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Welcome To Rural Sociology 1000 Introduction to Rural Sociology

Welcome To Rural Sociology 1000 Introduction to Rural Sociology Mary Grigsby Associate Professor of Rural Sociology Division of Applied Social Sciences Topics of Discussion: Class Business Culture Shock/Reentry Shock Folkways; Mores Cultural Relativism Cultural Analysis of Music

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Welcome To Rural Sociology 1000 Introduction to Rural Sociology

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  1. Welcome To Rural Sociology 1000 Introduction to Rural Sociology Mary Grigsby Associate Professor of Rural Sociology Division of Applied Social Sciences

  2. Topics of Discussion: • Class Business • Culture Shock/Reentry Shock • Folkways; Mores • Cultural Relativism • Cultural Analysis of Music Assignment

  3. Culture • T-Shirt • What important cultural process does this represent?

  4. Cultural Diffusion • Cultural Diffusion-People borrow ideas, materials, products and other inventions from other societies. The process by which an idea, an invention, or some other cultural item is borrowed from a foreign source. • People borrow ideas, materials, products, and other inventions from other societies.

  5. Culture Shock and Reentry Shock • Culture Shock-The strain that people from one culture experience when they must reorient themselves to the ways of a new culture. • Reentry Shock-Is experienced upon returning home after living in another culture

  6. Folkways • Norms that apply to the mundane aspects or details of daily life • Shoes and slippers (SIUCN) • Bowing or shaking hands • Eating while you walk • People are products of cultural experiences but are not cultural replicas of one another

  7. Mores • Norms that people define as essential to the well-being of a group. • Examples?

  8. Cultural Relativism • The perspective that a foreign culture should not be judged by the standards of a home culture and that a behavior or way of thinking must be examined in its cultural context.

  9. The Home Culture as the Standard • Ethnocentrism • A viewpoint that uses one culture as the standard for judging the worth of foreign ways. Being culture bound. • Reverse Ethnocentrism • A type of ethnocentrism in which the home culture is regarded as inferior to a foreign culture.

  10. Rice Central in Japanese Material and Non-material Culture • Rice wine or sake used in religious ceremonies, including marriage ceremony • Many traditional foods are based on rice • Sweet red beans and rice bring in the new year • Mochi, a sweet made from rice is served at celebrations • Most traditional Japanese meals include rice

  11. Rice Central in Japanese Material and Non-material Culture • Shinto practices are linked to seasonal celebrations of the planting and harvest of rice • The “man in the moon” for us is -the “rabbit pounding mochi” (rice cake) for the Japanese

  12. Cultural Analysis of Music • Due Monday October 6 in class • Choices from YouTube • Indicate the Singer and Song Analyzed • Describe what the song is about. (2 points) • Describe the material and non-material culture in the song. (3) • Describe the cultural values expressed in the song. (5)

  13. Cultural Analysis of Music • Keb “Mo” - Henry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_7EOrdUN5U&feature=related

  14. Cultural Analysis of Music • Coat of Many Colors by Shania Twain or Dolly Parton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo3oRuBYE6A&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1zJzr-kWsI&feature=related

  15. Cultural Analysis of Music • Clifton Chernier- Hungry Man Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuHnM7p-wsY&NR=1 • OR “My Poor Old Mama” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuHnM7p-wsY&NR=1

  16. Cultural Analysis of Music • Kenny Chesney-Where I Come From http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhc0w_R93zU&feature=related

  17. Cultural Analysis of Music • Against Me- Don’t Lose Touch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKUpNpSLQ1M&feature=related

  18. Cultural Analysis of Music • Miranda Lambert-Famous in a Small Town http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga-1ex6wsOY

  19. Cultural Analysis of Music • Dixie Chicks- Long Way Around http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtqwL-ZPhAA&feature=related

  20. Cultural Analysis of Music • Rodney Atkins-These are My People http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UrmP-y8BnM

  21. Cultural Analysis of Music • Taj Mahal – Gone Fishin’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mVWWmIXKxk&feature=related

  22. Cultural Analysis of Music • Alan Jackson- Small Town Southern Man • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhFOgmpFK7k

  23. Cultural Analysis of Music • Liu Qi-Chao and Jon Jang – Variations on a Sorrow Song • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9O9Fk8YvsU

  24. Cultural Analysis of Music • Iris DeMent – Our Town • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FikZwgj89HI&feature=related These Hills http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ova2ErAeTV4&feature=related

  25. Cultural Analysis of Music • Lil Wayne – My Life The Game • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnWV102t9bM

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