culture shared practices, technologies, attitudes, and behaviors transmitted by a society

culture trait is a characteristic of human action that's acquired by people socially and transmitted via
various modes of communication.

architecture the art or science of building

cultural relativism practice of assessing a culture by its own standards rather than viewing it through the
lens of one's own culture.

ethnocentrism(ism) evaluating and judging another culture based on how it compares to one's own
cultural norms

cultural landscape the combination of culture, economic, and natural elements that make up any
landscape.

Linguistic relating to language or linguistics

Sequent occupance notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each
contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape

traditional architecture traditional building styles of different cultures, religions, and places.

postmodern architecture A reaction in architectural design to the feeling of sterile alienation that many
people get from modern architecture. before modern

ethnicity identity with a group of people who share the cultural traditions of a particular homeland or
hearth.

Gender social differences between men and women, rather than the anatomical, biological differences
between the sexes

ethnic neighborhood an area within a city containing members of the same ethnic background / a
neighborhood that may be in one location but serves predominantly one ethnicity

indigenous community communities that live within, or are attached to, geographically distinct
traditional habitats or ancestral territories, and who identify themselves as being part of a distinct
cultural group

placemaking a collaborative process by which we can shape our public realm in order to maximize
shared value

relocation diffusion spread of an idea through physical movement from one place to another.

expansion diffusion when innovations spread to new places while staying strong in their original
locations

contagious diffusion Occurs when numerous places or people near the point of origin become adopters

hierarchical diffusion Occurs when the diffusion innovation or concept spreads from a place or person of
power or high susceptibility to another in a leveled pattern.
Stimulus diffusion Occurs when the innovative idea diffuses from its hearth outward, but the original
idea is changed by the new adopters.

Creolization The process in which two or more languages converge and form a new language

Lingua Franca a language that combines simple words from multiple languages so that people who need
to understand one another

colonialism when a more powerful country attempts to assert its power and influence over a weaker
country.