Culture review Flashcards

1
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Establishing/manufacturing a hearth

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Hearth: birthplace of a culture

Opinion leaders start a trend and that starts a culture which diffuses from them/media creators.

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2
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Opinion leaders

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People who start trends

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3
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Hierarchical diffusion

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When a culture or trait diffuses downward from one hearth or trend setter.
-Fashion
-Cultural icons (musicians, artists, etc.)

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4
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Contagious diffusion

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Requires direct contact to diffuse to other people.
-Diseases
-Fidgets

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5
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Stimulus diffusion

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Cultures play catch up, when a culture adopts something new and others follow.
-McDonalds grilled chicken wraps (Burger King and Wendy’s now has it).

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6
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Relocation diffusion

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When you physically move the hearth itself, the people move to a different place and move the hearth with them.

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7
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Reterritorialization

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Taking popular culture and fitting it in with your local culture, making it your own.
-K-Pop
-Christian rap

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8
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How does popular culture diffuse today?

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Popular culture diffuses through the internet/social media.

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9
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What are the main differences between folk and popular culture?

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Folk culture-homogenous, rural, small, diffuses through tradition (passed down), stays the same.

Popular culture: heterogeneous, urban, large, diffuses quickly/changes quickly.

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10
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Assimilation

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When an indigenous culture group is completely absorbed by the popular culture, they lose all aspects of their folk or local culture.
NATIVE AMERICANS (on test)

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11
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Acculturation

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Indigenous or folk culture adopts only certain aspects of the popular culture.

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12
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Customs

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Routines followed by a culture, how folk culture sustain themselves.

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13
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Cultural appropriation

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When you take someone else’s culture and use it to your own benefit.
DREAM CATCHER (on test)

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14
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Little Sweden

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In Kansas, an ethnic neighborhood that does Sweden things.

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15
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Neocalism

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Bringing local culture to a new place.
LITTLE SWEDEN (on test)

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16
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Cultural commodification

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When you make something that can be bought or sold from a folk culture, make a culture that can be bought or sold. Leads to stereotyping, cultural appropriation and lack of authenticity.
LOST CITY AND IRISH PUB IN DUBAI (on test)

17
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Authenticity

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How true to the real thing it is.
Unauthentic
-Trader Joe’s (Mings)
-Irish pub in Dubai
-Lost city theme park

Authentic
-Little Sweden

18
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Hasidic Jewish Community

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Folk culture that sustains in an urban environment, strict adherence in their customs.

19
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Cultural convergence

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When cultures come together, folk/local culture is infused with popular culture.

20
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Time space compression (convergence)

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How the world is becoming smaller due to connectivity/technology/communications.
INTERNET MADE THE WORLD SMALLER

21
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Globalization

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Interconnectedness in the world. taking global concepts/cultures in a global place.
-Eiffel tower in Vegas

22
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Placelessness

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Everything begins to look the same in the landscape, loses its uniqueness.

23
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Global-local continuum

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When you have a global culture in the context of the local, language, language is probably different.
-McDonald’s menu changes to the language they speak in the place.

24
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Cultural homogenity

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Everyone practices the culture or looks the same.

25
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Culture imperialism

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spread or advance of one culture at the expense of others or imposition on other cultures which it modifies, replaces, or destroys.

26
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Ethnic neighborhoods/where

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People of a certain culture in one community.
Urban locations

27
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If u were to go to Denmark had english signs and also had danish, What does that do?

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Promote the use of the local culture.

28
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How does english spread?

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Technology/internet

29
Q

English force rules irish.

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Idk it’s on the test**

30
Q

Image of two cities side by side
Stimulus
How do you see gender and ethnic identity in these two cities?
How has tech impacted these cities?

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Globalization- leads to placelessness
Time space conversion/compression/internet
Diffusion of culture through global cities
Assimilation/Acculturation