HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Chapter 4 CultureFolk Culture

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

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culture is…..

Learned, not biological Transmitted within a society to next

generations by imitation, tradition, instruction

culture realms

Every cultural landscape is an accumulation of human artifacts.

It contains valuable evidence about the origin, spread and development of cultures.

Cultures use, alter and manipulate landscapes to reflect their identity.

Material Culture

clothing buildings farming patterns

technology

Nonmaterial Culture

Language Religion Political organization

Customs or traditions

Cultural Landscapes can also reflect the nonmaterial aspects of culture.

The height, centrality and durability of a European cathedral is a good example.

What aspects ofMaterial or non-Material culture Are visible in thePicture to the right?

Each culture creates a distinctive cultural landscape.

How does this shoppercompare with the ladyfrom Texas in the previousslide?

Culture Hearth

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The place of origin of any culture group whose developed systems of livelihood and life created a distinctive cultural landscape.

Categories of Material Culture

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Folk Culture

Folk Culture – rapidly changing and/or disappearing throughout much of the

world.

Turkish Camel Market

Portuguese Fishing Boat

Guatemalan Market

Stable and close knit Usually a rural community Tradition controls Resistance to change Buildings erected without architect or

blueprint using locally available building materials

anonymous origins, diffuses slowly through migration. Develops over time.

Clustered distributions: isolation/lack of interaction breed uniqueness and ties to physical environment.

Folk Culture

West Virginia, Incest Virginia?How the Mountain State got a reputation for inbreeding.

It's true that, through the 19th century, transportation networks developed slowly in the rugged, westernmost portion of Virginia (incorporated as West Virginia in 1863). The area was never entirely cut off, but many people lived in remote "closed communities" with little incoming or outgoing migration. Research on intrafamilial marriage in such enclaves is slim. In 1980, anthropologist Robert Tincher published a study titled "Night Comes to the Chromosomes: Inbreeding and Population Genetics in Southern Appalachia," based on 140 years' worth of marriage records.

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Hand split shingles…Folk homes in North Carolina

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http://www.history.com/shows/mountain-men/videos#shingle-ingenuity

FOLK ARCHITECTURE

FOLK ARCHITECTUREEffects on Landscape: usually

of limited scale and scope.

Hog Production and Food Cultures

Fig. 4-6: Annual hog production is influenced by religious taboos against pork consumption in Islam and other religions. The highest production is in China, which is largely Buddhist.

Food Taboos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=WLRX2ZtxpEw

Folk Culture Music

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Folk music characteristics:Tells a story or recounts important life events or activitiesIs personal in nature

folk music goes right to the heart of a culture. It says something about what is important to that culture.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATv5-GeydF8

Folk Culture Gypsies

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HAUmII_hcg

Amish Culture

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTkGEBuin8g