Cultural diffusion: the process
Key Questions
Key terms
Culture
Cultural traits
Cultural hearth
Cultural hybridity
Official language
Bilingual country
Separatist movements
Customs
Secularism
Stereotype
Cultural diffusion
Cultural or creative industries
Task 1
Task 2
Consumerism and culture
Key terms
Consumer culture
Mass media
Cultural commodification
Brand
Brand identity
Brand image
Franchises
Generic brand
Key Questions
- How can cultural traits be described in terms of language, customs, beliefs, dress, images, music, food and technology?
- How have cultural traits diffused through the international movement of workers, tourists and commodities?
Key terms
Culture
Cultural traits
Cultural hearth
Cultural hybridity
Official language
Bilingual country
Separatist movements
Customs
Secularism
Stereotype
Cultural diffusion
Cultural or creative industries
Task 1
- Define culture and cultural traits.
- Use an example to explain the meaning of cultural hearth.
- Explain cultural hybridity.
- Why are food and language an important part of culture.
- Why are there differences in dress and attitudes to technology in different cultures?
Task 2
- Listen to the description of Mexican culture.
- Write (by hand) a 100-word summary of Mexican culture.
- Now find pictures, video clips and other descriptions.
- Do these match the images you have created in your mind of Mexican culture? How and why are they similar/different?
Consumerism and culture
- What is the role of TNCs and the media in spreading consumer culture?
- What has been the spatial and temporal pattern of adoption of two different branded commodities?
Key terms
Consumer culture
Mass media
Cultural commodification
Brand
Brand identity
Brand image
Franchises
Generic brand
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Homework for Wednesday 7th May
Read the case study on page 161-166 and do questions 1-9.
Test on Wednesday, 14th May
HIGHER LEVEL
You will have 1 hour to answer one question from two presented.
Revise the following:
Interactions such as trade, aid, flows of labour and currency. Changes in wealth that some of these
interactions have brought e.g. poverty reduction in China.
Remember to include examples (case studies) in your answers.
STANDARD LEVEL
You will have 1 hour to answer 1 short question and 1 longer question.
Revise the following:
Read the case study on page 161-166 and do questions 1-9.
Test on Wednesday, 14th May
HIGHER LEVEL
You will have 1 hour to answer one question from two presented.
Revise the following:
- Global Interactions: Chapter 13 on consumerism and culture.
- Disparities between places. Think of the relationship between the core and periphery areas; and developing periphery areas - BRICS, NICs.
Interactions such as trade, aid, flows of labour and currency. Changes in wealth that some of these
interactions have brought e.g. poverty reduction in China.
Remember to include examples (case studies) in your answers.
STANDARD LEVEL
You will have 1 hour to answer 1 short question and 1 longer question.
Revise the following:
- Patterns in resource consumption: ecological footprints; relationship between population and resources.
- Soil degradation
Sociocultural integration
Key questions
Key terms
Diaspora
Ethnicity
Racial assimilation
Urban mosaic
Integrationalist communities
Indigenous people
Homogeneity
Cultural imperialism
Key questions
- What is the role of diasporas in preserving culture in the UK and in the adoption of minority traits by the host society?
- What has been the impact of cultural diffusion on the Xingu through the influence of international interactions?
- In what ways can international interactions result in the homogenisation and dilution of a culture?
- How can cultural imperialism be defined and identified?
Key terms
Diaspora
Ethnicity
Racial assimilation
Urban mosaic
Integrationalist communities
Indigenous people
Homogeneity
Cultural imperialism