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Local Culture, Popular Culture, & Cultural Landscapes

Local Culture, Popular Culture, & Cultural Landscapes. Chapter 4. Points of Discussion. Who were the people “who appeared to be Amish” dressed? Who was the group that “appeared Amish”? What religion are they a part of? Describe the Hutterites religion (origins, diffusion, persecution, etc.).

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Local Culture, Popular Culture, & Cultural Landscapes

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  1. Local Culture, Popular Culture, & Cultural Landscapes Chapter 4

  2. Points of Discussion • Who were the people “who appeared to be Amish” dressed? • Who was the group that “appeared Amish”? What religion are they a part of? • Describe the Hutterites religion (origins, diffusion, persecution, etc.). • What is the living situation of Hutterites? What states can they be found in? • How are the Hutterites different from the Amish? • Describe the roles of men and women in the colony. • How do the Hutterites strike a balance between tradition and innovation?

  3. Social Customs • What social customs do we have as North Americans? Texans? • What customs have we adopted/helped spread as part of the global village? • We will talk about the material artifacts that make up culture- why is this following migration?

  4. Points of Discussion • How can a group of people who share common beliefs be recognized as a culture? • What is the difference between folk and popular culture? • Why did the book choose to local culture instead of folk culture?  • How do local cultures differ from culture groups as a whole?

  5. Key Question • What are local and popular cultures? • People accept and reject diffusing cultural traits based on what works for them (Mardi Gras & Lent)

  6. Points of Discussion • What is material culture? Give an example of material culture (original- not from the book). • What is nonmaterial culture? Give an example of nonmaterial culture (original- not from the book). • How does popular culture diffuse? • Give an example of something that is part of pop culture in our area now. • What is hierarchical diffusion? Give an original example.

  7. Culture • What makes up material and nonmaterial cultures? • Pop culture is practiced by a heterogeneous group of people • Main paths of diffusion are transportation, marketing, and communication networks that link together the global village • Hierarchical diffusion & haute couture

  8. Important Vocabulary • Culture • Folk culture • Popular culture • Local culture • Material culture • Nonmaterial culture • Popular culture • Hierarchical diffusion • hearth

  9. Employing the concept of hierarchical diffusion, describe how you became a “knower” of your favorite kind of music- where is its hearth and how did it reach you?

  10. Points of Discussion • What is assimilation? What example does the book give? • How are the Native Americans currently trying to reverse this? • According to Simon Harrison, what are the two goals of local cultures?

  11. Key Questions • How are local cultures sustained? • Assimilation of Native American tribes • What are some customs of your local culture? • Local cultures • Keep others out • Keep theirs in • Maintain control over customs & knowledge

  12. Points of Discussion • What is cultural appropriation? • Explain how rurality has helped the Mennonites. • Describe the local culture of the Makah American Indians and how they have had to navigate through the limits imposed by local, national, and international governments. • (104-105) Describe neolocalism in relevance to Little Sweden.

  13. Rural Local Cultures • People are less likely to migrate to rural areas • Makah American Indians • Little Sweden

  14. Points of Discussion • What is an ethnic neighborhood? • Describe the Little Italy of Boston. • How are the Hasidic neighborhoods (especially Williamsburg) of Brooklyn being threatened? • What is commodification? • How can someone commodify culture? • In your own words, what is the difference between something that is authentic and “authentic”? • How did Europeans categorize the places that categorized?

  15. Urban Local Cultures • Little Italy, Chinatown, etc. • What are “exotic” artifacts, experiences that you would want to be totally “authentic”?

  16. Commodification

  17. Commodification

  18. What is the last place you went to or the last product you purchased that claimed to be “authentic”? What are the challenges while refuting the authenticity of other similar places or products?

  19. Important Vocabulary • Assimilation • Cultural appropriation • Neolocalism • Ethnic neighborhoods • Commodification • authenticity

  20. End of POD 4.1

  21. Points of Discussion • What has effected time-distance decay? How? • What is time-space compression? • Describe the change in diffusion between major world cities in the past few decades. • How does pop culture diffuse in context of time-space compression? • What does a hearth begin with?

  22. Points of Discussion • Describe the diffusion infrastructure of pop culture via MTV. • Describe the “Merchants of Cool”. • What is reterritorialization? • Describe the reterritorialization of hip hop. • What three innovations in the 1800s and 1900s helped develop the major sports of the U.S.? • What alternative sports are mentioned in the text?

  23. Key Question • How is popular culture diffused? • The amount of time diffusion takes has decreased exponentially due to modern technology • What/who are “pushers” of pop culture today? • Reterritorilization & hip hop “Apologize” & “Jar of Hearts” debuted on “So You Think You Can Dance?” The release of Guitar Hero prompted a huge wave of classic rock downloads on iTunes “Don’t Stop Believin’” is the most downloaded song in iTunes history

  24. Points of Discussion • What countries had/have policies that disrupt the local cultures of that area? • What three regions are dominating global culture? • How does North America effect pop culture? • How does Europe affect pop culture? • How does Japan effect pop culture? • What measures are the French government taking to protect their culture? • What effort are minority groups in wealthy countries taking to protect their local cultures?

  25. Hearths • Western Europe, North America, and Japan are the hearths of pop culture • NA: music, fast food, sports • Japan: children’s tv, video games • W. Euro: fashion, art, philosophy • Defenders of local heritage can be found in dominant, wealthy countries (part of the French government’s job is to promote and protect the French culture)

  26. Important Vocabulary • Distance decay • Time-space compression • Reterritorialization

  27. Think about our local community. Determine how your local community takes one aspect of popular culture and makes it your own.

  28. Points of Discussion • What is the cultural landscape? • What is placelessness? Who coined this term? • What are the three dimensions of the convergence of cultural landscapes? • What is the global-local continuum concept? • What is glocalization? Explain in your own words.

  29. Key Question • How can local and popular cultures be seen in the cultural landscape? • What are local and global features that can be seen in Richmond/Rosenberg? • What are the dimensions of convergence of cultural landscapes? • How regional, national, and global phenomenon are altered on the local scale is important

  30. Points of Discussion • What are the three distinct folk-housing regions in North America, according to Fred Kniffen? • Describe the New England house style. • Describe the Mid-Atlantic house style. • Describe the Southern Tidewater house style. • Using to Figure 4.19, describe the diffusion route of each house type (be specific). • What is the diffusion route of the ranch style house? • Describe the ranch style house.

  31. Important Vocabulary • Cultural landscape • Placelessness • Global-local continuum • Glocalization • Folk-housing regions • Diffusion routes

  32. Music* • Folk songs tell stories of daily life or mysterious events • Pop music is written by/for specific individuals to be sold to a large number of people • High degree of technical skill • How did English spread through music? • Where can we find it today? • Hip Hop

  33. Sports* • Most sports diffused as folk customs • Soccer developed in England at the end of the Industrial Revolution as a result of having leisure time • Took the sport all over the world throughout travel, trade, and colonization • Soccer is a universalizing trait in all countries except the U.S.

  34. Clothing* • Reflects job rather than climate or region • Income, current fashion styles, production speed • Traditional meets Western • The Glorified Jean

  35. Role of Women* • Threatens subservience of women to men in many folk customs • Afghan women under the Taliban • High rates of victimization often from husbands • In reality, women in MDCs are still discriminated against • .79 to the male dollar • LDCs jump in prostitution • Sex tours

  36. Uniform Landscapes* • Why are fast food restaurants successful around the world? • Same options for travelers, local variations • The Shogun burger, served in Hong Kong. It’s a pork patty with Teriyaki sauce and cabbage.

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