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Chap. 4 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| assimilation | the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a dominant group's behaviors, beliefs, etc. |
| authenticity | in the context of local cultures or customs, the accuracy of how original something is in terms of its starting place or hearth |
| commodification | the transformation of goods, services, ideas and people into commodities or objects of trade |
| cultural appropriation | the adoption of elements of one culture by members of another culture. (can be controversial when members of a dominant culture appropriate from disadvantaged minority cultures) |
| cultural landscape | the visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape |
| culture | the way of life of a particular people, especially as shown in their behavior, habits, attitudes toward each other, and their moral and religious beliefs |
| custom | a common way of living/doing things |
| distance decay | the likelihood of diffusion decreases as time and distance from the hearth increases (takes a long time to spread if places are a great distance apart) |
| ethnic neighborhood | an area within a city containing members of the same ethnic background |
| folk culture | culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups |
| global-local continuum | the notion that what happens at the global scale has a direct effect on what happens at the local scale, and vice versa |
| glocalization | the practice of conducting business according to both local and global considerations |
| hearth | the area where an idea or cultural trait originates |
| hierarchical diffusion | the spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or power to other persons or places |
| local culture | 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 | the art, housing, clothing, sports, dances, foods, and other similar items constructed or created by a group of people |
| neolocalism | ethnic groups will celebrate their heritages in locations alien to their origins (Little Sweden) |
| non-material culture | the beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values of a group of people |
| placelessness | defined by Edward Relph as the loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural landscape so that one place looks like the next |
| popular culture | cultural traits such as dress, diet, and music that identify and are part of today's changeable, urban-based, media-influenced western societies |
| reterritorialization | when people within a place start to produce an aspect of popular culture themselves, doing so in the context of their local culture and making it their own |
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