Last week, I recorded a podcast about Bungalow Courts in Southern California. These cute little houses turn out to have a uniquely gendered history. In human geography we think of the visible world around us as the result of both culture and environment. These little houses are a great example of that in that they were built to embrace the warm Southern California weather, but also to reflect a whole range of cultural values, including those about where a woman should live.
You can here the podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/user-295774952/mike-reed-woman-history-month?in=user-295774952/sets/woman-history-month
“The cultural landscape is fashioned from a natural landscape by a cultural group. Culture is the agent, the natural area is the medium, the cultural landscape is the result." Carl O. Sauer
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