4. Local, Popular, And Cultural Landscapes Flashcards
(21 cards)
culture
is a group of belief systems, norms, and values practiced by a people.
folk culture
is small, incorporates a homogeneous population, is typically rural, and is cohesive in cultural traits
popular culture
large, incorporates heterogeneous population, is typically urban, and experiences quickly changing cultural traits
local culture
is a group of people in a particular place who see themselves as a collective or a community, who share experiences, customs, and traits, and who work to preserve those traits and customs in order to claim uniqueness and to distinguish themselves from others
material culture
of a group of people includes things they construct, such as art, houses, clothing, sports, dance and food
nonmaterial culture
includes beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values of a group of people
Hierarchical diffusion
can occur through a hierarchy of places
hearth
the point of origin
customs
is a practice that a group of people routinely follow.
-to sustain a local culture, the people must retain their customs. the customs change in small ways over time, but they are maintained despite the onslaught of popular culture
cultural appropriation
process by which other cultures adopt customs and knowledge and use them for their own benefit
neolocalism
seeking out the regional culture and reinvigorating it in response to the uncertainty of the modern world
ethnic neighborhoods
a world built apart, where local cultures can practice their customs within a major city
commodification
process through which something that was previously not regarded as an object to be bought or sold becomes an object that can be bought, sold, and traded in the world market
authenticity
an “authentic” local culture does not fit into a single experience or image; rather, and “authentic” local culture is one that is complex and not stereotyped
distance decay
the likelihood of diffusion decreases as time and distance from the hearth increases
time-space compression
the likelihood of diffusion depends on the connectedness (communication and transportation technologies) amoung places
reterritorialization
a term referring to a process in which people start to produce an aspect of popular culture themselves, doing so in the context of their local culture and place and making it their own
cultural landscapes
the visible imprint of human activity on the landscape. reflects the values, norms, and aesthetics of a culture
placelessness
loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural landscape to the point that one place looks like the next
global-local continuum
this notion emphasizes that what happens at one scale is not independent of what happens at other scales.
glocalization
people in a local place mediate and alter regional, national, and global processes
