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1/6 Culture presentation we will work on this in class from 12/9- 12/ 19

January 2, 2014 Chapter 4 review complete your power point

How Soccer Explains the World

Seminar 1/9

1/13 36 Views Mt Fuji

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Culture

Answer the questions regarding culture

than complete the Venn Diagram with the person next to you

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Compare/contrast Cultures

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Area? Products

Area Product

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Chapter 4: Folk and Popular Culture

How is Culture depicted among different societies?

Notebooks

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How is culture depicted in this picture?Lake Titicaca, Peru ?

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Culture

• The combination of three things:– Values – Material artifacts – Political institutions

• deals with material artifacts

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Vietnamese folk songs. Singers perform Quan Ho folk songs as part of theLim Festival.

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Material Culture

• Two basic categories: folk and popular culture– Folk culture

• Traditionally practiced by small, isolated, homogeneous groups in rural areas

– Popular culture• Characterized by large, heterogeneous groups of people

who share common habits despite differences in other personal characteristics

– Geographers are interested in two aspects of culture:• Where cultures are located in space• How cultures interact with the environment

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Where Do Cultures Originate and Diffuse?

• Origin of folk and popular cultures– Folk culture = hearth area; originators are

usually unknown– Popular culture = hearth area comes from

more developed countries (MDCs)• People in MDCs have disposable income and

leisure time that allow for these innovations

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Where Do Cultures Originate and Diffuse?

• Origin of folk and popular music– Folk music characteristics

• Tells a story or recounts important life events or activities

• Is personal in nature

– Popular music characteristics• Written by individuals for the purpose of selling

to a large audience• Highly technical

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Your Cultural project

• If you would like to change your culture • The following are available: We can change 5

groups only • Romania• Turkey• Botswana • Barbados• France

We will have lecture/ research todayLibrary research tomorrow meet here • Date for presentations Tuesday 1/7 /14

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Popular Music MapHierarchy of popularity of artists and types of music

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Hip-Hop Mapthe fictional map attempts to place prominent hip hop performers in

proximity to similar performers as we;; as the region of the country North west, South Midwest, west inner city where they performed or drew

inspirationWhy did Hip hop begin in urban areas?

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Where Do Cultures Originate and Diffuse?

• Diffusion of folk and popular culture– Folk culture diffuses slowly, primarily

through migration, and at a small scale• Example: Diffusion of Amish culture

– Popular culture diffuses rapidly, via hierarchical diffusion, and over a large scale

• Example: Sports

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Distribution of Amish

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Iroquois Lacrosse

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Music Genres

How does music depict a culture?

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Your Assignment

Culture Activity

With your partner

Complete Your Countries Culture

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Why Is Folk Culture Clustered?

• Influence of the physical environment– Folk culture = close connection to the

environment• Most folk cultures are rural and agricultural

– Clothing is often tied to environmental conditions» Example: Wooden clogs in the Netherlands

• Folk cultures can ignore environmental conditions, they assimilate within the environment. Human interaction within their surroundings.

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Why Is Folk Culture Clustered?• Influence of the physical environment

– Food preferences and the environment• Food preferences are adapted to the

environment– Example: In Asia, rice is grown in milder, wetter

environments whereas wheat is grown in colder, drier environments

• Food taboos may be especially strong– People avoid certain foods because of negative

associations with that food

• Terroir = the sum effects of the local environment on a particular food item/ plants food of the place ex cocoa

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West Malaysia: Since all animals are considered to possess spirits, many Orang Asli will start their weaned children of more than 4 years of age on small animals: fish, frogs, toads, small birds and water snails. When the child gets a bit older, rats and mice can be added to the list of edible species.

At 20 years of age the human spirit is deemed to be strong enough to successfully compete with the spirits of small monkeys, bat species, cats, anteaters, deer, turtle, larger birds, and even the Malayan bear. Later in age snakes, gibbons, and bigger animals, including the elephant, no longer remain taboo.

Pregnant women have strict food taboos to observe and must restrict themselves to rats, squirrels, frogs, toads, smaller birds and fishes, that is animals which are small and thought to possess "weak" spirits. Moreover, rodents may be eaten only if caught by the pregnant woman's husband or a near relative and she must eat the whole rodent by herself. Fish must also be caught by a near relative (but never with a spear or with the help of explosives).

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Culture

Your country

• You choose a country

Find your partner• Your activity

• Lecture/ Film / and

Working on your presentation 12/9-12/19

Jan 2 Thursday Meet with your partner complete/ rehearse power point timing

Presentations/Paper due Jan 6

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How does Globalization and Local Diversity Cause Friction Amongst Society and Region ?

Make a T chart

Positive Negative Effects of Globalization

On Geraldo De Souza an auto plant worker in Sao Paolo Brazil

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Istanbul Vegetable Garden

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Swine Stock

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Why Is Folk Culture Clustered?

• Influence of the physical environment– Folk housing and the environment

• Housing = a reflection of cultural heritage, current fashion, function, and the physical environment

• Two most common building materials = wood and brick

• Minor differences in the environment can produce very different house styles

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House Types in Four Western Chinese Communities

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Why Is Folk Culture Clustered?

• Isolation promotes cultural diversity– Examples:

• Himalayan art• Beliefs and folk house forms

– Sacred spaces– U.S. folk housing

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Hearths of House Types

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Why Is Popular Culture Widely Distributed?

• Diffusion of popular housing, clothing, and food– Popular culture varies more in time than

place• Food customs: consumption of large quantities of

snack foods and alcohol

• Clothing styles: reflect occupation rather than environment

• Housing: reflects fashion trends since the 1940s in the United States

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Consumption of Canadian Whiskey and Tequila

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U.S. House Types (1945–1990)

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Why Is Popular Culture Widely Distributed?

• Electronic diffusion of popular culture– Watching television

• The most popular leisure activity in MDCs• Diffusion from the United States to the rest of

the world = 50 years

– The Internet• Diffusion from the United States to the rest of

the world = 10 years

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Diffusion of TV

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Diffusion of Facebook

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Why Does Popular Culture Cause Problems?

• Threats to folk culture– Loss of traditional values– Media imperialism– Satellites

• Limit to government control of information

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Why Does Popular Culture Cause Problems?

• Environmental impact of popular culture– Modifying nature

• Golf courses• Uniform landscapes

– Negative impacts• Increased demand for natural resources• Pollution

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Golf Courses

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