APHUG Unit 3 Vocab: Examples

Taboo

Pork is haram in muslim countries; Many cultures are against certain practices

Global/Popular Culture

begin in urban areas and diffused due to globalization; people all around the world follow european soccer, indian bollywood, and anime

Artifacts

Tangible objects or things that can be experienced by senses that are created by a culture(Art, clothing, food, music, sports, adn housing)

Mentifacts

Beliefs, values, practices, aesthetics

Sociofatcs

Family structures, govt, education, religious organizations

Nonmaterial Culture

Things that cannout be touched

Traditional Architecture

Architecture reflecting a culture (Spanish mud homes or colonial homes made of wood)

Cultural Traits

Artifacts, Sociofacts, Mentifacts

Ethnocentrism

Racism

Cultural Relativism

Not discrimanating against other cultures

Sequent Occupancy

Pizza hut in great pyramids, chattahoochee river, pictures of past students in a classroom,

Ethnic Enclaves

Chinatown, Little Italy, Little Tokyo, Koreatown

Gendered Spaces

Buses for women in Mexico, Places designated only for women or men, Hair salon vs barber shop

Traditional Architecture

Cabins/shelters made of local materials like wood

Postmodern architectures

Skyscrapers, Burj Khalifa

Sense Of Place

Identifying a city is Paris due to things like Eiffel Tower

Cultural Realms

Latin America, Slav, Sino Japanese, North America, European, Islamic, South Eastern Asia, Oceanic

Centripetal Forces

Linguistic homogenity, same beliefs/traditions; Religion in Iran and middle east

Centrifugal Forces

Differences in beiefs, values, languages, etc; Religion in Northern Ireland

Cultural Hearths

-Indus River Valley, Mesoamerica, Mesopotamia, Nile River Valley, (Historical)

-London, New York, Sydney, Shanghai (contemporary/present)

Relocation Diffusion

Migration, colonization, spread of christianity and most religions and languages

Expansion Diffusion

Stimulus, Hierarchal, Contagious Diffusions

Contagious DIffusion

Viral Videos, TikTok trends, pandemics

Hierarchal Diffusion

Spread of cell phone use from wealthy to everyday people; hip hop from hoods to broader public, fashion

Stimulus Diffusion

McDonalds in India (CHICKEN MAHARAJA MAC) and other countries. British used different techniques to produce cheaper chinese porcelain

Pidgin Language

Mix of english and Papuan Languages in Papua new guinea, Hawaii Pidgin English

Creole Language

Haitian Creole, Cajun/Louisiana Creole

Lingua Franca

English is the most spoken language in the world

Dialects

Y'all vs You all vs you guys vs youse guys

Cultural Convergence

Mixing of world sports, food, language; Kpop; leads to extinction of cultures

Cultural Divergence

Amish Culture staying isolated

Romance Languages

French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian

Germanic Languages

English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian

Isogloss

Boundary between northern and southern accents/dialects; As you move east to west in texas, the term "dry creek bed" used near dallas changes to "arroyo" in spanish

Universalizing Religions

Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism

Ethnic Religions

Hinduism, Judaism, Shintoism

Culture

Visible and invisible forces seen in group's actions

Material Culture

Tangible aspects of a culture

Ethnicity

Arabs, Jews, Asians, White people

Social Constructs

Gender roles, financial practices

Polytheistic Religion

Hinduism, Shintoism

Monotheistic Religion

Christianity, Islam, Judaism