Cultural & Identity: A Geographical Perspective

Cultural Identity belongs to a specific group, often related to a person's nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, and locality. A social group will have their own distinct culture. In this way, cultural Identity is both the individual's character and the group of members sharing the same cultural Identity. [1]

Space & Place as a key concept

Space and Place are key terms that are used throughout the topic of culture & Identity. 'Space' is defined as a physical location with no social connections for human beings, while on the contrary, 'place' is more than just a location and is used to describe a location created by humans. Essentially Place adds meaning to a space. [2] Throughout this blog, the words space and Place continually appear, which is why they have been defined here.

Cultural Identity is a vast topic, studied across many disciplines. Most relevant to human geography are the subtopics: Place & Ethnicity, Place & Youth, as well as Place & The mind. These are the subtopics in which will be explored through this blog.