People, Places, and Environment (1/21/10)
Cultural Background
1.
Focus on spatial (geographic) variations among culture groups and
functioning of society.
2.
Ecological Perspective
3.
Cultural Perspective
a.
Culture region
b.
Cultural diffusion
c.
Cultural ecology
d.
Cultural landscape
Cultural Region
1.
Region
- a grouping of like places or the functional union of places to form a
spatial union
2.
Functional Culture Region
-an area of the world with certain things in
common, like, history, language, and beliefs
3.
Vernacular Culture Region
- a place people believe exists as part of their
cultural identity
Cultural Diffusion
1.
Regions evolved through communication & contact
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Independent invention-
ideas separately developed at different places
by different people
2.
Cultural Diffusion- origin and spread of ideas or innovations throughout an
area
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Expansion diffusion-
ideas spread throughout population in a
snowballing process (knowers increase)
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Relocation diffusion-

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- Fall '09
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- Anthropology, Ecology, Natural environment, Cultu ral Landscape
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