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Culture
A concept that encompasses the social normalities of behavior, food, belief systems, attitudes, and knowledge of a particular region, race, or ethnicity.
Cultural Trait
A single identifiable trait in a culture.
Artifacts
An object made by a human in a past culture.
Sociofacts
The organizations and structures of a culture that define social behavior.
Mentifacts
Abstract concepts such as values that cultures share.
Popular Culture
A set of beliefs, objects, goods, and values that a culture commonly has or practices.
Traditional Culture
A set of blended values, beliefs, objects, goods, and beliefs that has been passed down from generation to generation over a long period of time that a culture practices.
Cultural Norms
A set of behaviors and beliefs that members of a culture commonly share.
Ethnocentrism
Evaluation of other cultures based on the perspective of your own culture.
Cultural Relativism
The concept that cultures cannot be measured by a universal set of standards.
Cultural Landscape
A place that evolves over time through layers of cultural history.
Identity
A sense of knowing who or what someone is.
Sequent Occupance
Successive societies all leave their imprints on a place, eventually creating a cumulative society.
Ethnicity
Belonging to a group of people who share a common place of origin, race, and/or ancestry.
Ethnic Neighborhoods
Geographic areas determined by their status as a cultural enclave.
Traditional Architecture
Architecture inherited by a region's cultural heritage.
Post-Modern Architecture
Architecture that was a reactionary antithesis to Modernism.
Religion
The belief and worship of a higher power/powers.
Pilgrimage
A journey of a pilgrim to a sacred place or site.
Language
A system of communication used by humans using their vocal chords. Multiple of these exist.
Toponym
The name of a place.
Gendered Spaces
Areas that are socially constructed to identify with a specific gender or social construct.
Gender Identity
A person's sense of identification with the social construct of gender.
Safe Spaces
Areas where a person can experience life without being discriminated against, harassed, and where they are believed.
Gentrification
A process of economic change and investment in a previously uninvested neighborhood.
Third Place
Any area where people meet for joy or camaraderie which is not home or work.
Sense of Place
A way to define how people feel and associate with a physical location.
Placemaking
Using local assets to create a location that encourages overall wellbeing and sense of community.
Dialects
A subset of language that is only spoken in a specific region or area, rather than overall.
Adherents
Someone who supports an idea, organization, or party.
Denominations
Sects of religions whose belief systems vary at microscopic levels.
Sect
A group of people who have slightly varying beliefs from a larger belief system.
Centripetal Force
An attitude that enhances support for the government.
Centrifugal Force
Forces that divide a state or region.
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