Cultural Traits
Culture
Cultural Lanscape
Cultural Patterns
Diffusion & Language
100
Southwest indigenous homes
Adobe
100
A people of common ancestry and cultural tradition, characterized by a strong feeling of group identity
Ethnic group
100
The feeling resulting from the standardization of the built environment; occurs where local distinctiveness is erased and many places end up with similar cultural landscapes
Placelessness
100
The distinctive feeling of a place, or a person's perception of a place
Sense of place
100
A sovereign political entity that seeks to expand beyond its origin land to control more territory politically and/or economically
Empire
200
a linear settlement pattern in which each farmstead is situated at one end of a long narrow rectangular lot
Long-lot settlement pattern
200
the promotion of a national religion, language, flag, or other identifying markers which creates a sense of patriotism that links cultural identity and citizenship
National cultural identity
200
The most fundamental cultural and economic land use
Agricultural
200
Non-religious
Secular
200
Barriers that slow diffusion, but still allow some partial or weakened diffusion
Permeable barriers
300
A single aspect (material or nonmaterial) of a given culture or society
Cultural trait
300
a set of policies that promote the active participation and inclusion of minority groups in national histories, national politics, and cultural institutions with the goal of embracing difference within society
Multiculturalism
300
The image shows the ____________ landscape
Linguistic
300
Efforts to use and design public places to better serve the needs of residents and to foster a stronger community
Placemaking
300
Barriers that completely halt diffusion of cultural traits
Absorbing barriers
400
Heterogenous culture that is more influenced by key urban areas and quick to adopt new technologies
Popular culture
400
An approach to understanding other cultures that seeks to understand individuals and cultures from a wider perspective of cultural logic
Cultural Relativism
400
when a place has been controlled or affected by a variety of groups over a period of time
Ex: A former factory has been transitioned into an apartment building.
Sequent occupancy
400
A force that brings people together and unifies a neighborhood, society, or country
Centripetal force
400
A trade language characterized by very small vocabulary derived from the languages of at least 2 or more groups in contact
Pigdin
500
The main way that learned belief systems, customs, and skills are passed from generation to generation
Language
500
Using one's own culture as a benchmark to understand other cultures
Ethnocentrism
500
A group of people with distinct norms, values, and material practices that differentiate them from the dominant culture surrounding them
Subculture
500
A force that threatens the cohesion of a neighborhood, society, or country
Centrifugal force
500
A language of communication & commerce spoken across a wide area where it isn’t the mother tongue
Lingua franca