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Folk Culture

Local culture characterized by handmade materials, local knowledge, and experiences. Changes more across space than over time.

Pop Culture

Culture characterized by materials sourced from many places, expert knowledge, and rapid change, often leading to less distinctiveness across regions.

Globalization of Pop Culture

The blending of styles and genres from different regions, leading to a mix of cultural influences accessible globally.

Material Culture

Physical and tangible objects made and used by members of a group, such as phones, cars, and houses.

Non-Material Culture

Intangible elements of culture such as language, religion, values, and ideologies that represent a group's beliefs and activities.

Commodification of Culture

The process of turning cultural elements into marketable goods or services, often leading to misrepresentation or dilution of original meanings.

Adaptation in Housing

Housing structures that reflect the need to adapt to local climate conditions, such as stilt houses in tropical regions.

Cave and Cliff Dwellings

House structures built into caves or on cliffs, demonstrating adaptation to geographic and environmental challenges.

Placelessness

The loss of distinctiveness in places due to the globalization of pop culture, leading to uniform cultural experiences.

Subcultures in Pop Culture

Distinct cultural groups that emerge within the broader framework of pop culture, which can sometimes resist placelessness.