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Cultural Concerns. The end of folk culture?. Part I: Societies. Group: Set of people who interact on the basis of shared expectations and who possess some degree of common identity The largest and most complex groups that sociologists study are societies
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Cultural Concerns The end of folk culture?
Part I: Societies • Group: • Set of people who interact on the basis of shared expectations and who possess some degree of common identity • The largest and most complex groups that sociologists study are societies • Preindustrial vs. Industrial/Post-Industrial • \
Part 2: Preindustrial • Definition: • Food production is carried out through human and animal labor • Food production is main economic activity • \
Preindustrial • Types of Preindustrial Societies: • Hunting and Gathering • Pastoral • Horticultural • Agricultural • Gemeinschaft (community); characterized by mechanic solidarity • \
Preindustrial • Practice Folk Culture: • Practiced by small, homogenous, rural groups living in relative isolation • \
Folk Culture • Folk Culture is RAPIDLY changing and/or disappearing throughout much of the world
Characteristics: Folk Culture • Stable & close knit • Generally rural • Tradition rules • Resistant to change • Buildings erected without architect or blueprint; locally available building materials
Folk Food How did such differences develop?
Folk Architecture • Effects on Landscape: • Usually of limited scale and scope
Industrial Postindustrial • Definition: • Much of the economy is involved in providing information and services • \ • Definition: • Emphasis shifts from production of food to production of manufactured goods • Most production is carried out by machines • \
Postindustrial Industrial • Effects: • Higher standard of living • Strong emphasis on science/education • Technological advances • Emphasis on social equality and democracy • Effects: • New technology • Increase in population • Urbanization • \ • Gesellschaft (society); characterized by organic solidarity • Popular Culture
Popular Culture • Definition: • Found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in personal characteristics • \
Characteristics: Pop Culture • Wide Distribution: • Differences from place to place uncommon; differences in one place over time are more likely • Housing: • Only small regional variations; trends over time
Characteristics: Pop Culture • Food: • Franchises, cargo planes, superhighways & freezer trucks have eliminated local variation
Pop Culture: Effects on… • Effects on Landscape: • Breeds homogenous, “placeless” landscape • Complex network of roads & highways • Commercial structures trend towards “boxes” • Planned & gated communities increasingly common
Pop Culture: Effects on… • Disconnect with landscape: • Indoor swimming pools, desert surfing
Is this the end of Folk Culture? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As3pWXoq_as&feature=related