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Core-Domain-Sphere Model

By Mihika Deshpande and Shivani Sakthi

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What is a Cultural Region/Sphere?

What is the model?

  • A core-domain-sphere model is used to describe a cultural region.
  • A cultural region refers to the aspects of culture associated with an ethnolinguistic group and the territory it inhabits.
  • Contains many common cultural elements.

Example of cultural region

Aspects of the model

There are 4 important parts of the model being the...

  • Outliers
  • Domain
  • Sphere
  • Core

A Core-Domain-Sphere model describes a cultural region as a whole as well as describes the elements within it which are listed above.

Examples of the model

Outliers

Marks the outer edge of a cultural region.

Lies outside the sphere.

Outliers

Sphere

  • The sphere of a cultural region is the zone of outer influence in terms of cultural region.
  • The sphere also surrounds the domain.

Sphere

Domain

  • The domain is the area of which the culture and cultural aspects of an area are still dominant however they are less intense and excessive.
  • This area lies right outside the core of a cultural region.
  • A majority of the cultural traits are present in the domain.

Domain

Core

  • Commonly reffered to as the "heart" of a cultural region.
  • The core of a cultural region is where the aspects of the culture itself are most strongly and intensly expressed.
  • The core contains the greatest homogeneity of cultural traits that characterize the region itself.
  • Lies before the domain

Core

Origin of Model

Origin and Founder

Donald W. Meinig was the creator of the Core-Domain Sphere Model. He is an American geographer born on November 1, 1924 in Palouse, Washington. Retiring in 2004, he was the Research Professor Emeritus of Geography at Syracuse University. Meinig researched all sorts of geography including historical, regional, cultural, social, and human. Besides the creation of the Core-Domain Sphere Model, he is otherwise notable for publishing his four volumes of The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History.

Strengths

Pros and Cons of model

This model still allows for the roots of the culture to be found in the "core" while still maintaining modernized. This is useful if one would like easy access to the origin of a certain custom or tradition (all aspects of culture).

Weaknesses

THIRD TOPIC

With strenghts, comes weaknesses, as can be seen in this model. Often times an element of the "core" isn't necessarily the the strongest area. For example although Buddhism originated in northern India, it is most prevelant today in China, Tibet, Nepal, and other parts of south-east Asia.

Things to consider

In the Core-Domain Sphere Model there are some things to consider. Transitions between the three parts (core, domain, sphere), can often be abrupt or gradual and may cause dificulty in distinguishing the differences between parts of the model.

Example:

The Mormon Religion

Real life example

For this example, we will apply the model to the Mormon religion.

CORE: The original Mormons were led to the Utah Territory (Great Basin to Colorado River) by Bringham Young in 1847. The Core of the Mormon religion is mainly Salt Lake City, Utah

DOMAIN: The domain is other parts of Utah and surrounding regions such as California and Idaho

SPHERE: The sphere stretches all the way to Chile, Uruguay, and South Pacific regions such as American Samoa and Tonga.

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