Geography 1400F/G Lecture 7: Geo 1400 Ch 7 – Culture
7 Nov 2017
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Codes: a set of rules or guidelines; formal or informal. Goal of studying culture: to describe and explain the processes creating culture and cultural landscapes, system of shared beliefs, sign systems codes in all human creations. Culture a complex term that typically refers to the way of life of members of a society; also usefully understood as referring to our ability to first analyze and then to change the physical environments that we encounter. By whom: if you are gay in a very homophobic environment it could be dangerous, cultural wars: abortion, euthanasia, family values, same sex marriage etc. Battleground issues in culture wars": abortion, media bias, dead white males, race and intelligence, sex ed in schools, censorship, capital punishment, global warming, family values, etc. Relative but contestable: relativity fair interpretations; similar but different, contestable not every way of doing or thinking" is acceptable; different & unacceptable, on what grounds, need to build a solid argument with critical thought.
