Material traits, beliefs, & social forms that together create a distinctive lifestyle for a group of people Learned behavior = Way of life

Traditions & beliefs of a group of people

Varies over space & time

CULTURE

Frequency of an act so that it becomes a

characteristic of a group

People routinely follow

•How is it spread?

•Where does popular

customs originate?

•Result?

Pg. 4

A repetitive act performed by a particular

individual

MATERIAL CULTURE NON-MATERIAL CULTURE

Physical objects used

by a cultural group

Artifacts

EXAMPLES:

House

Buildings

Furniture

Musical instruments

Clothing

Artwork

Etc.

Behaviors, values, & beliefs, of a cultural group

Abstract

EXAMPLES: Myths

RELIGION

Behaviors – cultural ritual(s)

Symbolic meanings

LAW

CUSTOM

Can be passed from 1 generation to the next

Pg. 4

FOLK

CULTURE

POPULAR

CULTURE

Culture traditionally practiced by a small,

homogeneous, rural group of people living in

relative isolation from other groups

Typically found in LDCs

Change slowly

Tradition is a controlling factor

Fiddler on the Roof – Part 1 - Start 1:30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRdfX7ut8gw

1. Keeping Other Cultures Out.

- Resistance to change

- Fear in LDCs of loss of their

cultural values

concern of popularity of

Western Pop Culture!

2. Keeping their Culture in.- Strong desire to preserve

their customs

Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society

where people share cultural traits despite other

differences

Developed countries MDCs

Urban

High interaction through ___________

2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winners

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Pop Culture in the Arab World – TED talk with Shereen El Fekihttp://www.ted.com/talks/shereen_el_feki_pop_culture_in_the_arab_world.html

Homogenous Heterogeneous

Unique Uniform Similar

Rural Urban

Older generation Youth-based

Tradition Innovation

Family Peer Group

SLOW spreading FAST spreading

Hambone Kneeslap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMJeaZtgwng&feature=related

The Slingshot Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ieWrWLjii0

Pg. 27

GLOBALIZATION LOCAL DIVERSITY

Actions or processes that involve the entire world

Result in increased connections

Technology impacts speed & rapid changes!!!

POPULAR CULTURE

MDCs

People express their uniquecultural practices

Group of people in a place who are seen as a community

Shared experiences

Similar & preserved customs & traits

Can be different within a local community

FOLK CULTURE

LDCs

VS

Spread of something

worldwide

SPREAD OF

GLOBALIZATION:

Media & Technology

TV +

React 2 ways:

Accept it

Reject it

EXAMPLES:

Adoption of religion

Western Clothing

Language usage

Pg. 3

Practice of unique

culture

Differs from the norm

of society

Can be local or folk

culture

Pg. 3

Tribal people whose social, cultural, &

economic conditions distinguish themselves

from national society

Environment plays an important role in customs

Very close relationship with nature

Balinese Monkey Chant – Indigenous Culture (an excerpt from Barka - Indonesia)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkxuPxdsZ5

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Indigenous folk cultural groups use tools, create homes, clothing, etc. based from nearby materials in their environment Diffusion of a folk culture item is not clearly known or

understood Found among folk societies in Eastern & Western Hemispheres

Island of Madagascar Amazonian jungles of South America

Long, hollow tube through which a projectile is blown by force of breath

Groups within a

dominant culture

become distinctive

enough (unique)

TABOO

A restriction on

behavior imposed by

social custom

EX. Cultural food

restrictions

Would the same be

true of housing?

Crops that are native in their

environment

The environment contributes to the characteristics

of foods traditionally produced in a particular area

The effects of the local environment on a particular

food item that contributes to a distinctive taste

For example: for wine

Climate

Landforms

Soil

Placelessness:

•Loss of uniqueness in a cultural landscape standardization

•One place looks like the next.

•What caused placelessness?

Practice of judging another culture by the

standards of one’s own culture

Less dominant culture

adopts SOME of the traits

of the more dominant

culture

DOMINANT CULTURE

absorbs the

less dominant culture

Over time 2 cultures

becomes indistinguishable

Spread of an idea or innovation from its source

SPREAD of an idea or trait through PHYSICAL MOVEMENT

Which type of culture?

spread of an underlying principle, even though a

characteristic itself apparently fails to diffuse

Which culture? _________

Rapid spread + widespread

AKA –

Which type of culture? ____

How is it spread?

Examples:

spread of an idea from persons of power to other

persons or places

Which type of culture?

Can be influenced by peers & socioeconomic class

Definition

Location

Change

Diffusion(s)

Environment

Cultural Landscape

Customs

Technology

Examples

East Coast Prairie

Great Plains - westward

Influenced by local

resources

Kniffen’s traditional

American house types

(originally):

New England

Mid-Atlantic

Southern Tidewater

Housing types diffused

throughout the country

Houses are usually

mass-produced

Popular customs vary

more in time than place

Few regional

distinctions