GEO 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Human Geography, Language Family, Chopsticks
18 Sep 2020
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Chapter outline - culture as a geographical process. Geography and religion; canada"s religions; sacred spaces; geography and language. Ethnicity and use of space; race and place; gender. Though culture is a central, complex concept in geography, it may be thought of as a way of life involving a particular set of skills, values, and meanings. Geographers are particularly concerned about how place and space shape culture and, conversely, how culture shapes place and space. They recognize that culture is dynamic and is contested and altered within larger social, political, and economic contexts. Like other fields of contemporary life, culture has been profoundly affected by globalization. Blue jeans, coca cola, mcdonalds, tattoos all around the world, unifying feature of all cultures around the world. However, globalization has not produced a homogenized culture so much as it has produced distinctive impacts and outcomes in different societies and geographical areas as global forces come to be modified by local cultures.
