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What are the steps of relocation diffusion?
Migration of people from one place to another, bringing their cultural practices with them.
What are the steps of hierarchical diffusion?
Innovation or trend starts in a major city or with influential people, then spreads to other areas and social classes.
What are the steps of contagious diffusion?
Rapid and widespread spread of a cultural element through a population, similar to the spread of a disease.
What are the steps of stimulus diffusion?
An idea spreads, but is adapted or modified by the new adopters to fit their local culture and context.
What are the steps of acculturation?
Cultures come into contact, exchange ideas and practices, and blend, resulting in cultural changes for both groups.
What are the steps of assimilation?
Minority group comes into contact with a dominant culture, adopts the dominant culture's practices and values, and abandons their own culture.
What are the steps of globalization?
Advances in communication, transportation, and technology increase interconnectedness, leading to the exchange of ideas, goods, and services across borders.
What are the steps of creating a 'sense of place'?
Unique histories, cultural identities, or natural environments create an emotional connection to a location, fostering a feeling of belonging.
What are the steps of creating placelessness?
Rapid social and cultural change, economic development, and loss of traditional ways of life lead to a lack of unique identity in a community.
What are the steps of cultural change?
Cultures interact, adapt to new situations, and evolve over time, influenced by factors such as globalization, diffusion, and migration.
What are the causes and effects of globalization on culture?
Causes: Advances in communication, transportation, and technology. Effects: Creation of new cultures, threat to local cultures, cultural exchange.
What are the causes and effects of a strong 'sense of place'?
Causes: Unique history, cultural identity, natural environment. Effects: Community connection, stability, security.
What are the causes and effects of placelessness?
Causes: Rapid social change, economic development, loss of tradition. Effects: Lack of unique identity, standardized environments, discouragement from living in a location.
What are the causes and effects of relocation diffusion?
Causes: Migration of people. Effects: Spread of cultural practices to new locations.
What are the causes and effects of expansion diffusion?
Causes: Cultural influence. Effects: Spread of cultural traits without movement of people.
What are the causes and effects of acculturation?
Causes: Contact between different cultures. Effects: Exchange of ideas, behaviors, and practices; blending of cultures.
What are the causes and effects of assimilation?
Causes: Contact between a minority group and a dominant culture. Effects: Minority group adopts the dominant culture, abandoning their own.
What are the causes and effects of cultural norms on gender roles?
Causes: Cultural and social constructions. Effects: Influence on dress, behavior, employment, education, and relationships.
What are the causes and effects of linguistic globalization?
Causes: Increased communication, technology. Effects: Pressure on lesser-used languages, dominance of lingua francas.
What are the causes and effects of cultural diffusion on religion?
Causes: Colonization, trade, migration. Effects: Spread of major religions, potential loss of followers due to globalization.
Compare rural and urban cultural landscapes.
Rural: Farms, open spaces. Urban: Skyscrapers, bustling streets.
Compare diverse and homogenous cultural landscapes.
Diverse: Variety of cultural centers. Homogenous: Uniform architecture and traditions.
Compare relocation and expansion diffusion.
Relocation: Spread through movement of people. Expansion: Spread without movement of people.
Compare hierarchical and contagious diffusion.
Hierarchical: Spread from powerful entities. Contagious: Widespread, rapid spread.
Compare acculturation and assimilation.
Acculturation: Cultural exchange and blending. Assimilation: Adoption of dominant culture, abandonment of own.
Compare strong sense of place and placelessness.
Strong sense of place: Emotional connection, unique identity. Placelessness: Lack of unique identity, standardized environments.
Compare the impacts of globalization on local vs. global culture.
Local: risk of cultural homogenization. Global: cultural exchange and hybridity.
Compare patriarchy and more flexible gender roles.
Patriarchy: Emphasis on traditional gender roles. Flexible: More open and varied roles for men and women.
Compare the effects of globalization on language vs. religion.
Language: pressure on minority languages. Religion: potential loss of followers.
Compare the cultural landscapes of countries with strong vs. weak economies.
Strong economies: diverse businesses and industries. Weak economies: limited resources and opportunities.