Cultural Concepts and Globalization

Culture

• Encompasses arts and human intellectual achievements collectively.

Cultural Trait

• Represents diverse and numerous aspects of culture.

Folk Culture

• Characterized by small, rural, homogeneous groups living in isolation.

Culture Hearth

• Refers to locations where cultures originate and disseminate; examples include ancient sites like Harappa in the Indus Valley.

Cultural Landscape

• A geographic area combining cultural and natural resources linked to historic events or activities.

Globalization

• Involves businesses expanding influence and operations internationally.

Space-Time Compression

• Indicates enhanced connectivity bringing people closer despite physical distances; facilitated by technology.

Ethnic Enclave

• A geographic area with significant ethnic concentration and associated cultural identity and economic activities.

Popular Culture

• Emerges from the preferences of ordinary people, in contrast to the tastes of an educated elite.

Diffusion

• The process by which cultural elements or practices spread widely.

Relocation Diffusion

• Spread of ideas through the physical movement of individuals between locations.

Expansion Diffusion

• Involves trends spreading outward from their origin, including types such as contagious and hierarchical diffusion.

Contagious Diffusion

• Rapid and widespread dissemination of a cultural characteristic throughout a population.

Hierarchical Diffusion

• Spread of culture or ideas from influential figures or nodes to others, often from larger to smaller areas.

Reverse Hierarchical Diffusion

• Ideas or trends spreading from smaller towns to larger urban centers, exemplified by Wal-Mart’s initial expansion.

Stimulus Diffusion

• Occurs when a culture element is adopted and adapted to create a unique form in a new context.

Acculturation

• The process of cultural blending resulting in social, psychological, and cultural changes in both original and hosting cultures.

Assimilation

• Involves fully understanding and integrating new information or ideas into existing frameworks.

Multiculturalism

• Represents a variety of interpretations related to sociology, political philosophy, and informal usage.

Nativist

• A political perspective favoring the interests of native individuals over immigrants; often linked to immigration restriction tendencies.

Sense of Place

• Individual responses to environments, exemplified by George Seddon's exploration of the Swan Coastal Plain in Western Australia.

Taboos

• Social or religious customs that prohibit discussion or association with specific practices, people, or things.

Explore key concepts related to culture, including cultural traits, folk culture, and globalization. This quiz delves into how cultural landscapes and ethnic enclaves shape societal dynamics in both local and global contexts.