont'd)

Figure 5.4 Sauer's cultural landscape, summarized

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Figure 5.6 A cultural trait of mature Tuareg men in Niger

Figure 5.8 A coming-of-age ceremony in South Korea is a rite of passage based on age

Apply your knowledge: Identify traits characteristic of your cultural group

Cultural Complexes, (cont'd)

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Cultural Complexes, (cont'd)

Figure 5.9 Cultural regions based on religion in the U.S.

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Cultural Systems

Figure 5.11 The world's four major religions: origins and diaspora Figure 5.13 The spread of

Christianity

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Cultural Systems, (cont'd)

Figure 5.10 World distribution of major religions

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Cultural Systems, (cont'd)

• Religious groups• Religion and globalization

Figure 5.16 Megachurch in IllinoisFigure 5.15 Tibetan monks protest in Nepal

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• Kinship• Tribe• Cultural nationalism• Islamism

Cultural Systems, (cont'd)

• Language• Dialects• Language family,

branch, and group• Cultural hearth

Apply your knowledge: Identify different dialects of American English. On a map identify, where these dialects are spoken and consider these regions in terms of culture and power. Do certain dialects have different cultural power?

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Figure 5.17 World distribution of major languages

Cultural Systems, (cont'd)

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Figure 5.18 India's linguistic landscape is complex with hundreds of distinct languages in use

Cultural Systems, (cont'd)

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Cultural Systems, (cont'd)

Figure 5.22 World distribution of TV sets

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Cultural Systems, (cont'd)

Figure 5.23 The broad reach of Muslim cultural, colonial, and trade activities.

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Culture and Identity

• Sexuality• Ethnicity • Race and Racialization• Gender• Hybridity

Figure 5.24 Gay pride parade in Brazil

Apply your knowledge: Investigate ethnicity and territory by mapping out your city's places of worship. What does the distribution tell you about the local ethnic geography?

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Culture and Identity, (cont'd)

Figure 5.C Islamic veiling fashion is highly variable

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Culture and Identity, (cont'd)

Figure 5.27 Indian women in the informal sector

Figure 5.26 Chinatown, San Francisco: voluntarily chosen by immigrants or a place of exclusion and racism?

Apply your knowledge: What are the gender constructions in your culture? What are gender constructions in other cultures?

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Emergent Cultural Geographies

• Actor-network theory (ANT)

• Non-representational theory (NRT)– Ben Anderson

• Materialism

Figure 5.28 Family watching TV in China

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Globalization and Cultural Change

• Americanization• A global culture?• World music• Global film industry

Figure 5.30 Nollywood film industry centered in Nigeria

Apply your knowledge: What films are available in your local video store (or the web) from Indian or Nigerian production companies? How do the issues in the films reflect culture?

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Geographies of Protest and Care

Figure 5.D The 2011 Wisconsin Protests

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Future Geographies

Figure 5.31 UNESCO world heritage sites: 936 properties considered to have outstanding universal value

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