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FOLK CULTURE & POPULAR CULTURE

FOLK CULTURE & POPULAR CULTURE. TWO POLES OF A CONTINUUM. FOLK CULTURE Transmitted interpersonally Stable, conservative, traditionalist Based on idea of community (shared experience and mutual obligations) Clear-cut social roles, M/F division of labor Adapted to a particular environment.

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FOLK CULTURE & POPULAR CULTURE

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  1. FOLK CULTURE & POPULAR CULTURE TWO POLES OF A CONTINUUM

  2. FOLK CULTURE Transmitted interpersonally Stable, conservative, traditionalist Based on idea of community (shared experience and mutual obligations) Clear-cut social roles, M/F division of labor Adapted to a particular environment POPULAR CULTURE Transmitted by media such as books & TV Constantly changing and innovating Based on idea of society (specialized roles and interdependence, impersonal coordination) Flexible and vague social roles Not adapted to any particular environment

  3. Persistent elements of folk culture (slowly disappearing) Architecture Vernacular regions Traditional medicine Music Vanishing elements of folk culture (quickly disappearing) Fences Barns Agricultural techniques Dance

  4. “I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.” • Michel de Montaigne

  5. remnants of surviving folk culture in the U.S.

  6. A vernacular region is a shared, traditional way of ordering experience, therefore, it is part of folk culture… …an especially interesting part for geographers.

  7. Folk Culture includes traditional medicine. What are some ways folk culture medicine gets incorporated into popular culture? • pharmaceutical companies “discover” and patent a compound • a substance becomes popular for “recreational” use • A technique like acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine gains mainstream acceptance

  8. Diffusion of the Rodeo Who started it? Receptivity of : Mexicans, Canadians, Mormons?

  9. Diffusion of agricultural fairs What types of diffusion are operating here?

  10. How is this vernacular architecture (folk architecture) suited to its environment? (house from Orchid Island, near Taiwan) • readily available materials • form responds to climate and weather patterns

  11. What might be the reason for the “forebay” on Pennsylvania barns?

  12. the “dogtrot”

  13. What kinds of environmental adaptation can you identify? How else could you build a house to do the same thing?

  14. What elements of the Quebec farmhouse respond to climate? Do any elements seem to respond more to social factors?

  15. Why is the Buriat Mongolian yurt so similar to the Navajo hogan?

  16. Pueblo Architecture Northern New Mexico Pre-Columbian “condo” Suited to dry climate with cold, sunny winters strong diurnal temp swings “horno” bread oven

  17. An “adobe” drive-through bank

  18. Can folk culture be imposed by law?

  19. Popular Culture Landscape:McDonalds in Moscow & Tokyo

  20. Popular Culture

  21. POPULAR CULTURE • Transmitted by media such as books & TV • Constantly changing and innovating • Based on idea of society (specialized roles and interdependence, impersonal coordination) • Flexible and vague social roles • Not adapted to any particular environment

  22. Not a popular culture landscape

  23. Popular culture is “culture of consumption”

  24. The Strip (example of placelessness)

  25. when you get to Finland will it look even more familiar than this?

  26. You are what you consume! Aside from income and the need/desire to be “fashionable,” what else differs between the light and dark regions on this map?

  27. Stars & Fans Fans from US and Japan hold a candlelight vigil outside Neverland Ranch, Thursday, April 29, 2004, in Los Olivos, Calif. the night before Michael Jackson is scheduled to appear at the Santa Maria court for arraignment on child molestation charges

  28. the most popular show on earth seen in 140 countries 32 languages part of $60 bill. export market understood as representative of Americans and American culture popular with teens

  29. changing attitudes about women’s bodies… …also suggest changing attitudes about men’s self-control… … and about desire itself!

  30. What’s wrong with this picture? • “We have allowed this thing which will mark the country with sin for a long time…” (Phra Thep Dilok, Head of National Center for Buddhism Promotion in Thailand)

  31. There are approximately 130,000 prostitutes in Thailand about 12,000 are children prostitution is legal prostitution in Thailand is described as early as the 16th century prostitution is part of the local culture (many brothels cater specifically to locals and Asians) Morality in Thailand

  32. Religious Desecration • What was the problem with the beauty pageant? • The Buddhist Temple of Dawn is in the background • Photographing of Miss Universe contestants in front of this sacred place was seen as a desecration of the site and a sign of disrespect to Buddhism

  33. Don’t forget sports! which seems closer to folk culture: participatory or spectator sports?

  34. Does the culture of consumption inevitably lead to this…

  35. this …

  36. … and this?

  37. Popular or folk culture? • it’s always a matter of degree • a point on the continuum • popular culture challenges folk culture • popular culture undermines folk culture • popular culture appropriates elements of folk culture • popular culture markets elements of folk culture

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