1. Key Issue 1 Where do Folk and Popular Cultures Originate and Diffuse
Chapter 4
Key Issue 1
Where do Folk and Popular Cultures Originate and Diffuse

2. Where do folk and popular culture originate and diffuse
Origin of folk and popular culture
Diffusion of folk and popular culture

3. Origin of Folk Culture Social custom originates at the hearth
Folk customs: anonymous hearths
Unknown dates, originators
Multiple hearths

4. Origin of Popular Cultures
Product of MDCs
North America, Western Europe, Japan
Arise from advances in technology & increased leisure time
Reproduction of objects in large quantity
CDs, T-shirts, Pizza

5. Origin of Folk Music Chinese Legend Songs Music invented in 2697 BC
Cut bamboo poles to match sound of birds
Songs
Events in daily life
Familiar to people in that region

6. Folk Culture Folk Songs Vietnam Song about Agriculture
Tell a story or information
Farming, life-cycle, natural events
Vietnam Song about Agriculture
“ While seedlings for the summer crop are not old when they are three months of age…”

7. Origin of Popular Music
Written by individuals for the purpose of being sold to a large amount of people
Originated 1900
Music Hall in UK & Vaudeville in US
Vaudeville
Music Industry, New York  Tin Pan Alley
Song writers, music publishers, orchestrators

8. Popular Music Diffusion worldwide during WWII
Armed Forces Radio Network
Broadcast music to soldiers
English became international language for popular music

9. Diffusion of Folk and Popular Cultures
Diffusion of popular culture
Hierarchical Diffusion from hearths
Hollywood, CA: film
Diffusion of folk culture
Slower, smaller scale
Migration: relocation diffusion

10. Diffusion
Folk Culture: Amish
Popular Culture: Sports