AID1002 - Alam Sekitar dan Manusia

’Sequent Occupance’ by Dansereau

Melihat secara kronologi perubahan bentuk, skala dan lokasi hubungan manusia dan alam sekitar yang
dihuni mereka berdasarkan skima giliran penghunian atau ’sequent occupance’ yang dikemukakan oleh
Dansereau.

25 NOVEMBER 2019 – DR. NOR SHAHIDA AZALI

Sequent Occupance

DEFINITION the notion that successive societies leave

their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the
cumulative cultural landscape.

Sequent Occupance The term "sequent occupance" was coined in 1929 by

American geographer Derwent Whittlesey to describe: “the process by
which a landscape is gradually transformed by a succession of occupying
populations, each of which modifies the landscape left by the previous
groups”
Sequent Occupance
For our discussion on the
relationship between cultures and
landscapes, let's head on down to
Mexico City. This bustling metropolis
is one of the largest cities in the
world, nestled in a mountain valley
at over 7,000 feet in elevation.
Today, Mexico City is populated by
urban Mexicans, with a distinct
urban, central Mexican culture. But
where did this culture come from?
Sequent Occupance
One way to answer this is to look at the
history of cultures within that single space,
the Valley of Mexico, and to see how cultures
have left their mark on this shared landscape
over time. We call this concept sequent
occupance. The basic theory is that many
cultures will leave their mark on a landscape,
which will be used by new cultures that
replace them or change them. Over time, you
build up a complex cultural landscape that
has contributed to numerous societies over
generations and generations.
Sequent Occupance
In Mexico City, for example, we can start in roughly 200 BCE when the inhabitants of
Teotihuacan formed the first major city in the Valley of Mexico. Later, other cities
appeared around the lakes of the mountain valley, including the Toltecs, who formed their
own empire. By the 14th century, the Nahuatl-speaking Mexica people had arrived, built
their city in the swampy part of the valley and formed an alliance with the other cities to
create the Aztec Empire. Each of these cultures added something to shared practices that
directly reflected the realities of living in this landscape, such as irrigation and floating
agriculture on the lakes. In the 16th century, Spanish conquistadors arrived, burned down
many cities and rebuilt them in a fusion of Aztec and Spanish ideas. These cities grew
with Spanish colonialism, then attempted to reclaim their Aztec roots after Mexico
declared independence. Today, Mexico City has remodeled itself again as a world-class
urban center of technology and transportation. It's the same physical space, but each
culture has contributed to it over time.
Sequent Occupance
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Terima kasih
Dr. Nor Shahida Azali
Pensyarah Kanan
Bilik U2-03 Jabatan Geografi
shida_wan@um.edu.my