Folk vs Popular Culture

AIM: How do we distinguish between pop and folk culture? Do Now (11/18): What is culture? Come up with three examples of culture. SWBAT compare and contrast folk and pop culture SWBAT understand threats to folk culture SWBAT describe the folk culture of the Amish and evaluate their ability to maintain their culture in the globalized world

Breaking down culture Material Culture: objects or things made and used by group members TANGIBLE things: art, clothing, musical instruments, buildings, etc Nonmaterial culture: beliefs, values, etc

FoLK CULTURE passed on for generations Practiced by small, homogeneous groups living in rural/isolated areas Values tradition, community, and “the old way” Strong Clan Structures Associated with a sense of place Generally self-sufficient

Folk culture examples: Amish food and building techniques Native American traditions and religions Bluegrass music Wearing the Sari in India Native Hawaiian Culture Folklore: oral stories passed down

Popular culture

What is popular culture? Urban hearth Mass produced Relationships more numerous, but less personal Weaker clan network Secular institutions take place of maintaining order Individualism stressed Influence of mass media

AIM: How do folk cultures survive? Do Now (11/19):BUBBLE SHEETS classify the following as material and nonmaterial culture men being perceived as more powerful than women Democratic gov Different types of Houses

Syncretism The melding of a newer culture with a folk culture How are the Amish an example of this?

Folk music VS Pop Music Generally transmitted orally Focuses on daily activities Created with a consumer purpose Originated in early 1900s with vaudeville/ minstrel shows Diffused rapidly with radio English=international language Folk Music Pop Music

Minstrel/ Vaudeville shows 1830’s white men dressed in blackface to imitate/parody black music, dance, and culture After the civil war black men participated in minstrel shows Some of the first popular songs Originated here like “Oh, Susannah”

Minstrel shows continued Come listen all you galls and boys I'se jist from Tuckyhoe, I'm goin to sing a little song, My name is Jim Crow Fist on de heel tap, Den on the toe Ebry time I weel about I jump Jim Crow. Weel about and turn about En do jus so, And every time I weel about, I jump Jim Crow.

Folk Music: Translated version of Shosholaza, a South African folk song Go forward from those mountains on this train from South Africa You are running away

Folk Music: Appalachian music Borrows heavily from African-Americans Hearth: Appalachian region Country music originates here and becomes pop culture

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Key terms Cultural trait: single attribute of a culture Bowing to show respect Not always unique to one culture Culture complex: combination of all culture traits No two cultures have the same complex Culture regions: regions that include places and people with similar cultures Bounded by perception

Cultural convergence and divergence Cultural convergence: two cultures adopt each other’s traits and become more alike Cultural divergence: occurs when two cultures become increasingly different Often occurs when one group moves away

Acculturation and assimilation Acculturation: Occurs when two cultures come into contact with one another and the “weaker” of the two adopts traits from the more dominant culture Assimilation: When the original traits of the weaker culture are completely replaced by more dominant culture Sometimes acculturation leads to assimilation