Terms to know:
--cultural landscape
--culture
--culture complex
--culture realm
--culture region
--culture trait
--diffusion
--folk culture
--popular culture
--hearth
--vector
Concepts to know: you need to know what the concept is about, what terms are connected with it, how
it works, and examples
--Different delineations of regions
--Components of Culture—
--artifacts
--sociofacts
--mentifacts
--Types of diffusion—
--relocation diffusion; contagious diffusion; hierarchical diffusion.
--examples: food diffused through migration; Burgerville; stuffing phone booths; also examples
from Malinowski
--Gladwell’s Model
--“the law of the fews”; “stickiness factor”; “power of context”
--examples: smart phones; also example from GGS
--Hagerstrand’s model
--vectors; four means of transmission
--Culture Hearths
--Cultural Landscapes
--example: market sign
--Folk versus Popular culture
--Foodways
--effects of human environment (diffusion) and physical environment
--examples from Malinowski
--Some artifacts outlast cultural norms
--example: architecture such as house types
--Recreational culture
--what our recreational choices say about our culture; evolution of sports
--key example: National Hockey League—you need to be able to discuss how this model
demonstrates all three schema--the types of diffusion, Gladwell’s Model and Hagerstrand’s
Model
Additional example—national monuments: demonstrate something about who we are, based on both
physical and cultural environment
Mount Rushmore—how the presidents were selected; why it was sculpted; what is says about
how our values have changed