Culture and Global Cultural Flows PDF

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Culture and Global Cultural Flows I. Concepts & Definitions 1.Culture – the patterned ways of how a distinct human group or society thinks, feels, and behaves. - any unique lifeways shared commonly by a group. 2. Universal characteristics of Culture 

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Culture is learned  Enculturation – the process of learning the culture of a group/society. Culture is symbolic  Symbol – anything (verbal/non-verbal) within a specific language that is used to represent something else. Culture is shared  Cultural Diffusion – the borrowing of certain cultural traits by different groups/societies through intermediaries. - cultural diffusion can be direct (forced) or indirect

3. Cultural Differentialism – the tendencies for some cultural traits or features to remain uniquely different from each other - different culture emphasize different things 4. Cultural Hybridization – the interaction of global and local cultures leading to unique cultural mix or combinations. 5. Cultural Convergence - a phenomenon in which cultures around the world are growing increasingly similar in some ways as a result of globalization.

II. History of Cultural Globalization

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Long-distance trade The spread of world religions The invention of writing and printing technology The founding and expansion of empires The spread of political and economic ideologies Technological change...