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Summary AP Human Geography Ch 4 and 7 Identity and Culture
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HUG CH 4+7 ID and CultureHeteronormative view point that white, heterosexual, male is “normal”
Commodification something previously not regarded as an object to be bought or
sold becomes an object that can be bought, sold, and traded in
world market (ex. Olympics 2010 symbol from the inukshuk)
Reterritorialization people start to produce an aspect of pop culture, doing so in the
context of their own local culture and place, making it their own
Homogenization/Global Homogenization reduction in cultural diversity, different cultural practices become
intertwined into one blended, uniform culture
-tendency toward uniformity of ideas
Appropriation process by which other cultures adopt customs & knowledge and
use them for their own benefit without preserving / understanding
significance
Appreciation -Recognition of the elements of another culture and seeking to
understand and appreciate those elements
-Permission is asked and credit is given to the original source
Quebec
Where in CAN are language laws used
Cultural diffusion: types Hierarchical: an idea or innovation spreads by passing first among
the most connected places or peoples
Stimulus: idea promotes a local experiment or change in the way
people do things (e.g. hamburgers in India, but not beef ones)
Contagious: spreads adjacently / everywhere
Relocation: people move to new area and take their language,
religion, and cultural items with them
Material vs non-material -Materical: group of people includes things they construct (ex. Art,
houses, clothing, sports, dance, food)
-Non-material: includes beliefs, practices, aesthetics (what they see
as attractive), and values of group of people
Folk -incorporates homogeneous population, typically rural, cohesive in
cultural traits
Popular -incorporates heterogeneous populations, typically urban quickly
changing cultural traits
Local group of people in particular places who share experiences,
customs, and traits, and who work to preserve those traits to
distinguish themselves from others (ex. Little Italy)
Artifacts -tools & physical expressions of human subsistence, shelter and
production
Sociofacts -institutions that bind a society together - political, legal, and
educational systems, family structures, and religious organizations
(but not religious beliefs), ex. Extended families
Mentifacts - ideological underpinnings of a culture: bjeliefs, views, and values
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