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| culture changes over time (lately its been drastic and rapid) |
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something new, inside of culture (new object, idea, practice) can happen step by step or rapidly)
ex: computer, tv, electricity, cars, pollo vaccine
it's an important process of transformation |
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| spread of ideas, material objects and cultural practices from one society to another |
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one culture dominates another, it imposes its customs on the other group
ex. Europeans and native americans, process of domination (forces way of life on less dom. society) |
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| direct external culture change |
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| two cultures encounter each other, trade, intermarriage, conflict, war fare, exchange values, face to face |
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| indirect external culture change |
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| cultural items move from one culture to another through 3rd party, by another society, merchants, institutions, media |
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| the interdependence of nations in a world system linked through economics, polotics, mass media and modern transportation systems |
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| can be local or widespread, common in contempory world |
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the political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign pwoer for an extended period of time
ex: european made colonies (political and economic) less developed, colonies created markets (economic, wheat, cotton, wool, and leather) |
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the creative synthesis of old and new values, practices and beliefs
(direct and forced cultuer change, when imposed doesn't mean less dominant changes entir culture, they produce a creative blend of old and new, new music, rituals, dress and speech) |
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is a state of conflicting emotions at the same time related to the same object, idea or person
ex. the people of the andes being aware of medicine but not ready to let go of old shaman beliefs) |
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| The shaman of the andes combine traditional practices and catholic practicies (using the guinea pig and medicine) |
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| ideas about spirit world, power they have, how universe was created and what keeps it going |
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| rituals, behaviors, express ideas hand make contact with spirit world (pratices often material, material results as well as symbolic reference) |
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| topic from point of view, who's seeing it...FOCUS ON: subjective experiences and impressions,hpw people interpret own world, religion felt collectivly and groups, how beliefs make people feel, how people experience it (how and why) |
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| Emice durkheim (emic perspective), religious effervescence |
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| (father of social sciences) elementry form of religious light, bubbling up of emotional intendency (generated by worship) all religions, why people participate in worship |
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| turner (emic perspective), communitas |
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| collective participation in worship, share feeling of community |
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objective conditions that frame religion (how beliefs and practices relate to other aspects of society)
ex. egaltarian, hierarchial , central power(king). |
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