Syllabus
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Course Code: M-GEO-404 (iii) (elective) Course Name: Cultural Geography |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Definition, nature and scope of Cultural Geography; cultural elements and components of culture. 2. The evolution of Human Civilizations with special reference to: Mesopotamia, the Nile Valley, the Indus Valley and the Hwang Ho Valley. |
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| 2 | 3. Bases of cultural diversity and cultural transformation-race, religion and language. 4. Cultural landscape and cultural ecology. 5. The speed and efficiency of operation of cultural processes. |
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| 3 | 6. Race, evolution of race, criteria of racial classification, theories of the classification of Races-Zones and Strata or Migration Zone Theory of race evolution. 7. Classification of Races: Major races of the world: Nordics, Mongoloids, Negroids and Caucasoids. 8. Racial Classification in India-Sri Risley, A.C. Haddon, B.S. Guha. |
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| 4 | 9. Tribes of India with main emphasis on Naga, Khasis, Todas, Bhils and Santhals. 10. Patterns of livelihood: Various economic activities, cultural adaptations; agriculture, industrialization and modernization, technological changes and their geographical implications. |
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