![]() ![]() ![]() Core development at the top (greater availability of innovations in single location) Cultural Ecologyĭefinition: cause-and-effect interplay between people and environmentĬulture can be thought of as the way people adapt to the environmentĬultural ecology is the meeting ground of human and physical geographersĪdaptive strategy Four Schools of Cultural Ecology Diffusion Diagramįigure showing the invention and diffusion of the printing press in Europe Distance DecayĬonfusing diagram depicting the distance decay of as innovations are accepted through time/space. We must be able to contextualize the acceptance or rejection of new knowledges. Since many places have accessibility to new ideas and practices, why is it that everyone, everywhere does not behave and think identically? Permit only partial acceptance of an innovation or practice. Stimulus diffusion Occurs when an components of an idea is accepted, but later modified to fit local needs.īarriers that prevent diffusion at some borderīorder of Texas is an absorbing barrier for _? Ideas move with people Expansion Diffusion Sometimes an idea has a single hearth, others multiple hearths develop independently Hard to characterize systematically Vernacular Region: Dixieĭefinition: spatial spread of learned ideas, innovations and attitudes Probably an outgrowth of a need to exclude others as well. German speaking region Formal Region: DiagramĪ region that functions politically, economically or socially.įigure Functional / Formal Region: Germany Vernacular culture regionsĪ region perceived to exist by people living within it, or by outsiders. No easy explanation for phenomena How the Text Is OrganizedĮach chapter revolves around a topic such as, agriculture, politics, religion, etc.Įach topic is covered by reference to five themes:Ĭultural ecology: how’s it linked to the environment?Ĭultural integration: how does it interact with other cultural elements?Ĭultural landscape: what does it look like? Culture RegionĬulture region: a geographical unit based on human traits Three Types:Īrea that people have one or more common traits What is the interaction with the physical environment? Geography answers “Why?” by asking “Where?” Four Ws and four PsĬultural geography is the study of spatial variation and spatial patterns of these behaviors Geography is a discipline whose practitioners privilege questions of space as they seek understanding. Like history, but geographers study phenomena primarily through the lens of space, and secondarily through the lens of time. Unfortunately, school geography has never evolved much beyond “place name geography” in the United States. ![]() The Nature of Cultural Geography Lecture and Discussion Outlineĭefinition and Historic Development of Geography ![]()
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