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APHUG Culture Vocab

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acculturation
when one group of people adopts the culture traits of another culture (pick and choose)
assimiliation
when a group completely absorbs into another culture
artifact
a physical object that tells us about a culture
built environment
the material, spatial, and cultural product of human labor that combines physical elements and energy in forms for living, working, and playing
core-domain-sphere model
model that shows the place where concentration of culture traits that characterizes a region is greatest.
cultural convergence
the tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly share technology and organizational structures in a modern world united by improved transportation and communication
cultural perception
the concept that people of different culture will definitely observe and interpret their environment and make different decision about its nature, potentiality, and use
cultural ecology
the study of human adaptations to social and physical environment
cultural landscape
modifications to the environment by humans, including the built environment and agricultural systems, that reflect aspects of their culture
culture realm
the entire region throughout which a culture prevails. criteria that may be chosen to define culture realms include religion, language, diet, customs, or economic development
culture hearth
the area where a cultural trait begins
culture complex
the group of traits that define a particular culture
culture trait
the specific customs that are part of the everyday life of a particular culture, such as language, religion, ethnicity, social institutions, and aspects of popular culture
culture region
a region defined by similar culture Friars and cultural landscape features
custom
practices followed by a particular culture group
environmental determinism
cultural traits are determined and controlled by the environment
folk culture (folkways)
a prevailing culture in a homogeneous population
globalization
the process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology
glocalization
the process by which people in a local place mediate and alter regional, national, and global processes
habit
a repetitive act that a particular individual performs
material culture
a part of a culture that you can actually see, feel, or touch
mentifact
a belief of a culture
popular culture
dynamic culture based in large, heterogeneous societies permitting considerable individualism, innovation, and change; having a money-based economy, division of labor into professions, secular institutions of control, and weak interpersonal ties; and producing and consuming machine-made goods
possibilism
humans can adapt and adjust to physical environment; environment does not control human actions
sequent occupance
the notion that successive societies leave their culture imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape
sociofact
the institutions and links between individuals and groups that unit a culture, including family structure and political, educational, and religious institutions
taboo
a restriction on a behavior imposed by a social custom
uniform landscape
the spatial expression of a popular custom in one location that will be similar to another
vernacular region
a region that is based off a person's perception
glocalization
The process by which people in a local place mediate and alter regional, national, and global processes
Commodification
selling of cultural traits of one culture
Local Culture
A group of people in a particular place who see themselves as a collective or a community, who share experiences, customs, and traits, and who work to preserve those traits and customs in order to claim uniqueness and to distinguish themselves from others.
Neolocalism
bringing back an aspect of one's culture
authenticity
In the context of local cultures or customs, the accuracy with which a single stereotypical or typecast image or experience conveys an otherwise dynamic and complex local culture or its customs.
cultural appropriation
the adoption or use of elements of one culture by members of another culture
Placelessness
Defined by geographer Edward Relph as the loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural landscape so that one place looks like the next
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