The Effects of Diffusion (42-43)

Te ways that a culture diffuses over space and time can shape a cultural landscape in which different ways?

Creating new forms of culture, changing power dynamics, and sidelining or eliminating other cultures

Societies pick between various approaches to new cultures depending on what?

Their context, priorities, and influence

What is acculturation?

Assimilation to a different culture (typically a dominant one) without losing your own culture

What is an example of acculturation?

Immigrants adopting holidays of a new culture while practicing their own traditions

How do assimilation and acculturation differ?

In assimilation most of all of a cultures features are lost or absorbed into the host culture while in acculturation a syncretism occurs where different cultural aspects are blended together not replaced.

What is multiculturalism?

Where several distinct cultural or ethnic groups exist ina society

Cultural intersections are beared out depending on what?

The relationships of power and attitudes of intersecting cultures

What is multiculturalism often likened to?

A salad bowl were cultures are distinct and not blened into one

What are some instances of multiculturalism?

Multilingual cities, international cuisine, diverse religious practices, cultural festivals, and legal protections for minority cultural rights

What is transculturation?

Process where cultures interact and blend to create new cultural forms rather than adopting or replacing one another

What is an example of transculturation ?

Latin American music combining African rhythms with spanish melodies

What is cultural appropriation?

Elements of a marginalize culture are adopted by the dominant group

Does cultural appropriation usually take into account eh initial significance of traits which are appropriated?

No, it typically is out of context and ignores original significance

A negative stigma is associated with what?

Cultural appropriation

What is an example of the native stigma around cultural appropriation?

Tattoo artists not applying tribal Polynesian tattoos on people without the background (unless authorized by tribal elder)

What is cultural imperialism?

Imposition of a dominant nations culture, vales, and language on a less influential society

How is cultural imperialism evident by the US?

US brands and food chains expansion globally which overrides local food cultures and traditions

In situations like the cultural imperialism by the US, what three factors shape how cultures interact when interacting with the cultural landscape?

Dynamics of power, influence, and control

Dominant cultures often impose their culture how?

With economic or military pressures

Minority groups can often respond how to dominant cultures imposing on them?

Assimilation and adaptation to resistance and remixing

What types of areas are typically more multicultural?

Urban spaces since they contain more racial ethnic and cultural diversity

What is the relationship between global pressures and cultural changes?

Direct, as global pressures increase more cultural interaction and exchange and therefore cultural change will occur

A cultures attitudes towards other lifestyles influences how the culture will respond to increasing interconnectedness. True or Fasle

True