Title: Folk and Pop Culture Erin Sinski
1Folk and Pop CultureErin Sinski
2Culture
- Shared set of meanings that are lived through
material and symbolic practices of everyday life. - A particular way of life, such as a set of
skilled activities, values, meanings
surrounding a particular type of practice - Habit-Repetitive act of an INDIVIDUAL
- Bri goes to Starbucks every morning before
school. - Custom- Repetitive act of a GROUP
- Muslims pray five times a day.
3- Cultural Geography
- Study of people, material, and symbolic practices
- Material- artifacts
- Nonmaterial- thoughts, laws
- Cultural Landscape
- PHYSICAL imprint a culture makes on the
environment - Historical Geography/Genre de vie
- Cultural Ecology
- Results of human interaction with the environment
- Sequent Occupancy
4Human-Environment Interaction(One of the five
themes of Human Geography!)
- Environmental Determinism
- Human behavior CONTROLLED by environment
- Possibilism
- Counterargument!
- Environment places limits, but people propel
development
- Cultural Determinism
- Environment places NO restrictions on human
behavior.
- Political Ecology
- Exploration of why human culture interacts with
the environment the way it does. -
5- Culture Trait
- Fireworks on the Fourth of July
- Culture Complex
- All culture traits
- No two cultures are the same!
- Culture System
- Many complexes with shared traits
- Culture Region
- Regions that include places/people with
similarities in their culture systems - The South
- Culture Realm
- Fusing culture regions Latin America
6Cultural Diffusion
- Expansion
- Spreads outward but remains strong in hearth
- Stimulus Iced to Sweet tea
- Hierarchical Hip-hop
- Contagious Disease
- Relocation
- Actual movement from hearth to new place
- Migrant Diffusion
- Innovation spreads but only last a brief time
- Band groupies
7Hearths
- An area where innovations in culture began. They
are sources of human civilization. Often
developed in places with capacity for innovation
(water and arable land). - Ancient Hearths
- Mesoamerica
- Nile River Valley
- Indus River Valley
- Huang River Valley
8Torsten Hagerstrand
- Innovations diffuse from hearths in stages
- Stage 1- Acceptance in place of origin
- Early adopters
- Stage 2- Spread rapidly outward
- Majority adopters
- Stage 3- Diffusion slows down and
dispersal/saturation reaches maximum level. - The late adopters phase
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10- Cultural Convergence
- Two cultures adopt traits and become more alike
- Cultural Divergence
- Two culture become more different
- Acculturation
- Weaker culture adopts traits from the stronger
one. - Assimilation
- Original traits of the weaker culture are
completely replaced - Transculturation
- Two cultures of equal power meet and exchange.
11Folk Culture
- Limited to smaller region/group of people
- Homogeneous
- Rural community
- Anonymous hearths
- Resistance to change
- Diffuses slowly/relocation diffusion
12Popular Culture
- Large heterogeneous societies
- Diffuses rapidly
- Expansion Diffusion
- Hierarchical
- Can threaten local distinctiveness
- Cultural homogeneity
- Globalization
- Western Media Imperialism
- US, Britain, and Japan dominate media
- Environmental Problems
- MDCs
13- Cultural Imperialism
- Invasion of a culture with intent to dominate
- Cultural Nationalism
- Resistance of a group against cultural
imperialism and convergence.
- Taboo
- Restriction on behavior imposed by social customs
14Folk Housing
- Product of cultural traditions and natural
conditions - Distinctive materials from environment
- US Folk Housing
- Lower Chesapeake-Tidewater style
- One story
- Middle Atlantic-Principle House
- I house, Two stories, gables on side
- New England
- Saltbox, Two-Chimney, Cape cod, and front gable
and wing.
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16Folk vs. Pop Culture Game
17Small Rural Community?
POP
18Winner!
19Hierarchical Diffusion?
POP
20Winner!
21Most Sports originated in which culture?
POP
22Winner!
23Environmental Determinism affects which culture
the most?
POP
24Winner!
25Taboos are often found in countries dominated by
which culture?
POP
26Winner!
27This culture has turned to tourism to help
revitalize?
POP
28Winner!
29This culture often uses the environment for
leisure activities?
POP
30Winner!
31Breaking Amish, the reality TV show, is an
example of which type of culture?
POP
32Winner!
33This cultures music tells a story or conveys
information?
POP
34Winner!
35Reinforces gender roles and traditions of family?
POP
36Winner!