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Hawk Hook 10/23Hawk Hook Competition for 5 pt
extra credit coupon10 minutes: Rules: You talk you are disqualifiedMake a list of as many things as
you can think of that exemplify American popular culture. This is all the info you get…GOOD LUCK!
Top 3 CORRECT lists will get a 5 pt extra credit coupon to use on an upcoming quiz
New Quarter New RulesSome of you have not been performing
as well as you may like or I would like you to
As a result, we are going to try something different.
Every Thursday will be a Reading Quiz. You will be given a reading assignment at the beginning of the week and on that day I will give you a quiz with questions from the reading.
Here’s the kicker…If you outline the Chapter, you can use that outline on the quiz
This week: Pages 105-112 starting with Key Issue 1 and stopping before Folk Housing
Introduction to Culture
Turn to your elbow partner and move your desks together.
Need one sheet of paper
Find out how your partner got their full name…that is First, Middle, and Last
You will then introduce your partner to the class by explaining what you found out and anything new you may have found out about this person and their background from this story…The origins of their family? Etc?
Cultural Patterns and
Processes
Folk and Popular Culture
The Material Artifacts of People!
Culture ReviewWhat is culture?
Learned BehaviorCombines values, material artifacts,
and political institutionsWhat are connections?
The relationships people form when separated
What is globalization? A force or process that makes
something local become globalWhat is a Hearth?
The center of an innovation
Cultural RealmsBroad areas that internally are more
similar than different. Do not show distinct regional variations
CULTURAL VOCABULA
RY
Culture VocabHabit: a consistent action of one
personCustom: a consistent action of a
groupCulture: a group’s collection of
customs
Is it Habit, Custom, or Culture?
Wearing jeans, green and gold, holding pep rallies, cheerleaders, and Spirit Week all show school spirit
Mrs. Moneta will pay $5 to wear jeans on Friday to support staff or students that are in need
The teacher’s wear green and gold on Fridays
2 Categories of CultureFolk Culture: customs often
practiced by small, rural, and homogenous (uniform) peoplesSarongsSarisGullah Culture
Also Called Ethnic
2 Categories of Culture Cont’
Popular Culture: Certain habits shared by large, heterogeneous (mixed) societies despite personal differences
Originate in the Core AreasBillboard Top 40Blue JeansMcDonald'sCoca ColaThe list goes on and on…
WHERE DO FOLK CULTURES
ORIGINATE AND DIFFUSE?
Hearths of Folk Cultures
Anonymous, unknown origins
Multiple origins in isolated areas
4 Ancient Cultural Hearths: Indus Valley (India), Mesopotamia, Nile Valley, North China
Ex. Folk Music No origin, passed on orally Convey stories of daily life Connected to specific group
and environmentHip Hop
Folk music turned popular due to endless boundaries ofinternet
Diffusion of Folk Culture
Relocation DiffusionHappens primarily through migrationExample: Gullah Culture
Gullah Article Read the Article The Gullah: Rice, Slavery, and the
Sierra-Leone-American Connection Answer the Following questions. You must write in
complete sentences.1. What are 2 examples of the Gullah’s material culture
(anything solid that is not symbolic like religion, language, etc).
2. Explain 2 ways that the Gullah people are still connected to Sierra-Leone.
3. Explain how the Gullah people represent a folk culture.4. From the article what are2 ways that Gullah culture has
diffused into American popular culture. (This is not written explicitly. You will have to think about things that you read that you remember knowing from pop culture)
Hearths of Popular Culture
Product of the MDCsWhat would the top
three be?1900,Result of :
Mass production Technology
More leisure time (Not farmers = More free time)
Ex: Popular MusicWritten by specific
people for mass distribution
1900
Mass CultureTons of people like, watch, talk about
and buy the same products.
Changes Produce Mass Culture
Free School: More people
attended
Cause Cause/Effect Effect
So more people learned how to read
Now, more people wanted to read books and newspapersIncreased Tech:
More people could communicate with each other
People wanted telephones, radios, and phonographs
So that created a mass market for all of those products, especially the music!!Labor Laws:
Shorter work hours (10) Shorter work week (5-6 days)
More free time for fun!
Leisure… What to fill it with?
People wanted mass entertainment!
Music Halls: Vaudeville ShowsDeveloped on Tin Pan Alley, NY
During the 1880s, inventors worked at making photo images move in a
sequence. The earliest movies were black and
white and lasted less than a minute.
Diffusion of Popular CultureWhat type of diffusion?
Hierarchical From Prominent cities to
world Rapid with modern technology Result of what?
GLOBALIZATION!!!History
Began WWII Broadcasting American
Entertainment abroad for soldiers
Result: English dominant language for
mass culture American Movies, shows top
Sports Entertain Millions
With all this extra time on their hands more people began to enjoy sports and outdoor activities.
Spectator sports now became entertainment.
“The first recorded baseball game in 1846 when Alexander Cartwright's Knickerbockers lost to the New York Baseball Club. The game was held at the Elysian Fields, in Hoboken, New Jersey. In 1858, the National Association of Base Ball Players, the first organized baseball league was formed.”
