Chapter 5: Cultural Geographies Flashcards
actor-network theory
views the world as composed of “heterogeneous things,” including humans and nonhumans and objects.
affect
emotions that are embodied reactions to the social and physical environment
cultural complex
The combination of traits characteristic of a particular group
cultural geography
focuses on the way space, place, and landscape shape culture at the same time that culture shapes space, place, and landscape. As such, cultural geography demarcates two important and interrelated parts
cultural landscape
a characteristic and tangible out- come of the complex interactions between a
human group—with its own practices, preferences, values, and aspirations—and its natural environment
cultural nationalism
the belief that a nation shares a common culture—geographers have increasingly begun to ask questions about other forms of identity.
cultural region
is an area where certain cultural practices, beliefs, or values are more or less practiced by the majority of the inhabitants.
cultural system
includes traits, territorial affiliation, and shared history, as well as other, more complex elements, such as language and religion
cultural trait
is a single aspect of the complex of routine practices that
constitute a particular cultural group.
culture
is a shared set of meanings that is lived through the material and symbolic practices of everyday life.
disability
is a physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movements, senses, or activities
ethnicity
is a socially created system of rules about who belongs to a particular group based upon actual or perceived commonalities, such as language or religion
folk culture
is seen by specialists as the traditional practices of small groups, especially rural people with a simple lifestyle (compared with modern, urban people), such as the Amish in Pennsylvania or the Roma (also known as Gypsies or Travelers) in Europe, who are seen as homogeneous in their belief systems and practices.
gender
a term that is meant to differentiate biology from the social and cultural distinction between the sexes.
genre de vie
a key concept in Vidal de la Blache’s approach to cultural geography in France, referred to a functionally organized way of life characteristic of a particular culture group.
