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Cultural Concerns. The end of folk culture?. Part I: Societies. Group: Set of people who interact on the basis of shared expectations and who possess some degree of common identity The largest and most complex groups that sociologists study are societies - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Cultural Concerns
The end of folk culture?
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Part I: Societies
• Group:• Set of people who interact on the
basis of shared expectations and who possess some degree of common identity
• The largest and most complex groups that sociologists study are societies
• Preindustrial vs. Industrial/Post-Industrial
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Part 2: Preindustrial• Definition:• Food
production is carried out through human and animal labor
• Food production is main economic activity
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Preindustrial• Types of Preindustrial
Societies:–Hunting and Gathering –Pastoral –Horticultural–Agricultural
• Gemeinschaft (community); characterized by mechanic solidarity
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Preindustrial• Practice Folk Culture:• Practiced by small,
homogenous, rural groups living in relative isolation
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Folk Culture• Folk Culture is RAPIDLY
changing and/or disappearing throughout much of the world
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Characteristics: Folk Culture
• Stable & close knit• Generally rural• Tradition rules• Resistant to change• Buildings erected without
architect or blueprint; locally available building materials
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Folk Food
How did such differences develop?
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• Effects on Landscape: • Usually
of limited scale and scope
Folk Architecture
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Part 3: Industrial and Postindustrial Societies
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Industrial • Definition:• Emphasis
shifts from production of food to production of manufactured goods
• Most production is carried out by machines
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Postindustrial
• Definition:• Much of the
economy is involved in providing information and services
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Industrial • Effects:• New
technology• Increase in
population• Urbanization• \
Postindustrial • Effects:
• Higher standard of living
• Strong emphasis on science/education
• Technological advances
• Emphasis on social equality and democracy
• Gesellschaft (society); characterized by organic solidarity• Popular Culture
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• Definition: • Found in a large,
heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in personal characteristics
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Popular Culture
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Characteristics: Pop Culture
• Wide Distribution:• Differences from place to place
uncommon; differences in one place over time are more likely
• Housing:• Only small regional variations;
trends over time
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Characteristics: Pop Culture
• Food:• Franchises, cargo planes,
superhighways & freezer trucks have eliminated local variation
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Pop Culture: Effects on…• Effects on Landscape:• Breeds homogenous, “placeless”
landscape–Complex network of roads & highways
–Commercial structures trend towards “boxes”
–Planned & gated communities increasingly common
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Pop Culture: Effects on…• Disconnect with landscape:• Indoor swimming pools, desert
surfing
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Is this the end of Folk Culture?
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As3pWXoq_as&feature=related