Culture, Culture Wars, and Landscape

Landscape reminds us that geography is everywhere that it is a constant source of beauty and ugliness, of right and wrong and joy and suffering, as much as it is of profit and loss. --Denis Cosgrove "Geography is Everywhere" pg. 76

What is culture?

• Material vs. Symbolic Culture
• Culture and Identity
• Culture and Power
• High Culture vs. Popular Culture
• Cultural Imperialism
• Culture Wars
• Examples

What culture is not

What is a landscape?

• How are landscapes produced?
• How do landscapes work?

Slideoramma! Reading the Landscape