Cultural Erosion Flashcards
What is an example of cultural erosion?
The Korowai tribe in Papua New Guinea has experienced cultural erosion since 1987 when they were encouraged to move into villages.
What is the traditional living structure of the Korowai tribe?
Traditionally, the Korowai live in wooden longhouses with palm-thatched roofs raised on ironwood stilts 10m above the forest floor.
How has the built environment of the Korowai changed?
They now live in villages with buildings constructed from clay bricks and corrugated iron roofs, housing several hundred people.
What facilities are available in the new Korowai villages?
The villages contain schools and are periodically visited by health care workers.
What religious change occurred in the Korowai tribe?
Christianity was introduced to the Korowai tribe in the 1980s.
What cultural erosion is occurring in Nigeria?
English threatens Nigeria’s native languages, with over 100 languages lost in the past 100 years.
