Cultural Landscapes:
Slide-Lecture Topics &
Readings
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Slide-Lecture Topics |
Assigned
Readings
Chapter #s refer to Vogeler (be
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Names refer to the
Supplemental Readings |
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Introduction 
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1) Components of the
Cultural Landscape |
Chapter 1, Cultural
Landscape Analysis |
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2) Culture, Place, and Landscape Concepts
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Lewis |
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Utopian Landscapes
(do self test #1) |
Chapter 2, Communal
Landscapes |
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Extinct Ones:
Shakers,
Oneida,
Zoarist, Amana |
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Practicing Ones:
Amish,
Old Order Mennonites,
Hutterites |
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| Do
self
test #2 before FIRST TEST
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Religious Landscapes
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Chapter 3,
Religious Landscapes |
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Mormons in Utah
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Roman Catholics in
Quebec |
Rinschede, Widdis |
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Roman Catholics in central Minnesota |
Mercer |
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Landscapes of Racism
(do
self
test #3)
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Indian
Reservations |
Chapter 4-1,
Indian
Reservations |
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African-Americans
in the South |
Chapter 4-2,
Landscapes
of Slavery |
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U.S.-Mexican
Borderlands |
Chapter 4-3,
U.S.-Mexican
Borderlands |
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Japanese Internment
Camps |
Chapter 4-4,
Japanese Concentration
Camps |
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self
test #4 before SECOND TEST |
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Social Geography of U.S. Cities |
Ethnicity,
Race, and
Class |
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Chicago |
Kirchherr |
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6) |
Placeless
Landscapes
or Prezi (do
self
test #5)
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Chapter 5, Auto
and Postmodern Landscapes |
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Central Business Districts |
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Commercial
Strips and Suburbia |
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Sin & Sexist Landscapes
(do
self
test #6)
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Chapter 7, Sin
and Sexist Landscapes |
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Las
Vegas: Gambling and Prostitution |
Riccio |
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New Orleans: Southern
"Hospitality" |
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Real Fantasy Landscapes
(do self test #7)
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Chapter 6,
Real
Fantasy Landscapes |
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Hollywood: Movie
Sets and Movie Star Homes |
Winsberg |
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Disneyland: the "Happiest" Place on Earth |
Rapping |
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Frontier
Myth and
Cowboy Culture |
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self
test #8 before
FINAL
EXAM Also provide an evaluation
of the course and me. |
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