1. Folk and Pop Culture Erin Sinski

2. Culture
Shared set of meanings that are lived through material and symbolic practices of everyday life.
A particular way of life, such as a set of skilled activities, values, & meanings surrounding a particular type of practice
Habit-Repetitive act of an INDIVIDUAL
Bri goes to Starbucks every morning before school.
Custom- Repetitive act of a GROUP
Muslims pray five times a day.

3. Cultural Geography Cultural Landscape Cultural Ecology
Study of people, material, and symbolic practices
Material- artifacts
Nonmaterial- thoughts, laws
Cultural Landscape
PHYSICAL imprint a culture makes on the environment
Historical Geography/Genre de vie
Cultural Ecology
Results of human interaction with the environment
Sequent Occupancy

4. Human-Environment Interaction (One of the five themes of Human Geography!)
Environmental Determinism
Human behavior CONTROLLED by environment
Possibilism
Counterargument!
Environment places limits, but people propel development
Cultural Determinism
Environment places NO restrictions on human behavior.
Political Ecology
Exploration of why human culture interacts with the environment the way it does.

5. Culture Trait Culture Complex Culture System Culture Region
Fireworks on the Fourth of July
Culture Complex
All culture traits
No two cultures are the same!
Culture System
Many complexes with shared traits
Culture Region
Regions that include places/people with similarities in their culture systems
The South
Culture Realm
Fusing culture regions Latin America

6. Cultural Diffusion Expansion Relocation Migrant Diffusion
Spreads outward but remains strong in hearth
Stimulus: Iced to Sweet tea
Hierarchical: Hip-hop
Contagious: Disease
Relocation
Actual movement from hearth to new place
Migrant Diffusion
Innovation spreads but only last a brief time
Band groupies

7. Hearths
An area where innovations in culture began. They are sources of human civilization. Often developed in places with capacity for innovation (water and arable land).
Ancient Hearths
Mesoamerica
Nile River Valley
Indus River Valley
Huang River Valley

8. Torsten Hagerstrand Innovations diffuse from hearths in stages
Stage 1- Acceptance in place of origin
Early adopters
Stage 2- Spread rapidly outward
Majority adopters
Stage 3- Diffusion slows down and dispersal/saturation reaches maximum level.
The late adopters phase

10. Cultural Convergence Cultural Divergence Acculturation
Two cultures adopt traits and become more alike
Cultural Divergence
Two culture become more different
Acculturation
Weaker culture adopts traits from the stronger one.
Assimilation
Original traits of the weaker culture are completely replaced
Transculturation
Two cultures of equal power meet and exchange.

11. Folk Culture Limited to smaller region/group of people Rural community
Homogeneous
Rural community
Anonymous hearths
Resistance to change
Diffuses slowly/relocation diffusion

12. Popular Culture Large heterogeneous societies Diffuses rapidly
Expansion Diffusion
Hierarchical
Can threaten local distinctiveness
Cultural homogeneity
Globalization
Western Media Imperialism
US, Britain, and Japan dominate media
Environmental Problems
MDCs

13. Cultural Imperialism Cultural Nationalism Taboo
Invasion of a culture with intent to dominate
Cultural Nationalism
Resistance of a group against cultural imperialism and convergence.
Taboo
Restriction on behavior imposed by social customs

14. Folk Housing Product of cultural traditions and natural conditions
Distinctive materials from environment
US Folk Housing
Lower Chesapeake-Tidewater style
One story
Middle Atlantic-Principle House
“I” house, Two stories, gables on side
New England
Saltbox, Two-Chimney, Cape cod, and front gable and wing.

16. Folk vs. Pop Culture Game

17. Small Rural Community?
FOLK
POP

18. Winner!

19. Hierarchical Diffusion?
FOLK
POP

20. Winner!

21. Most Sports originated in which culture?
FOLK
POP

22. Winner!

23. Environmental Determinism affects which culture the most?
FOLK
POP

24. Winner!

25. Taboos are often found in countries dominated by which culture?
FOLK
POP

26. Winner!

27. This culture has turned to tourism to help revitalize?
FOLK
POP

28. Winner!

29. This culture often uses the environment for leisure activities?
FOLK
POP

30. Winner!

31. Breaking Amish, the reality TV show, is an example of which type of culture?
FOLK
POP

32. Winner!

33. This culture’s music tells a story or conveys information?
FOLK
POP

34. Winner!

35. Reinforces gender roles and traditions of family?
FOLK
POP

36. Winner!