Effects of Diffusion
Acculturation
Prolonged contact between 2 or more cultures, may result in acculturation. Acculturation is when people within one culture adopt some traits from another culture.
What is culture?
The shared beliefs, values, practices, behaviors, and technologies of a society
Give an example of music for both Traditional and pop culture
Traditional/local/folk culture- Yodeling
Pop- rap
What is the difference between a cultural norm and a cultural taboo?
A cultural norm is agreed-upon cultural practices or standards that guide the behavior of a culture. Whereas Cultural Taboos are behaviors that are heavily discouraged by a culture.
What is cultural landscape?
A natural landscape that has been modified by humans, reflecting their cultural beliefs and values.
Assimilation
Sub-type of acculturation in which one culture abandons its original culture and adopts another culture. Sometimes a voluntary choice, other times it is forced.
What are cultural traits?
Visible and invisible attributes that combine to make up a group's culture.
Examples: artifacts, sociofacts, and mentifacts
Give an example of Sport for both Traditional and pop culture
Traditional- Bull fighting
Pop- football
Define Ethnocentrism
Judging other's cultures in terms of one's own standards often includes the belief that one's own culture/ethnic group is better than others.
What practices shape a cultural landscape?
Agricultural and industrial practices, Religious and linguistic practices, land use patterns, traditional and post-modern architecture
Multiculturalism
The acceptance and tolerance of many different cultures which exist in close proximity to one another. Openness, acceptance, diversity
What are things that you would include in America's culture?
Fast food
Freedom/independence
4th of July
Democratic/Republican
Give an example of celebration or holiday for both Traditional and pop culture
traditional- Hannukah
pop- 4th of July
What is Cultural Relativism?
An unbiased way of viewing another culture, the goal of this is to promote an understanding of cultural practices that are not typically part of one's own culture. This leads to the view that no one culture is superior to another culture when compared.
What is sequent occupancy?
the idea that societies or cultural groups leave their cultural imprints when they live in a place, each contributing to overall cultural landscape over time, most cultural landscapes are a mixture of historic and modern structures
Syncretism
When 2 cultures' traits blend together and form a new cultural trait. This can happen through contact between people such as imperialism, military conquest, immigration, or intermarriage.
Very common type- religious syncretism
Define and describe Traditional/Local/Folk Culture then explain their land-use.
Defn- Small homogenous groups of people, often living in rural areas that are isolated and unlikely to change
Architecture- materials from the local environment. Snow, mud, stone, bricks, wood, pests, grass
land-use agricultural
sense of place: unique attributes of a specific location-cultural influences and feelings evokedby people in place, distinctiveness
Give an example of food for both Traditional and pop culture
traditional- Pandesal (with Ube) Latkes (Jewish)
Pop- Pizza
(From the video in class)
In what ways is the game connected to their cultural history?
Anyone can play soccer because you don't need a structure or a language to play, just a ball.
They grew up playing soccer all the time, and it connects people together and brings them so much joy.
How are the Great Pyramids an example of sequent occupancy?
The Great Pyramids are an example of sequent occupancy because it is a cultural imprint that has remained largely intact over the last 4,500 years. They represent the Egyptian culture and their beliefs about the glorification of life after death and the pharoahs joining other Gods in the after life.
Describe and define Popular/Global culture and then explain their Land-use.
Defn. large heterogeneous groups of people, often living in urban(city) areas that are interconnected through globalization and the internet/social media. Quick to change, time-space compression
Architecture-Materials from factories and manufactured (glass, steel, drywall, cement)
Land-use urben and sub-urban Placelessness loss of uniqueness of place in cultural landscapeso that one place looks like the next or doesn't inspire any strong emotional or cultural ties. Uniform landscape
(From the video in class)
How is the game connected to their culture today?
They grow up playing and watching soccer all the time. They didn't care what gender, religion, or which race you were. You just had fun playing together.
It can bring people together from all over, learning new things about each other because soccer connects them.
What are some examples of the patterns in the cultural landscape?
the role of women, gendered species, and ethnic neighborhoods ...
which all help to shape the use of space in a given society.