The artists’ transformation of djang into contemporary artistic expression has intrigued people around the world: art curators and collectors, and stars including Yoko Ono, Jane Campion, David Attenborough and Elton John. Values and law are expressed through language, imagery, manikay (song), bunggul (dance), doloppo bim (bark painting), sculptures, and kun-madj (weaving) – the arts. The art here has its genesis in body design, rock art and cultural practices, in concert with more than 50 years of collaborations, travel and political action to retain ownership of country. Ways of learning and schools of art in Arnhem Land are based around a system of passing knowledge and information on to others. Universalizing religions (e.g., Christianity, Islam, Buddhism) are spread through expansion and relocation diffusionĮxplain how culture is expressed in landscapes and how land and resource use represents cultural identityĬultural landscapes are amalgamations of physical features, agricultural and industrial practices, religious and linguistic characteristics, and other expressions of culture (e.g.An art movement that is striking, political and enduring: this is what contemporary artists in Maningrida and the surrounding homelands have built, powered by their ancestral connections to country and djang. Language families, languages, dialects, world religions, ethnic cultures, and gender roles diffuse from cultural hearths, resulting in interactions between local and global forces that lead to new forms of cultural expression (e.g., lingua franca)Ĭolonialism, imperialism, and trade helped to shape patterns and practices of culture (e.g., language, religion)Īcculturation, assimilation, and multiculturalism are shaped by the diffusion of cultureĬompare and contrast ethnic and universalizing religions and their geographic patternsĮthnic religions (e.g., Hinduism, Judaism) are generally found near the hearth or spread through relocation diffusion Types of diffusion include expansion (contagious, hierarchical, stimulus) and relocation Language, religion, ethnicity, and gender are essential to understanding landscapes symbolic of cultural identity (e.g., signs, architecture, sacred sites)Įxplain the diffusion of culture and cultural traits through time and space Religious patterns and distributions can be represented on maps and chartsĮthnicity and gender reflect cultural attitudes that shape the use of space (e.g., women in the workforce, ethnic neighborhoods) Language patterns and distributions can be represented on maps, charts, and language trees
Regional patterns of language, religion, and ethnicity contribute to a sense of place, enhance place making, and shape the global cultural landscape
Geographers use maps and the spatial perspective to analyze and assess language, religion, ethnicity, and genderĮxplain how globalization is influencing cultural interactions and changeĬommunication technologies (e.g., the Internet) are reshaping and accelerating interactions among people and places and changing cultural practices (e.g., use of English, loss of indigenous languages)Įxplain cultural patterns and landscapes as they vary by place and region Concepts of culture frame the shared behaviors of a societyĮxplain the concept of culture and identify cultural traitsĬulture is comprised of the shared practices, technologies, attitudes, and behaviors transmitted by a societyĬultural traits are individual elements of culture and include such things as food preferences, architecture, and land useĮxplain how geographers assess the spatial and place dimensions of cultural groups in the past and present