GEOG 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Gender Empowerment Measure, Intersectionality, Kathoey
13 Oct 2016
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Learned, collective, human behavior as opposed to instinctive, or inborn behavior. Shared set of meanings that are lived through the material a nd symbolic practices of everyday life. Tied to place: taj mahaul, art: dance, opera, mona lisa, rights of passage events, urban culture in citities, rural way of life vs. city, uga. Material culture: all things made and used by members of a culture or a group. Non-material culture: wide range of beliefs, values, myths and symbolic meanings transmitted across generations. There are place-based interactions between culture and the global political/economic forces. There is a two way relationship between geography and culture ex) kathoey transgendered individuals are accepted vs. america= transgendered is a hot topic. Folk culture: traditional practices of small groups, especially rural people who typically have relatively homogenous and stable beliefs and values. Popular culture: produced by large, relatively heterogeneous groups of people. Closely connected to consumerism and or urban lifestyles.
