Hgap Test

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distance decay

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the effects of distance on interaction, generally the greater the distance the less the interaction

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time space compression

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refers to the social and psychological effects of living in a world in which time space convergence has rapidly reached a high level of intensity

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hearth

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the area where an idea or cultural trait originates

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hierarchical diffusion

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an idea spreads by passing first among the most connected places or peoples

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contagious diffusion

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distance controlled spreading or an idea by contact from person to person

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reterritorialization

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people within a place start to produce an aspect of popular culture in the context of their local culture and make it their own

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diffusion routes

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the spatial trajectory through which cultural traits or other phenomena spread

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glocalization

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process by which people in a local place mediate and alter regional, national and global processes

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assimilation

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process through people lose originally differentiating traits, such as dress and speech, when they come into contact with another society or culture

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cultural appropriation

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process by which cultures adopt customs and knowledge from other cultures and use them for their own benefit

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folk culture

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conceived as small, incorporating a homogeneous population, typically rural and cohesive in cultural traits

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local culture

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a group of people in a particular place who see themselves as a community and who share experience, customs, and traits

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popular culture

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cultural traits such as dress diet and music that identify and are part of todays changeable, urban-based, media influenced western societies are indicators

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commodification

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the process through which something is given monetary value; occurs when a good or an idea that previously was not regarded as an object to be bought and sold is turned into something that has a paticular price i.e crazy horse beer

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neolocalism

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the seeking out of the regional culture and reinvigoration of it in response to the uncertainty of the modern world

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non material

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culture that includes beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values of a group of people

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global local continuum

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the notion that what happens at the global scale has a direct effect on what happens at the local scale, and vise versa

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authenticity

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in the context of local cultures or customs, the accuracy with which a single stereotypical or typecast image or experience conveys an otherwise dynamic and complex local culture or its customs

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goals of local culture*

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* keep other cultures out
* keep the own culture in

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hutterites vs. amish

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hutterites differ from the amish because they accept technology that helps in their agricultural work and they live communally rather than on family farm steads

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dave mathews band*

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established a hearth in charlottesville, virginia and gained popularity through hierarchical diffusion among college towns

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MC solaar: france
jovanotti:______

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italy

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culture

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the sum total of the knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavioral patterns shared and transmitted by the members of a society

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barrioization

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the dramatic increase in hispanic population in given neighborhood

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residential segregation

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the degree to which 2 or more groups live separately from one another in different parts of the urban environment

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racism

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frequently referred to as a system or attitude toward visible differences in individuals, an ideology or difference that ascribes significance and meaning to culturally, socially, and politically constructed ideas based on phenotypical features

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gender

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social differences between men and women, rather than anatomical, biological differences between the sexes

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identity

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how we make sense of ourselves, how people see themselves at different scales

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queer theory

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theory that highlights the contextual nature of opposition to the heteronormative and focuses on the political engagement of "queers" with the heteronormative

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place

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uniqueness of a location

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ethnicity

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affiliation or identity within a groups of people bound by common ancestry and culture

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space

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social relations stretched out

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race

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a categorization of humans based on skin color and other physical characteristics: social and political constructions based on ideas that some biological differences are more important than others

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identifying against

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constructing an identity by first defining the "other" and then defining ourselves as "not the other"

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succession

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process by which new immigrants to a city move to and dominate or take over areas or neighborhoods occupied by older immigrant groups

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dowry deaths

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in the context of arranged marriages in india, disputes over the price to be paid by the family of the bride to the father of the groom which have, in some extreme cases led to the death of the bride

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gendered

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in the terms of place, whether the place is designed for or claimed by men or women

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sense of place

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state of mind derived through the infusion of a place with meaning and emotion by remembering important events that occurred in that place

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40 years ago south easter los angeles county has what group populate it?

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working class whites

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area of southeastern los angleles county= highest concentration of.....?

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latinos

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material culture

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group of people includes the things they construct, such as art, houses, clothing, sports, dance, and foods