Cultural Diffusion
Cultural Diffusion Aims of this lesson: To be able to describe cultural traits in terms of language, customs, beliefs, dress, images, music, food and technology. To examine the diffusion of cultural traits resulting from the international movement of workers, tourists and commodities.
What is Culture? the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group Or a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"
Where have we come from? Early Culture Hearth Locations The seven original culture hearths are: 1) The Nile River Valley 2) The Indus River Valley 3) The Wei-Huang Valley 4) The Ganges River Valley 5) Mesopotamia 6) Mesoamerica 7) West Africa
Over to you … Produce notes on the diffusion of one selected cultural trait by the international movement of workers, tourists and commodities. You will then share you work with the other members of the H/L group. Choices: Language, Customs, Beliefs, Dress, Images, Music, Food & Technology. Are we approaching a single, dominant 'global culture'? Is such a thing desirable?
Language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_preservation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinct_language
Customs Japan http://www.traveletiquette.co.uk/EtiquetteJapan.html Australia http://www.techrepublic.com/software/the-customs-and-traditions-of-the-aboriginal-natives-of-north-western-australia-11-mobile/1773439
Beliefs http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3890080.ece
Dress http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8657027.stm
Music http://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/20/business/worldbusiness/20iht-radio.t_1.html English music in France.
Food McDonaldsization You may want to use your information from Sitges for this section of the work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonaldization Look particularly at the ‘Aspects’ section.
Exam Practice Put your three pieces of work together and use the information to complete this exam style question: Examine the international diffusion of three cultural traits. [15 marks]