GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Political Geography, Spatial Scale, Human Imprint
3 Mar 2017
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Intro: culture and society: consider own life and daily routine. Would they be more or less familiar with your cultural practices: culture: the way of life of the members of a society, culture (and cultural practices) varies over geographical space. This variation may be slight or vast. Related to (cid:498)nations(cid:499) and (cid:498)nationality(cid:499) part of our political geography: culture: the way of life of the members of a society section of course. Tied to the values, beliefs, lifestyles, etc. The emergence & history of culture: (cid:498)civilization(cid:499) within a society. Consider sub-culture: the values, beliefs, lifestyle of a minority group. 2 categories of culture: material and non-material: material culture. Artifacts: all the tangible elements related to how people live their lives ex: religious items tabernacle, bible: non-material culture: 2 components, mentifacts: key attitudinal elements/values ex: religion. Sociofacts: norms involved in group formation ex: manners. Cultural regions & landscapes: cultural region: an area with a degree of homogeneity in cultural characteristics.
