Culture Flashcards
(67 cards)
Culture
The shared beliefs, values, practices, behaviors, and technologies of a society.
Cultural Traits
Visible and invisible attributes that combine to make up a group’s culture. Examples include:
Artifacts
Visible, physical objects created by a culture
Sociofacts
The ways in which a society behaves and organizes institutions.
Mentifacts
The ideas, beliefs, values and knowledge of a culture
Local/Traditional Culture
small, similar (homogenous) groups of people, often living in rural areas that are isolated and unlikely to change
Placelessness
loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural landscape so that one place looks like the next or does not inspire any strong emotional or cultural ties. Uniform landscape
Global/Popular Culture
large, heterogeneous groups of people, often living in urban areas that are interconnected through globalization and the internet/social media. Quick to change, time-space compression
time-space compression
the idea that the world is seemingly getting smaller, or compressing, as a result of increased transport and communications
Cultural Norms
Agreed upon cultural practices or standards that guide the behavior of a culture
Cultural Taboos
Behaviors heavily discouraged by a culture
Ethnocentrism
Judging other cultures in terms of one’s own standards and often includes the belief that one’s own culture/ethnic group is better than others.
Cultural Relativism
An unbiased way of viewing another culture, the goal of this is to promote understanding of cultural practices that are not typically part of one’s own culture. Leads to the view that no one culture is superior to another culture when compared.
Cultural Landscape
A natural landscape that has been modified by humans, reflecting their cultural beliefs and values.
Stateless nation
Stateless nations are ethnic groups that don’t form a majority in any country. They often faced discrimination ranging from denial of citizenship to dispossession of their homelands.
Sequent Occupancy
the idea that societies or cultural groups leave their cultural imprints when they live in a place, each contributing to the overall cultural landscape over time. Most cultural landscapes are a mixture of historic and modern structures.
Ethnicity
Ethnicity is a sense of belonging or identity within a group of people bound by common ancestry and culture. This is different from race which is based on physical characteristics
Enclaves
People of the same ethnicity that cluster together in a specific location, typically within a major city.
Ethnic Patterns
There is oftentimes a predictable distribution of ethnicities that can be examined at multiple scales.
Gendered Spaces
Places in the cultural landscape utilized to reinforce or accommodate gender roles for men and women.
Traditional Architecture
Influenced by the environment and built with available local materials. Reflective of history, culture and CLIMATE.
Postmodern Architecture
Diverse designs, representative of popular culture, business and economic success. Example: Skyscrapers
Sense of Place
Unique attributes of a specific location - cultural influences and feelings evoked by people in a place. Distinctiveness.
Cultural Realm
Areas of the world that share cultural traits such as language families, religious traditions, food preferences, architecture, and/or a shared history. These cultural traits comprise a similar cultural landscape (although not the exact same) in each cultural realm.
