1. How do you describe a “people”?
Everything you can say about a group of people is their 'culture’.
Socialisation is the process that people become part of a culture.
Bronfenbrenner's approach is a way of describing / Defining a culture

2. These days some people think pop culture is the way you describe people these days…
There is much more but pop culture is a major signpost…
Pop Culture

3. What’s in and what’s out?
In trying to determine what Pop Culture is and isn’t, let’s attempt to classify these objects...

4. Defining Pop Culture Popular Culture: noun
1. cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.
Also called pop culture.
popular culture. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. culture (accessed: February 19, 2015).
All forms of culture that have been popularised into entertainment or fashion and embraced, as such, by large and significant segments of a population Rubinfeld
How does this fit with Bronfenbrenner’s approach?

5. ‘Pop Culture’ as opposed to...
High culture Vs Low culture
“High culture refers to the idea that some artistic and literary products in our society are superior in scope and form to others. An example here might be that classical music is held in higher cultural esteem than “popular music”...
Low culture , therefore, refers to cultural products and pursuits characterised by their production for, and consumption by, "the masses". At various times, low cultural forms have included films, comics, television, magazines such as...?” (Livesy and Lawson)
Other definitions push Low culture further (pulp fiction, reality TV etc) and have Pop culture as the intersection between the two where most interest comes to lie.
High and Low - Are these still valid terms? Why or why not?

6. What we do with pop culture
Individuation – To form identity
OR To act as signposts to your identity either by what you include or reject–– record collection etc
Tribalism – which these days is fragmented, splintered
People are a part of tribes and sub tribes and sub sub tribes…
From Rubinfeld
Are there others?
Tribal identity
Individuation

7. Tribes, as they were…
Can’t Hardly Wait (1998)

8. Individuation…
Can’t Hardly Wait (1998)

9. http://ourvaluedcustomers. blogspot. com

10. http://ourvaluedcustomers. blogspot. com

11. How it grows...and what this means
What’s happening at the edges?
‘Trendsetters’
Examples?
US culture
African American culture
Alternative culture
Economic reasons only?
The Culture Industry
Mainstream ‘culture’

12. A case study – popular music 1976-2017

13. Punk
Democratisation – anyone can do it
Political agenda - justice

14. Alternative music

15. Nirvana
Nirvana and all of their copiers…Pearl Jam et al

16. Hip hop Appropriation Commodification
De-politicisation but also diversification…

17. Pop culture in Bronfenbrenner

18. The Church’s response

20. 1. 4. 5. 3. 2.
Shaped? categorised? Restricted?
This has shaped the church’s thinking, or at least categorised it...

21. Group work Be assigned one of the “Christ & …” categories,
research it and
present it to the class
15 minutes for research
3 minute presentation

22. 1. 4. 5. 3. 2.
Shaped? categorised? Restricted?
This has shaped the church’s thinking, or at least categorised it...

23. Missional responses

25. One
World YP S

28. Faith in action

29. signs
where do you sit?

32. Look for resources to help
Videos that teach

33. Lights Camera…Faith!
Malone & Pacatte
Pauline Books

34. Big studio movie licenseOR
CVLI