Examples of Culture and Diffusion Target

Terms/Concepts Examples of culture Taboo

Review Folk Culture Characteristics of folk culture –Anonymous hearth(s) –Anonymous sources (originators) –Unknown dates –Diffuses slowly and on a small scale Chiefly through migration –Little change

Review Popular Culture Characteristics of popular culture –Found in large heterogeneous societies –Large territory as compared to folk culture –Usually product of developed countries –Rapid diffusion facilitated by technology –Changes rapidly and frequently

Folk Music Folk music –Composed anonymously and transmitted orally –Contents derived from daily life –Travels via relocation diffusion

Popular Music Popular music –Composed by specific individuals –Commercial purposes –Originated ~1800 Tin Pan Alley Rise of recorded music

Sport Soccer’s folk culture origins Soccer as popular culture Surviving folk sports –Cricket –Ice hockey –Baseball –Football –Lacrosse

Housing / Architecture Folk culture traditions are reflected in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century US housing. Popular culture influences are seen in US housing built since Popular housing –Regional distinctiveness declines –Houses commercially constructed

Food Food and place: –Environment contributes to the characteristic of food Food taboos –Taboo A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom Biblical taboos

Clothing Folk clothing traditions –Traditionally selected/designed to meet agricultural practices and climatic conditions –Diffusion via migration and technology has extended influence of some folk clothing

Clothing Clothing of popular culture –Generally reflects occupation –Diffusion via communications technology has extended influence of popular clothing

Media Diffusion of TV –Developed in 1930s –WWII impeded diffusion Diffusion of the Internet –More rapid diffusion than TV Diffusion of Facebook –Founded in 2004

Art

Landscapes Popular culture can make significant alterations to the environment.

Folk vs. Popular Challenges to Folk Culture –Loss of traditional values –Imposition of popular culture through diffusion of media Challenges to popular culture –Uniformity: fast food –Uniformity: gas, food, and lodging –Diffusion in the global marketplace –Local cultures and globalization

Terms/Concepts Examples of culture Taboo