3.3 Cultural Patterns 2024 PDF

3.3 Cultural Patterns Objective and Essential Learning 3.3 Explain patterns and landscapes of language, religion, ethnicity, and gender. Regional patterns of language, religion and ethnicity contribute to a sense of place, enhance placemaking, & shape the global cultural landscape....

3.3 Cultural Patterns Objective and Essential Learning 3.3 Explain patterns and landscapes of language, religion, ethnicity, and gender. Regional patterns of language, religion and ethnicity contribute to a sense of place, enhance placemaking, & shape the global cultural landscape. Language, ethnicity and religion are factors in creating centripetal and centrifugal forces. 2 Regional Patterns Regional patterns of language, religion and ethnicity contribute to a sense of place, enhance placemaking, & shape the global cultural landscape. Sense of Place: Unique attributes of a specific location - cultural influences and feelings evoked by people in a place. Distinctiveness. - Example: Great Wall of China 3 Regional Patterns Cultural Realm: Areas of the world that share cultural traits such as language families, religious traditions, food preferences, architecture, and/or a shared history. These cultural traits comprise a similar cultural landscape (although not the exact same) in each cultural realm. Note: Rememb er the importance of scale of analysis! A sm all scale view will not always be totally accurate. 4 Regional Patterns Anglo-American ▪ Language: English (Indo-European Family) ▪ Religion: Christianity ▪ Shared History: European settlement & colonization ▪ Ethnicity: Indigenous, European, African, Hispanic 5 Regional Patterns Latin America ▪ Language: Spanish (Indo-European Family) ▪ Religion: Roman Catholicism ▪ Ethnicity: Hispanic, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latino, European, Ingidenous ▪ Shared History: Colonized by Europeans 6 Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces Cultural factors such as language, ethnicity, and religion can be: CENTRIPETAL FORCES CENTRIFUGAL FORCES Characteristics that divide a Characteristics that unify a country and create instability, country and provide stability. conflict and violence. - Examples: Common - Examples: Multiple language, ethnicity, competing ethnicities, religion languages or religions 7 Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces Religion in Northern Ireland Religion in Iran 8 Objective and Essential Learning 3.3 Explain patterns and landscapes of language, religion, ethnicity, and gender. Regional patterns of language, religion and ethnicity contribute to a sense of place, enhance placemaking, & shape the global cultural landscape. Language, ethnicity and religion are factors in creating centripetal and centrifugal forces. 9