Physical space can be said to have been flattened out with modernity. Cultures arise in different parts of the world, and are inevitably shaped by their local geography, which obviously influences their local cuisine through the availability, or lack thereof, of certain foods, but also their buildings based on the availability of materials, and their economic activity, amongst many other aspects of social life.
It's unclear to me to what extent space affects language, worldviews, and overall the inner life of people, but at the very least it's obvious with the external aspects of culture. With modernity, geography doesn't become as much of a constraint because of faster travel, and now we even have the internet to spread out ideas and worldviews. But on the external side, I would say that things start to look the same because mass-production is often significantly more efficient than outsourcing local material with local businesses. 9
5 Such as Panjective Gender, or Women and men.
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