Cultural Convergence Terms Flashcards
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What is Cultural Convergence?

When 2 or more cultures come into contact and exchange traits and influence each other.

What does Assimilation mean?

The complete adoption of the host culture and the loss of most if not all of a group's distinctive ethnic traits.

Define Acculturation.

Immigrant population takes on enough of the values, attitudes, and customs of the receiving society to function economically and socially.

What is Syncretism?

<p>The process of fusing the immigrant culture with the native or adjacent culture and creating something completely new.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Explain Glocalization.

<p>The business practice of taking a pop culture trait and adding local cultural characteristics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Reterritorialization mean?

<p>When a folk culture group adopts a pop culture trait but changes it in order to add their own folk cultural traits.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Define Cultural Appropriation.

<p>The adoption of specific folk culture traits by the dominant culture without knowing the meaning/symbolism/significance behind it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Sequent Occupance?

<p>The cultural imprint that successful cultures leave on a place thus adding to the overall culture landscape.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Explain Space-Time Compression.

<p>The reduction in the time it takes to diffuse a cultural item, trait, or custom to a distant place.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Stimulus Diffusion?

<p>A type of expansion diffusion where a trait transfers from one culture to another culture, but is altered by adding in characteristics of the adopting cultural group.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Define Deterritorialization.

<p>The removal of political and cultural boundaries that once prevented the diffusion of culture from the hearth to other areas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

  • Cultural Convergence: Interaction and mutual influence among cultures resulting in the exchange of traits.

  • Assimilation: Complete integration into the dominant culture, leading to the loss of distinctive ethnic characteristics. Influenced by pop culture, imperialism, and social theories like Social Darwinism.

  • Acculturation: Process by which immigrants adopt enough values and customs of the host society to participate socially and economically, enabling them to "get by" in a new culture.

  • Syncretism: Fusion of immigrant and native cultures, resulting in a new cultural expression, exemplified by artists like Selena who blend Latin music with pop.

  • Glocalization: Business strategy of adapting global pop culture traits to fit local cultural characteristics, illustrated by variations such as the Big Mac in the U.S. versus a Veggie Burger in India.

  • Reterritorialization: Adaptation of pop culture traits by a folk culture, altering them to incorporate local cultural elements, such as the evolution from Hip Hop in the U.S. to K-Pop in South Korea.

  • Cultural Appropriation: Adoption of elements from a marginalized culture by a dominant culture without understanding their significance or context, like the American use of henna.

  • Sequent Occupance: Multilayered cultural impact that successive cultures leave on a place, contributing to the overall cultural landscape, as seen in Chinatowns.

  • Space-Time Compression: Phenomenon that reduces the time required for cultural traits to spread across geographical distances, enhancing cultural diffusion.

  • Stimulus Diffusion: Form of expansion diffusion where a cultural trait is adopted from one culture and modified by the adopting culture, related to concepts like glocalization and reterritorialization.

  • Deterritorialization: Breaking down of political and cultural boundaries that previously hindered the flow of cultural diffusion from its point of origin to other regions.

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Test your knowledge of key terms related to cultural convergence with these flashcards. Understand the concepts of assimilation, acculturation, and the influences cultures have on each other. Great for students learning about cultural dynamics.

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