Culture Pop Culture Universal/Global Dynamic Mass produced Commercial Local Culture Regional/Local Slow to change Locally consumed Authentic Urban City-based Ethnic enclaves Social groups Rural (Folk) Traditional “Tribal” Isolated

Culture Terms Culture hearth – Region where a cultural trait or innovation originates Culture trait – A single element or normal practice of a culture Culture complex – A related set of cultural traits (e.g., ways of eating)

Culture Terms Adoption – Choosing to include a trait developed elsewhere in one’s own culture Appropriation – Adopting a cultural trait, but using it in the wrong context or for the wrong purpose Assimilation – When one culture replaces another (e.g., Native Americans)

Sequent Occupance The idea that places undergo periods of human settlement and resettlement That each successive group leaves a mark on the cultural landscape That we can read in the landscape the cultural history of the place