Download presentation
Presentation is loading. Please wait.
1
Cultural Landscapes AP Human Geography
2
How can Local and Popular Cultures be seen in the Cultural Landscape?
Key Question: How can Local and Popular Cultures be seen in the Cultural Landscape?
3
Cultural Landscapes Activity
I will show you a picture representing the cultural landscape of a specific location in the US. Use your knowledge of the US and its culture to guess the location.
4
The Midwest Maine Las Vegas The South Florida The West California Texas New York City
5
The Midwest Maine Las Vegas The South Florida The West California Texas New York City
6
The Midwest Maine Las Vegas The South Florida The West California Texas New York City
7
The Midwest Maine Las Vegas The South Florida The West California Texas New York City
8
The Midwest Maine Las Vegas The South Florida The West California Texas New York City
9
The Midwest Maine Las Vegas The South Florida The West California Texas New York City
10
The Midwest Maine Las Vegas The South Florida The West California Texas New York City
11
The Midwest Maine Las Vegas The South Florida The West California Texas New York City
12
The Midwest Maine Las Vegas The South Florida The West California Texas New York City
13
The Midwest Maine Las Vegas The South Florida The West California Texas New York City
14
Placelessness: the loss of uniqueness in a cultural landscape – one place looks like the next.
15
Shared patterns of learned behavior, attitudes and knowledge.
Culture Shared patterns of learned behavior, attitudes and knowledge.
16
Cultural Landscape The visible human imprint on the landscape including buildings, roads, signs, and nearly everything else humans have created. Each region has a uniquely built environment that is constructed by social processes and their impacts on the surrounding natural features.
17
Convergence of Cultural Landscapes:
The widespread distribution of businesses and products creates distinctive landscape stamps around the world.
18
Convergence of Cultural Landscapes:
Borrowing of idealized landscape images blurs place distinctiveness.
19
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.
20
Material Culture- clothing buildings farming patterns technology
21
Nonmaterial Culture- Language Religion Political organization Customs or traditions
22
How are these cultural landscapes similar? How are they different?
23
REGIONS Formal Regions Functional Regions
Regions defined by governmental or administrative boundaries (States, Countries, Cities) Regions defined by similar characteristics (Midwest region, Corn Belt, Rocky Mountain region, Chinatown). Functional Regions Regions defined by a function (newspaper service area, cell phone coverage area). Vernacular/Perceptual Regions Regions defined by peoples perception (middle east, the south, etc.)
Similar presentations
