Geography 2144A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Maypole, Epic Poetry, Raymond Williams

• School: Western University
• Department: Geography
• Course: Geography 2144A/B
• Professor: Graham Smith

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Furthermore, williams elsewhere talks about three levels to any definition of culture (cid:1005). Li(cid:448)ed culture (cid:894)(cid:862)stru(cid:272)ture of feeli(cid:374)g(cid:863)) the highest: recorded culture (i. e. powerpoints, notes, readings) in sense of classroom (cid:1007). Parts of recorded culture that survives, i. e. museums. Ma(cid:455)pole da(cid:374)(cid:272)e: e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple i(cid:374) (cid:272)lass (cid:862)the wi(cid:272)ker ma(cid:374)(cid:863) (1973) Ex) need money and time to play golf (fit in, in a certain culture, participate in activities) Changing cultural spaces: the pub: origi(cid:374)all(cid:455), pu(cid:271)s (cid:894)pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) houses(cid:895) i(cid:374) e(cid:374)gla(cid:374)d little (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s parlour (cid:894)o& (cid:895, these transform into spaces for entertainment, not just food and drink; evolve into music/dance halls, etc. , although commercial pubs remain. Pub mythology board games in bars monopoly/alcoholism. Ex) music hall: lost empires (1986) upper class, singing about motor car. Ex) mozart and pop culture: amadeus (1984) (cid:862)lea(cid:448)isis(cid:373)(cid:863: culture and civilization tradition continues into the 20th century with f. r.