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America's Real Homeless Hotspots

America's Real Homeless Hotspots | Geography Education | Scoop.it
From www.theatlanticcities.com - March 16, 2012 4:45 PM
An estimated 600,000 Americans are homeless, but the spread isn't uniform. Some cities have been hit harder than others.

 

When I teach cultural geography, I discuss the idea that some thing are "in place" and others are "out of place" based on the cultural norms that change from place to place.  Homelessness is almost always "out of place."   What parts of the built environment in your city are purposefully uninviting to the homeless?  What is the connection between the city (and urbanization) and homelessness?  What could (or should) be done in major metropolitan areas with high rates of homelessness?  What is the spatial patterns evident in the geography of homelessness?  What accounts for these patterns?  What surprises are in the data from the article? 

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Technology and Tradition Collide: From Gender Bias to Sex Selection

Technology and Tradition Collide: From Gender Bias to Sex Selection | Geography Education | Scoop.it
From www.prb.org - March 25, 3:23 PM

"Every year, as a result of prenatal sex selection, 1.5 million girls around the world are missing at birth.  How do we know these girls are missing if they were never born? Under normal circumstances, about 102 to 107 male babies are born for every 100 female babies born. This is called the sex ratio at birth, or SRB."


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How do local cultures create these demographic statistics?  How do these demographic statistics impact local cultures? 


Tags: gender, technology, folk culture, statistics, China, population.

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Feuding Over Food

Feuding Over Food | Geography Education | Scoop.it
From www.theatlantic.com - January 27, 10:22 PM
In the Caucasus, culinary nationalism is an extension of the region's long-simmering disputes.
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"There is perhaps nothing more closely bound up with one's national identity than food. Specific local dishes are often seen as the embodiment of various cultures and many nations promote their food as a celebration of national identity. Sometimes, however, a country's cuisine can also be used to highlight national rivalries." 


This opening paragraph nicely shows how cultural traditions from a similar cultural hearth may have much in common.  However, since these groups are neighbors, the geopolitical relationship may be strained despite the cultural commonalities. 


Tags: food, culture, unit 3 culture.

Amanda McDonald Crowley's curator insight, January 28, 10:19 AM
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" "There is perhaps nothing more closely bound up with one's national identity than food. Specific local dishes are often seen as the embodiment of various cultures and many nations promote their food as a celebration of national identity. Sometimes, however, a country's cuisine can also be used to highlight national rivalries." 

 

This opening paragraph nicely shows how cultural traditions from a similar cultural hearth may have much in common.  However, since these groups are neighbors, the geopolitical relationship may be strained despite the cultural commonalities. "

 
Jamie Strickland's curator insight, January 29, 2:36 PM

This is a great addition to include for my World Food Problems course this semester.
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