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Key Issue 1: Where Are Folk and Popular Leisure Activities Distributed?
Culture can be divided into folk and popular culture. Leisure activities, such as
music and sports, can be classified as folk or popular, depending on their
characteristics.
1. Compare the origin, diffusion, and distribution of folk and popular culture.
Folk culture origins are typically anonymous, and appear from
multiple unknown hearths. They usually spread slowly, because they
follow the steps of a particular group of people.
On the other hand, popular cultural specifics are usually created in
developed countries, and typically spreads through hierarchical
diffusion. Its distribution is unaffected by physical barriers, but
rather socioeconomic ones.
2. What geographic factors account for the diversity of cultures in the
Himalayas?
Physical barriers between different groups, which prevent them from
interacting and mixing and thus diffusing.
3. Compare the characteristics of folk and popular music.
Folk music is usually simpler, and the subject usually is everyday life.
Occasionally, folk songs may also pass down practical information.
Popular music is usually written by specific individuals to be
performed to mass audiences. They usually require more skill,
though pop musicians in a specific genre have more in common with
folk musicians.
4. What type of music do you like? Where does it fit in the popular music maps?
Just recently, I was introduced to the habit of listening to music for the
first time. As such, my tastes are quite banal and I cannot tell the
difference between good and bad music, although I am learning the basic
psychophysics and theory behind it. For now however, my top three
choices include Coptic liturgies and electro-jazz, as well as fast paced
organ music.
I am honestly not sure where that fits.
5. Describe how sports have been transformed from folk to popular culture.
7. In what ways might gender affect the distribution of leisure activities in folk
or popular culture?
Expected societal roles and inherent biology may include or preclude
certain activities for certain genders in certain cultures. For
instance, in a more conservative society, contact sports may be
considered barbaric, and women are discouraged from it.
Key Issue 2: Where Are Folk and Popular Material Culture Distributed?
Important elements of material culture include clothing, food, and shelter. Folk and
popular material cultures have different origins, patterns of diffusion, and
distribution.
1. Compare reasons for distribution of clothing styles in folk and popular culture.
The environment definitely includes of precludes certain kinds of
clothingone would not find bikinis in the Sahara, for instance!
However, religious beliefs also play a huge role in clothing styles.
2. Can you think of other restrictions on clothing styles in developed countries,
perhaps in schools?
School uniforms are one such restriction, when they trump
considerations such as religion. For instance, in some schools in
China, the required dress in required, with no exceptions
whatsoever.
3. Explain reasons for folk food preferences and taboos.
Most food preferences come from the availability of foodstuff in the
environment, and are passed down through habit and legend.
Additionally, sometimes religious law and custom prohibit certain
food consumption.
4. Describe regional variations in popular food preferences.