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Culture |
A group of beliefs systems, norms and values practiced by a people. |
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Folk Culture |
Cultural traits such as dress modes, dwellings, traditions,and institutions of usually small, traditional communities. |
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Popular Culture |
Cultural traits such as dress, diet, and music that identify and are part of today’s changeable, urban-based, media-influenced western societies. |
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Local Culture |
Group of people in a particular place who see themselves asa collective or a community, who share experiences, customs, and traits, andwho work to preserve those traits and customs in order to claim uniquenessand to distinguish themselves from others. |
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Material Culture |
The art, housing, clothing, sports, dances, foods, and other similar items constructed or created by a group of people. |
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Non-material Culture |
The beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values of a group of people. |
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Assimilation |
The process through which people lose originally differentiating traits, such as dress, speech particularities or mannerisms, when they come into contact with another society or culture. Often used to describe immigrant adaptation to new places of residence. |
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Custom |
Practice routinely followed by a group of people. |
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Cultural Appropriation |
The process by which cultures adopt customs and knowledge from other cultures and use them for their own benefit. |
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Neolocalism |
The seeking out of the regional culture and re-invigoration of it in response to the uncertainty of the modern world. |
