kuby chapter 2: layers of tradition: culture regions at different scales
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Chapter 2
Layers of Tradition:Culture Regions at Different Scales
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a people's way of life
their behavior
shared understanding of themselves
shared understanding of the world
a guide for how we act and interpret the world
(p. 34)
What is culture?
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Figure 2.1 (p. 35)
Formal Functional
Perceptual
Regions
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What formal, functional, andperceptual regions are we in?
Formal Functional Perceptual
Local
scale
National
scale
International
scale
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Formal, Functional, or Perceptual?
park space usage
class-room
seating
pizza delivery areas
most common
with a meal
soda bottler-store
linkages
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Vernacular Regions Figure 2.2 (p. 36)
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Culture Regions
• Culture traits
• Symbols
• Regional identity (awareness of belonging to a group united in a common territory)
• Ways of life and the culture / landscape interface
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map outlines
Cultural Symbols
flagsfrom
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
license platescourtesy of
http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/
plants & theirrepresentation
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Cultural Landscape
• Cultural values and the landscape
• Symbols
• Regional identity
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Cultural Landscapes
Downtown Milwaukee& Lake Michigan
LDS (Mormon)Meeting Houses
Snowflake, Arizona
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Windmill and RestaurantThree Rivers, Texas
Cultural Landscapes Statue and HotelPuerto Penasco,Sonora, Mexico
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Loess Hills of Western Iowa &Missouri River Flood Plain
Niagara Falls
Cultural Landscapes
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Core / Domain / Sphereof a Culture Region
Figure 2.3 (p. 39)
Core
Domain
Sphere
Defining Culture Regions
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NewHybridTrait
Distinct Culture A
Distinct Culture B
Syncretism
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Name That Key Term
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An area defined by subjective perceptions that reflect the feelings and images about key place characteristics. When these perceptions come from the local, ordinary folk, a ________ region
can be called a vernacular region.
PerceptualRegion
A region created by the interactions between a central node and
surrounding locations.Functional Region
An area of near uniformity (homogeneity) in one or several characteristics.
An area characterized by similarity or by cohesiveness that sets it
apart from other areas.Region
Formal Region
An awareness of being a part of a group of people living in a culture region. Regional Identity
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A region defined by similar culture traits and cultural landscape features. Culture Region
Modifications to the environment by humans, including the built
environment and agricultural systems, that reflect aspects of their culture.
Cultural Landscape
A defining characteristic of the culture that is shared by most, if not all, members.
The shared understandings that guide behavior and values and condition a
group’s perception of the world. Culture is learned from one generation to the
next and evolves over time.
Culture
Culture Trait
A material object that represents some greater meaning or refers to something else.
Symbol
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The fusion of two distinctive cultural traits into a unique new hybrid trait. Syncretism
The area outside of the core of a culture region in which the culture is
still dominant but less intense.Domain
The zone of outer influence for a culture region.
The zone of greatest concentration or homogeneity of the culture traits
that characterize a region.Core
Sphere
The traditional symbiotic relationship among villages, cities, and nomadic tribes in the
Middle East, in which villages grow irrigated crops, cities provide the central mosque and bazaar, and tribes herd livestock and provide
transportation and protection.
EcologicalTrilogy
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Layers of Tradition:Culture Regions at Different Scales
Chapter 2
Case Study
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After completing this chapter, you will be able to:
• Evaluate map layers using a geographic information system (GIS).• Define the core of a culture region on the basis of three characteristics.• Define the domain of a culture region based on the degree of agreement between culture trait boundaries.• Discuss the history and geography of the Middle East and/or American Southwest.• Identify the cultural traits that make your subregion distinctive versus those that are shared with the entire North American culture region.• Recognize symbolism as it is used to promote regional identity.• Recognize that regional imagery often promotes one group’s identity while excluding that of others.
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• Media stereotypes and perceptions
• Terrorism and U.S. armed intervention
• Fertile Crescent and empires
• Judaism and Islam
• Ecological Trilogy
• Natural landscapes
• Colonialism
Activity 1: The Middle East
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Figure 2.6 (p. 42)
Fertile Crescent
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Figures 2.4, 2.7-2.10 (pp. 40 & 43-44)
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Online Activity
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• Vegetation and climate
• Topography and physiographic provinces
• Three cultures:- Native American- Hispanic- Anglo-Americans
• Economy
Activity 1: The American Southwest
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Figure 2.12 (p. 45)
Physiographic Regions of the Southwest
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Figures 2.11, 2.13-2.15 (pp. 44-46)
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Online Activity
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(p. 53)
Activity 2: Culture Traits ofYour Culture Subregion
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Activity 3: Regional Imagery
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How are these postcards similar to or different from
contemporary postcards which portray your local region?
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