Influences on Folk Culture
Physical Environmental
InfluencesArt of folk cultures often mirrors
environmentFolk Cultures Influenced by cultural
institutions (religion)and environment –climate, landforms, vegetation
Food and Shelter especially!Environment often dictates culture here,
lack of technology to overcome these
Tibetan Buddhi
sts
FoodSoil, climate, terrain, vegetation impact food
production Terroir: physical features affecting taste of food
Impact of Fuel and Environment Energy shortages leads to: quick frying, low
prep techniques (often hot environments where less cooking means cooler home)
Abundant energy: slow stewing, roasting (often cold environments where slow cooking keeps the house warm)
Food longest lasting Folk Culture• “Cooking is even more uniquely characteristic of our
species than language. Animals do at least bark, roar, chirp, do at least signal by sound; only we bake, boil, roast, and fry”
Food Attractions and Taboos
Desire or avoid foods based on perceived natural traits Jaguars, Bulls for bravery and strength
Taboo: restriction on behavior based on social customs and environment Japan and Otters Potatoes in Europe Antelope and Mbum Kpau Pork, Hebrew, and Muslims Cows and India Insects and US
You are what you eat...
1. If you had to guess (and you do), how much money does your family spend on food in a week, including drinks, eating out, and of course, your school lunch?
2. How many countries have McDonald's Restaurants? How many McDonald’s restaurants are there in the world?
Answers:Over 31,000 McD’s in 119
countries on 6 continents
http://www.mcdonalds.ca/en/aboutus/faq.aspx
Hungary Planet activity
.1. In groups of 2 or 3, we will dig through the
Hungary Planet books learning about the foods and economic situations of the people in countries all over the world.
2. Every group will read through the introduction and answer the questions.
3. Then each group will be assigned a different country which they are responsible for learning about and then reporting to the group as a whole.
4. Every group must turn in one sheet but I will be grading you individually on participation!
5. You have 45 minutes to finish your research! Get to work!
HousingJean Brunhes: House
essential fact of human geographyProduct of cultural
traditions and natural conditions
Fred Kniffen: Good reflection of cultural heritage, fashion, functional needs, and environment
ExamplesMud bricksLog homesSacred wallsLaos sleeping arrangementsHeat and windows
Nodes of US Folk Homes
1. New England Northward, along
Great Lakes Salt-Box
2. Middle Atlantic Ohio Valley ,
Appalachia3. Lower Chesapeake
Southward along Coast
WIDE DISTRIBUTION OF
POP CULTURE
Diffusion of Pop Culture
Variety of physical environments
High level of economic development
Regional distinctions disappearing in MDC’s
Pop Housing
Reflect vogue not available materials
Ranch StyleBecame popular from 50-70’sPopular in South
Why? Environmentally:
• Single floor required large lot, South less developed so more land for this type
• Hurricanes: upper level homes more dangerous for this weather pattern
Economic Structural Changes:• Migration trend was from where to
where?• Large influx of people to the South
when this style popular added to its growth
Effects of this Style: encouraged the concept of Urban Sprawl: the growth of huge suburbs to the detriment of rural areas
Double PileNorth East
They build up instead of out
Why would this be good in the North?
Highly Developed, little land
2 floor home allowed to grow up instead of out (smaller lots still accommodating the same # of people
Did not have as many weather issues, so basements and 2nd floors not dangerous
Neo-Eclectic (1960-)Great Room instead of separate
family and living rooms
Pop ClothingReflect occupations and
income levelTechnology diffuses
style quickly Original from Paris Faxed to corporate
headquarters Designs to factories in
Asia On the shelves in 6
weeksContinued use of folk
costumes for memories and tourism
JeansOriginal symbol of youth and
independenceLevis status symbol worldwideRegional differencesLevis reclaiming the market with
ipods
Popular Food
MDC’s greater alcohol and snack food consumption
Some regional variationsReligious effects
Little alcohol use in Utah (Mormon background)
Dependent on Income and Advertising
ReflectionIn your opinion how has television
impacted life. Think in terms of popular culture, politics, globalization, diffusion, connections between places, and your personal experiences.
TelevisionMost popular leisure
activity in MDC’sMost important means to
diffuse pop cultureUS monopoly at first now
evenForce for political change
Undoing censorshipGov. try to control access
Internet diffuses much the same way
PROBLEMS WITH GLOBALIZATION OF
POP CULTURE
Hawk Hook FRQ 10/31
Answer in Complete sentences.A. Identify and describe the 2 main
types of popular housing in the United States
B. Identify and describe 2 causes, each, for the geographic distribution of these housing types
2 problems Threat to Folk CultureEnvironmental impact of pop
culture
Threat to Folk Culture
Rising Incomes
Desire for pop culture items
Death of traditions
Spread of Western Perspective
Loss of Traditional Values
Clothing: western dressStatus symbolThreat to values
Ex. Fundamentalist Muslim cultures
Role of WomenMore equalityMore prostitution
Economic/Cultural Imperialism
Effect on Cultural Landscape: Placelessness Cities all over the world look
homogenous, same restaurants, homes, clothing, values
Threat to Independence TV Spreads Western Values:
Social Mobility Freedom for Women Glorify Youth Violence
Attractive but conflict with traditions
US and Britain dominate news LDC answer: government control
Effects in MDCsNo pure ethnic/folk cultures left in
MDCsEx Amish: New Order and Old Order
groups, new order more open to technology, many in both will use electricity, phones, and mechanized farming equipment. High cost of farming lead to sale of crafts and tourism to supplement income and ending isolation
Environmental Impact of Pop
CultureLittle regard for physical featuresModify environment to
promote activity or product (ex golf)
Promote uniformity People recognize and want
the product
Fast Food AttractionName reasons why people
LOOOVVVVEE fast food. Convenient Cheap Familiarity
Negative Environmental
ImpactIncreased demand for scarce resourcesPetroleum Extinction of animalsPollution
