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APHG Chapter 4

APHG Chapter 3

TermDefinition
Culture shared practices, technologies, attitudes, and behaviors transmitted by a society
Cultural traits indiviual elements of culture; food preferences, architecture, land use, etc.
Habit repetitive action(s) a person performs regularly
Custom repetitive act performed by a group so much that it becomes a custom
cultural landscape (Sauer) an area fashioned from nature by a cultural group
Built environment an environment modified by a group through distinctive construction
Customs different around the world and actions mean different things in different regions
Folk culture mostly practiced by small homogenous groups living in rural or isolated, indigenous communities; origins are often anonymous, unknown hearths, tradition
Popular culture found in large, heterogeneous societies that share certain habits despite differences in other characteristics; influenced by media, urban, MDCs, diffuses by contagious or hierarchical diffusion, folk culture can turn into pop culture; soccer f
Folk music usually anonymous, conveys daily activites, life-cycle moments or natural events
Music universal human cultural form of expression
popular music written by specific individuals for the purpose of being sold to large numbers, high degree of technical skill; electronic equipment; folk to popular culture process, rooted in Europe and North America
Folk culture if it diffuses then it's most likely relocation diffusion; keep a distinctive language, refusal to adopt modern technology, 1700's Mennonite group in Switz. migrate to pennsylvania (lancaster, pennsylvania)
New England house Federalist style through 1700s
Mid-Atlantic house "I Design" One room deep and two rooms wide
Chesepeke house Usually one story with porches and chimneys at either end
Alcohol Bourbon in the upper South, Canadian Whiskey in the North and Tequila in the Southwest, Wine in Italy and California
Folk food simple food traditionally eaten by the common people of a particular region
Modern house styles Minimal Traditional: small houses for men returning from WWII, Ranch: replaced minimals, Split Level - family room, kitchen, then bedrooms on top, Contemporary: (50’s - 70’s) architect designed houses, Shed: (late 60’s) high pitched shed roofs
Neo-Eclectic Styles Mansard: second story and slope into the roofline, Neo-Tudor: popular in the 70’s, steep front gables with wood detailing, Neo French: popular in the 80’s, rounded top windows, high roofs, Neo Colonial: large great room replaced family and living rooms
Cultural imperialism imposition of one’s economic, political or cultural will on another society
Internet 1995 - 40 million users worldwide (25 in the U.S.); now 1.6 billion - U.S. now only 14% of Internet users
ethnocentrism the judging of another culture solely by the values of one’s own culture; particularly in terms of religions and customs
acculturation a minority group’s adoption of some of the dominant culture’s customs
assimilation the erasure of the customs of a minority culture to blend in fully with the dominant culture
the “S Curve” a common pattern of adoption of any trait or custom by a society - can relate to technology use to the adoption of customs - from innovation to early adopters to a tipping point and finally late adopters
imperialism the imposition of one society’s polical, economic or cultural will or way of life on another society
Fast food emerged in 1950’s as part of America’s growing mobility, appealed to travelers for their quickness and familiarity, have spread nationwide and worldwide, are criticized for cheapening and commodifying traditional family dining rituals
Popular culture often demands more natural resources and produces more pollution, not sustainable consumption levels globally, concern over inefficiency with meat consumption with regard to calories, concern with carbon emissions, global warming and plastic waste
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