BY: ellie diamond:
How and why folk cultures preserving their values by staying away from pop culture.
What is Pop Culture?
Its the ideas, prespectives, attitudes, images, and other influences/phenomena that are in the mainstream of a given culture.
Includes media, music, and mainstreams. All of these makeup the pop culture a cultural phenomena.
Its the ideas, prespectives, attitudes, images, and other influences/phenomena that are in the mainstream of a given culture.
Includes media, music, and mainstreams. All of these makeup the pop culture a cultural phenomena.
What is Folk Culture?
Its a culture usually practiced by small, homogenous groups living in relative isolation from others.
Includes folk music, traditions, and traditional values.
Its a culture usually practiced by small, homogenous groups living in relative isolation from others.
Includes folk music, traditions, and traditional values.
THE problem:
Many folk cultures are being lost in the ways of pop culture. The once treasured ways of folk culture are being ruined, they are losing thier traditons, values, and even their own words.
"According to The United Nations, 90% of all languages will become extinct in 100 years."
Most are being influenced by modern ways and ideas, such as music, media, and TV. For Example, in Asia, the is now a "Korean Wave" of pop culture taking over. This pop culture takeover shows just how power one influence of pop culture can have on a traditional society.
"According to The United Nations, 90% of all languages will become extinct in 100 years."
Most are being influenced by modern ways and ideas, such as music, media, and TV. For Example, in Asia, the is now a "Korean Wave" of pop culture taking over. This pop culture takeover shows just how power one influence of pop culture can have on a traditional society.
How ITs Being preserved:
People of folk culture are taking measures to great extent to preserve their ways, such as:
-Keeping their tight villages
-having village support, subsidiarity, diversity, and avoiding cities that just centralization.
-Preserving close traditions and communities, because if they didn't people would forget valuable traditions.
-People of some cultures are even hosting folk festivals. Which keep cultural elements such as food, clothing, shelter, and language. They also show outsiders the traditional ways of more diverse societies. This shows them how important and how much their traditions mean to the people of these folk cultures, and they shouldn't be ruined by the ways of popular culture.
-Keeping their tight villages
-having village support, subsidiarity, diversity, and avoiding cities that just centralization.
-Preserving close traditions and communities, because if they didn't people would forget valuable traditions.
-People of some cultures are even hosting folk festivals. Which keep cultural elements such as food, clothing, shelter, and language. They also show outsiders the traditional ways of more diverse societies. This shows them how important and how much their traditions mean to the people of these folk cultures, and they shouldn't be ruined by the ways of popular culture.
So why preserve it?
The most crucial thing to the existence of any ethnic group would probably be linage, history, geography, beliefs, language, sense of humor, customs, and folklore. That why so many folk cultures are s determined to preserve their traditions and customs. Its who they are. Its their identity and what they contribute to the world to give their impact on it. Changing this to popular culture, would have no value or meaning, other than being just like everybody else. People want to be different and stand out, and Folk Culture is the way to show who you are and what your culture is all about.
Connection to APHG:
The topic is from chapter 4. The chapter explains pop culture and folk culture. And different cultures around the world. It explains how popular culture is taking over, as well as what actions are being taken to change that.
WHY i chose this topic:
I chose this topic because i have always found culture an interesting topic. I love learning about different traditions, taboos, and ways of foreign places. And i personally believe that we should preserve these diverse ways, they wont become lost forever.
Works Cited:
"Popular Culture." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 May 2014. Web. 27 May 2014.
"It Takes a Village to Foster Culture." The American Conservative. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 May 2014.
"The Importance of Folklore in a Nation’s Culture." Faith and Heritage. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 May 2014.
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