cultural erosion Flashcards
what case study for cultural erosion
papa new guinea
what has lead to cultural erosion
-resource extraction
-westernisation of education, urban migration
-social factors
-environmental degradation
resource extraction
-logging of tropical rainforests
-palm oil plantatios
-Ok tedi mine has gold, silver, copper, pollutes flu river
whats the issue with resource extraction
-removes food source for people to live in traditional way
-tribes living on deforested land dont recieve compensation
urban migration
-high influx of people to port moresby
-younger people migrate, rural pop declines, decline in traditional knowledge, decline in heritage
what caused social cultural erosion, mobile phones
-increase in ICT and mobile communication- acess to internet - access to western cultures - cultural erosion
what happened in the C19th
-there were missionaries + religious bodies who persuaded people to abandon their tradition
social factors (+ of cultural diffusion)
-increase healthcare
-nutrition transition
-fewer children born
what caused increased gun violence
-western films e.g. rambo causing decrease in spears, increase in guns
life expectancy
-gone from 50-63
positives of media
-more awareness and advocacy for indigenous tribes
-education, job, infrastructure improved
unemployment and effect
-80% unemployment forces people into crime gangs
environmental degredation
-pollution of fly river due to ok tedi mine
-loose traditional knowledge, practices
-land cant support tribes so displaced, no benefits so homelessness increases
-big issue with alchoholism and loss of languages
activism in papua new guinea
-unesco heritage sites as a platform to protect and recognise culture
2 ideas tie into activism: localisation and what governments are doing
what is the curve that describes inequality
-lorenz curve
-has absolute equality line, where income is distributed equally meaning 50% of population earn 50% of national income
