Year 13 Geographers week...

We looked at vulnerable cultures, working on the basis that cultures are mainly under threat from 3 factors:-
socio-economic
political
environmental factors
students have been working on an example in a group to complete a presentation to the rest of the class about their chosen 'threatened' culture. 

Some are looking at the threat to the Middle Eastern culture and landscapes, mainly caused by the current government regime and arguably the failure of the west to put a stop to it.  Perhaps the UN is to blame as China and Russia have permanent seats ad can prevent mandates being put through.  Yesterday however, things seemed to be looking up as the USA and Russia seemed to strike a deal on a course of action to try and put a stop to the attacks in the country.
These articles highlight why Syrian culture is currently under threat-

http://www.damaskus.dk/2008/09/the-syrian-desert-al-badia-a-cultural-and-natural-heritage-under-threat/


http://theheritagetrust.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/conflict-in-syria-threatens-more-heritage-sites/

https://oi.uchicago.edu/pdf/oip137.pdf

Another group is looking at the people of the Arctic and what is threatening them
Climate change threatens the people of Illulisat (Greenland), Shishmaref and Newtok (Alaska)
cultural dilution and climate change threaten the people of Qaanaq, Greenland

Whereas the Evenki people are less under threat due to the way they promote their culture and the fact that most people return to their traditional way of life

Some others have looked at the threat to Tibet posed by China

 

Some others have looked at the threat to the people of the forest-
Kayapo people of Brazil

 

 

They have been placed under threat by the Brazilian Government's decision to build a HEP and dam called Belo Monte along the Xingu river

http://www.survivalinternational.org/about/belo-monte-dam

 

This will be a thing of the past once the dam is built, no more traditional fishing along the Xingu river

http://amazonwatch.org/work/belo-monte-dam