GEO 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Determinism, Feng Shui, Geomancy
3 Dec 2017
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The physical environment (emphasis on climate and terrain) is the active force in shaping the development of cultures. Human society is a passive product of its physical surroundings. Similar physical environments would be likely to produce similar cultures. Non change in environment = cultures staying the same. Theoretically, areas should not change if the underlying conditions of the physical environment do not change. The same environment can be used in different ways as needs, technologies and institutes change (our means of shopping, moving goods have changed in downtown for example) Each person and cultural group has mental images of the environment. It is possible that the choices people make will depend on what the perception is rather than the reality. So to u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)d rea(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:449)e (cid:373)ust k(cid:374)o(cid:449) ho(cid:449) a (cid:272)ultures (cid:862)sees(cid:863) its" e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts. Cemeteries for chinese labour camp, thirteen chinese were killed and buried. Possibilists do not ignore the environment but rather treat it as an influence.
