Download The Role of Cities in Shaping Culture: A Socio-Spatial Analysis and more Quizzes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Cities Role in Formation of Cities DEFINITION 1 Space plays a crucial role in the evolution of cultural values. Space, like culture, is a social construct bounded with power and authority All cultures are hybrid mixtures of various influences that change over time and so the notion that there is some pure authentic culture is a myth. TERM 2 What is Culture? DEFINITION 2 Values:what people hold- their ideals and aspirationsNorms: that people follow- rules & principlesMaterial Objective: that people use (urban infrastructure-buildings, transportation, facilities) TERM 3 City Structure DEFINITION 3 City landscapes are influenced by economic development, social norms, cultural diversity of people living in the cities. City structure is clearly determined by the three elements: Values, Norms, and Material Objectives Homogenization vs. Heterogenization TERM 4 Cultural Homogenization DEFINITION 4 formation of global consumer culture in the era of late capitalism popular culture (entertainment) global metropolitanism (high skilled labor) global architecture (unification) TERM 5 Cultural Heterogenization DEFINITION 5 Familiarization with difficult cultures Coexistence of different culture in oppose to blending together (salad bowl) Rather than culturally unified the world is becoming culturally diversified Presence of indigenous, traditional cultures increase a sense of place. TERM 6 Identity DEFINITION 6 Diversity of cultural values in a society raises issues of identity Individual personalities shape the city The city brings together many different types of people who influence development, shape, social and cultural values and the changes of urban structure. TERM 7 Sense of Place DEFINITION 7 Cultural: how cultural transforms physical reality-what is there- into experience reality. Every one of us experiences reality in a different way-which one is true reality? Or are all realities true realities?Social:identityalso helps to shape reality that each of us see.Psychological Filters: psychic reality is an important filter how we see our environment. What we see is determined by our past and present concerns, our needs, memories, feelings and state of mind. TERM 8 Socio-Spatial Dialectic Process DEFINITION 8 space is crucial to all the processes of formation identity stereotype construction objectification the neighborhood can serve to form and shape those distinctive cultural values. TERM 9 Concept of Culture DEFINITION 9 Represents the ideas, practices, sites and symbols, of what has been called the "symbolic economy" i.e., the process through which wealth is created from cultural activities, including art, music, dance, crafts, museums, exhibitions, sport and creative design in various fields. new concept of culture increasingly shapes city strategies in the face of both global competition and local tensions TERM 10 Redevelopment & Global Branding of Cities Strategy DEFINITION 10 1960s- interest in redeveloping the centers of cities around cultural capital, passing new laws to support artists and historic preservation The more socially devastated a region appeared, and the less likely to experience new industrial growth, the more public authorities turned to marketing cities as centers of culture, in order to create a new business climate.
