In this Episode: See how culture is adapted to meet the needs of new groups, why McDonald’s menus are different around the world, and why it might be hard to […]
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Illustrated Textbook
Illustrated Textbook: Expansion Diffusion-The Hierarchic Kind
See how culture can bypass certain people, why private yoga lessons aren’t for everyone, and put the debate over hierarchic or hierarchical to rest. Enjoy this edition of EXPANSION DIFFUSION: […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Expansion Diffusion-The Contagious Type
See how CONTAGIOUS CULTURAL DIFFUSION expands from a hearth, how toothpaste hair became all the rage, and why explaining cultural diffusion in terms of virology requires caution. Click to read. […]
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Illustrated Text: Cultural Diffusion-An Introduction
Find out what happens when humans are stripped naked of technology, cultures collide, and when aliens have their input. This page covers CULTURAL DIFFUSION, CULTURAL CONVERGENCE (TRANSCULTURATION), SPONTANEOUS (INDEPENDENT INVENTION), […]
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Illustrated Textbook: The Cultural Hearths
In this installment, we address the world’s CULTURAL HEARTHS and their greatest achievements, why exceptional North America wasn’t one of them, and the role of merchant traders in the formation […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Movement: An Introduction
Find out why MOVEMENT is so important to the subject of Human Geography, learn what a CULTURAL HEARTH is, and find out why trial and error is humans’ best friend. […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Gender Affects Place
In this edition we find out about the growing topic of GENDERED SPACES, the traditional roles of women, and how golf can be a “choosy” sport. Click to read!
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Illustrated Textbook: Ethnicity Affects Place
In this update we use Chinatown, Chicago to illustrate that ETHNIC NEIGHBORHOODS provide unique backdrops for expressing ETHNIC IDENTITY within the BUILT LANDSCAPE.
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Illustrated Textbook: Cultural Traits to Realms
What do the Russians, Vladimir Putin, and human geography all have in common? _____ [Insert joke answer here], because I don’t have one. In this episode, Russian nesting dolls help […]
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Illustrated Textbook: The Cultural Landscape & Carl Sauer
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. In this edition we discuss how CULTURAL LANDSCAPES and the BUILT ENVIRONMENT are one in the same, and of course, the importance of […]
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Illustrated Textbook: The Building Blocks of Culture-2
The second page of this layout covers CUSTOMS, RITUALS, VALUES, and TABOOs. In this edition, we find out our sports fan doesn’t change his socks, that rituals tend to have […]
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Illustrated Textbook: The Building Blocks of the Cultural Landscape
In page one of this double-layout, we use sports fans and hooligans as our inspiration to teach the different building blocks of culture that help shape the cultural landscape. We […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Yi-Fu Tuan & Sense of Place
This week, we immortalize Yi-Fu Tuan, Professor Emeritus at the University of Madison, Wisconsin. We find out that sense of place is important when fostering citizenship, and how no one […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Space vs. Place
In this installment, we explore the difference between SPACE and PLACE. We find out why having a SENSE-OF-PLACE matters, and what happens when it weakens. Click to read!
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Illustrated Textbook: Koppen’s Climate Map
We see color make a special appearance with the KOPPEN-GEIGER CLIMATE MAP, we try to make sense of Koppen’s letters, and ask why it’s so important to characterize place traits anyway. […]
Read MoreIllustrated Textbook: Place-It’s Physical Characteristics
In this installment, we venture back to Australia to introduce the next theme of geography, PLACE. We find out how SITE is different from place characteristics, and why there’s no […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Crappy Mappy
On this page we wrap up our introduction of maps as we come face to face with a terrifying Greenland, we find out what happens when we stay in our […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Dot-Density, Flow-Line, & the Cartogram
We discover the repetitive magic of the DOT-DENSITY MAP, the fluidity of the FLOW-LINE MAP, and the hysterical shapes of the CARTOGRAM.
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Illustrated Textbook: Choropleth, Proportional Symbol, & Isoline Maps
In this next edition, we get our monochromatic color-scheme on, find out that junior high math came in handy, and that behind every isoline map is a 3D phoenix just […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Thematic Maps vs. Reference Maps
We wrap up how to manipulate map data, Dex loses his faith in cartographers, and the Professor tries to restore it as she introduces REFERENCE MAPS and THEMATIC MAPS. Click […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Equal Interval vs. Equal Frequency…Fight!
This episode: We take a look at more choropleth maps, the data keeps on messing with our heads, and we find out the difference between EQUAL FREQUENCY and EQUAL INTERVAL […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Cartographic Decision #3: Data Organization
Maps continue to show us their true colors as the Professor flips the map on American incarceration rates. Find out why Dex is likely to meet someone who’s been to […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Cartographic Map Scale (2)
Confused between large-scale and small-scale? What’s the difference between a ratio and a fraction (basically NOTHING)? And why is map scale keeping you on your toes? Check it out!
Read MoreIllustrated Textbook: Cartographic Decision #2: Map Scale
We find out the importance of CARTOGRAPHIC SCALE, that Dex hates to get weighed in P.E. class, and why too much of a good thing…usually ends up bad (especially when […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Preserving Properties of Projection
Find out why geography always picks on Greenland, see how Antarctica is the most flexible continent in the world, and discover why map shape and size matters. Click to enjoy.
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