GRG 305 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Subculture, Secularism, Individualism
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Lecture- many worlds: basic types of culture traits. Traits are the essential elements of culture: material culture, e. g. , artifacts. Nonmaterial culture: mentifacts (symbolic) ii. sociofacts (organizational) Indigenous culture (in the place where it developed) i. ii. Example: us government over native americans (transformed) iii. In this context, diffusion often means political oppression, loss of access to land and forced assimilation a. Example: in this context, diffusion often means political oppression, loss of access to land and forced assimilation. National culture (official version of the culture in a particular country) A product of various kinds of diffusion combined with rapid innovation and forces that accelerate cultural change. Family and community are paramount (shared experience and mutual obligations) Grg 305- this human world intro to grg. Intersects with cultural ecology and with landscape geography: popular culture. Transmitted by media such as magazines, tv, & internet. Individualism reigns (you are supposed to desire products that make a personal statement)
