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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
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/taliban-shooting-victim-malala-yousafzai-and-indian-child-rights-activist-share-nobel/2014/10/10/36abecae-505b-11e4-8c24-487e92bc997b_story.html
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
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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