Sites of Cultural Identity

/ Introduction/ Cultural Identity / Sense of Place/
African-Americans: Cultural Identity/
Histotic Places and Structures/
Neighborhood Dynamics/

Culture is abstract,
learned, shared
rules and standards for
interpreting,
experiencing,
and organizing
behavior in a
society.
Culture
It is
a complex
whole which
includes
knowledge,
belief, art, law,
morals, customs, and
any other capabilites and
habits acquired by man
as a member of society.

Jan,2000,
University of Illinois,
Department of Architecture and Landscape of Architecture
Erin Mallicoat, Hee Kim, & Qiaojue Yu

East St. Louis Action Research Project
University of Illinois at urbana-Champaign
http://www.imlab.uiuc.edu/eslarp