GEOG 130 Lecture Notes - Language Convergence
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Lecture Notes!
Geography
-Placelessness!
-The destruction by expanding popular culture of unique aspects of a location, leading
to an inability to differentiate (the loss of uniqueness in a cultural landscape — one
place looks like the next.)!
-National Uniformities and Globalization !
-International Standardization: due to success of multinational companies in breaking
into international marks!
-aided by widespread use of english, availability of the internet, television !
-Appeal to local tastes: variation in corporate behaviour to match the local market !
-Global popular culture rejected in some countries seen as subversive.!
-The Shopping Mall!
-Consumption as a Way Of Life: modern popular culture and economy driven by a
need to shop. Served by the proliferation of the shopping mall, linking entertainment
and shopping !
-Fuelled by car culture, but one stop shopping !
-Consequences: eliminations of local variation, rise of standard stores!
-Quick diffusion of fashion and style!
-Contributing to diffusion of popular culture: food, fashion, film and goods!
-Big Box Stores: newer wave — smaller buildings, not enclosed, larger stores,
suburban location, open parking !
-Language and Culture!
-Significance of language to study of cultural landscape:!
-Language is a learned behaviour tied to culture !
-Useful in delimiting groups and hence regions, as it is often seen as a fundamental
building block of nationhood!
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Document Summary
The destruction by expanding popular culture of unique aspects of a location, leading to an inability to differentiate (the loss of uniqueness in a cultural landscape one place looks like the next. International standardization: due to success of multinational companies in breaking into international marks! Aided by widespread use of english, availability of the internet, television ! Appeal to local tastes: variation in corporate behaviour to match the local market ! Global popular culture rejected in some countries seen as subversive. Consumption as a way of life: modern popular culture and economy driven by a need to shop. Served by the proliferation of the shopping mall, linking entertainment and shopping ! Fuelled by car culture, but one stop shopping ! Consequences: eliminations of local variation, rise of standard stores! Contributing to diffusion of popular culture: food, fashion, lm and goods! Big box stores: newer wave smaller buildings, not enclosed, larger stores, suburban location, open parking !
