1. Cultural Landscapes
Aim: How is culture expressed in landscapes and how does land and resource use represent cultural identity?
Do Now: How is the culture of Verona expressed in its landscape?

2. Cultural Landscape
The imprint of people on the land - how humans use, alter and manipulate the landscape to express their identity.
Examples:
Architecture of buildings
Methods of tilling the soil
Means of transportation
Clothing and adornment
Sights, sounds and smells of a place
U of C Berkley Professor Carl Sauer is responsible for the concept of cultural landscape.
Derwent Whittlesey proposed the concept of sequent occupance 2

3. Landscapes of Folk Culture
Every folk culture produces a distinctive landscape

4. Folk Architecture Building materials House shape
House form and orientation

5. Building materials Based on environment Wood in forested areas
Brick in hot, dry places
Grass or sod on prairies
Skins for nomads

6. Nebraska
Syria
Dominican Republic
Newfoundland

7. House Shape May depend on environment Interior courtyards for privacy
Open plan for letting in air
Tall, narrow to maximize land
Steep roofs in snowy areas

8. Thailand
Amsterdam
Massachusetts

9. House Form and Orientation
Sociofacts
If artifacts represent material culture, sociofacts represent nonmaterial interpersonal culture
Front porches, front stoops
Sacred direction, sacred wall
Sleeping orientation

10. Guyana
Brooklyn

11. Landscapes of Popular Culture

12. Placelessness Spatial standardization that diminishes regional variety
One place seems pretty much like another
Robbed of unique character
Is popular culture truly placeless?

13. Cultural Landscape: the visible human imprint
How have people changed the landscape?
What buildings, statues, and so forth have they erected?
How do landscapes reflect the values of a culture?

14. Cultural Landscapes Project
I am your client
I want to experience the rich unique places produced by folk culture
If popular culture is placeless, show me the “placefulness” of your countries
Design a presentation for each of your countries that emphasizes its unique local cultural landscape