GEOG 2260 Lecture : Jan. 22.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 2260
• Professor: Alexander Legwegoh

Document Summary

All of which help us make meaning of people s lives in particular places. Language is an inseparable part of group identity and a defining characteristics of ethnic and cultural distinction. When each of you in this room were born, there were 6,000 languages spoken on the planet wade davis. Creates focal point for cities (ex: church downtown guelph) Creates memories of major events (ex: holocaust) Traditional economic concerns, operate within, and impact on, the spatially variable sets of socio-cultural beliefs of the societies within which economic decisions and practices take place. Political action, communication and representation are only possible when based on commonly understood cultural signs and symbols. Begging bear (guelph) representing hunting culture. Musical text can be used to represent a landscape (ex: the beatles penny lane) Films push certain ideas/portrayals (ex: district 9 segregation of aliens, african citizens being aggressive and ready for war, etc. )