GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Human Imprint
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These cultural attributes vary based on: religious beliefs, language spoke, ethnic/ ancestral origin, age, gender, and individual personality: variability in characteristics. Despite this variation they are the dominant forms of what we call material culture in our society. Consider other parts of the world, nairobi (kenya) or mumbai (india) Culture: the ways of life of the members of a society; anything that can impact your life (clothing, food, language, religion, etc. ) culture and cultural practices varies over geographical space: this variation may be slight or vast. How about canadian vs. american culture: shared cultural traits: mostly same economies, languages, minority languages, democracies, etc, unique/different cultural traits. Culture: the ways of life of the members of a society; anything that can impact your. Sub-culture: the values, beliefs, lifestyle of a minority group within society: youth and/or minority groups, an expression of resistance (or rebellion) Cultural geography: the study of cultural activities and phenomena.