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18 Cards in this Set
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What is culture? |
a group of belief systems, norms and values practiced by a group people 1. the people call them a culture 2. other people can label a certain group of people as a culture |
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Local (folk) culture |
small, incorporates a homogeneous population, is typically rural and is cohesive in cultural traits collective or community work to preserve and share these customs and traits |
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Material Culture |
group of people includes they construct, such as art, houses, clothing, sports, dance and food |
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non-material culture |
includes beliefs, practices, aesthetics and values of a group of people |
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popular culture |
large heterogeneous populations typically urban can change quickly |
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Habit |
is a repetitive act preformed by an individual |
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custom |
a repetitive act preformed by a group of people |
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hearth and diffusion local culture |
anonymous hearths unknown sources, dates and originators diffuses in a smaller scale and slower transmissions primarily through relocation diffusion |
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heart and diffusion popular culture |
product of developed countries usually Europe or north america . Can typically trace origin or specific place or person trends to be transmitted by way of hierarchical diffusion rapidly and extensively from hearths with help of modern communications |
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distance decay |
the likelihood of diffusion decreases as the time and distance from the heart increases (local culture) |
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time- space compression |
diffusion depends on time connectedness (in communications and transportation technology) among places (population culture) |
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TV diffusion of popular culture |
tv is the most important mechanism for rapidly diffusing popular culture around the world 1. tv watching most popular leisure activity in the world 2. tvs have become ubiquitous throughout so much of the world |
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how are local cultures sustained? |
1. customs, practices that people routinely follow 2. avoid cultural appropriation 3. keep popular culture out |
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cultural appropriation |
other cultures adopt customs and knowledge for their use and benefit |
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neo- localism |
seeking out the regional culture and reinvigorating it in the response to the uncertainty of the modern world ex: "little Sweden, USA" |
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commodification |
the process through which something is given monetary value ex. crazy horse beer |
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authenticity |
in regards to commodification to being real or an original |
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assimilation |
forcing people into a certain culture in order to make them take on a new culture ex. USA sending indians to USA sanctioned boarding schools |
