Chapter Title:

Traditional and New Cultural Geography

Book Title:


Authors

Dr. Dalbir Singh
Subject Specialist in DIET

Synopsis

Cultural geography is a significant subfield of human geography that focuses on the spatial expression, representation, and negotiation of the experience of being in the world. It has recently come into prominence as a prominent subfield. Because the very concept of culture is up for debate, the study of cultural geography may seem quite different depending on the location and how it is approached. The branch incorporates a wide diversity of points of view all within itself. The current study of cultural geography, which emphasises both the conventional and the contemporary methods, sees the continuation of issues that have been studied for a long time as well as the introduction of fresh subject matter. The study of cultural geography focuses on describing and explaining the visible material landscapes that various groups of people have shaped out of the physical environment that they occupy. This is one of the primary concerns of cultural geography.
Culture as a concept - The challenge of articulating just what it is that cultural geography seeks to investigate, or culture, is among the field's most significant characteristics. Both geographers and anthropologists have been put in a difficult position as a result of the many different attempts to describe culture that have long transcended the academic borders of geography and anthropology. A culture is a comprehensive way of life, a set of ways of thinking and doing that are shared by a large group of people. It is a multifaceted concept that has been described in a variety of ways. Some individuals believe that culture is a quality or a set of distinct features that a group of people have. Other others have a different perspective on what culture is.

Published

31 January 2023

Series

Details about the available publication format: Paperback

Paperback

ISBN-13 (15)

978-93-94411-49-4

How to Cite

Singh, D. (Ed.). (2023). Traditional and New Cultural Geography. In (Ed.), Social and Cultural Geography of India (pp. 57-82). Shodh Sagar International Publications. https://books.shodhsagar.org/index.php/books/catalog/book/24/chapter/134