GE1101E 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyHuman geogUniversityNone Created by: mvds501Created on: 01-12-17 04:10 Culture definition A system of shared meanings and values often based around religion, language and ethnic identity 1 of 17 Evidence of culture working Tangible: architecture, arts, texts, fashion Intangible: ideas, political systems, language and social values e.g. music 2 of 17 Who defines Influenced and defined by power relations --> dominant group and subcultures 3 of 17 Process Dynamic and not static 'no such thing as Japanese culture' 4 of 17 Mapping Oinks the landscape to identities - recording select human and physical features deemed to be of importance 5 of 17 Effect of mapping A particular way of thinking, classifying and representing the world due to (de-)emphasising 6 of 17 Use of maps Naturalise certain views or caims, power to represent and power to resist, making people feel in place or out of place 7 of 17 Sense of place People-environment interaction - sense of attachment, belonging and identity 8 of 17 Placelessness Locale failire to elicit a sense of affinity - no special relationship 9 of 17 Topophilia 1974 Yi-Fu Yuan - People's love of place and their perceptions, attitudes and values - ways people feel in place 10 of 17 Methids hgihlighted in Topophilia Public symbols - visual prominence and symbolic significance Fields of care - intimate and meaningful interactions with certain objects 11 of 17 Why does a sense of place develop (2) 1) human instinct - biological instinct for territory, safety and belonging 2) Acquired over time through prolonged contact and habits 12 of 17 Cultural globalisation increase in volume, speed and geographical scale of transnational interactions - does this lead to homogenisation or local resilience 13 of 17 Homogenising Local culture is not easily homogenised - globalisation takes more of a glocalisation role - interconnecting global and local processes 14 of 17 Approaches to cultural globalisation (1) Export/diffusion of 'superior' culture - modernisation/development or cultural imperialism e.g. popular culture, 24 hour day, calendar 15 of 17 Approaches to cultural globsaliation (2) Rejection of global culture - difference in thinking and aresillience to any western imperialism - assumes cultural sameness 16 of 17 Approaches of cultiral globalisation (3) Hybridisation of culture - Influence and influenced - interconnectedness challenged the unidirectional westernistion view 17 of 17
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