Unit+4_Folk+and+Popular+Culture

=Overview = Rubenstein defines culture as the body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group of people’s distinct tradition. This unit deals with the material artifacts of culture or material culture, which includes the built environment or visible objects that a group possesses and leaves behind for the future. It will focus on the two basic categories, folk and popular culture, their origins, diffusion, and spatial distribution.

toc Lesson Essential Questions: (LEQs 4.1 – 4.4)
 * Where are folk and popular leisure activities distributed?
 * Where are folk and popular material culture distributed?
 * Why is access to folk and popular culture unequal?
 * Why do folk and popular culture face sustainability challenges?

=Chapter Four Vocabulary =

=Activities = 

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Pop vs. Folk One of the best shows on television that looks into the conflicts that affect societies all over the world is Frontline World. Go to the website of [|Frontline World] at []. You can see the topics of the various stories by date, theme, or region.

Find a story that you think illustrates the struggle between traditional Folk culture and Popular culture. Watch the story online. Most are ten to 20 minutes long. Answer each of the prompts //in the space below////.//

1. Justify why you chose this program as an example of this struggle between the two types of culture. 2. What exactly is in conflict? 3. What cultural elements are being discussed? 4. What elements are folk culture? Which are pop culture? 5. What do you personally think of the situation being discussed?

Your First and Last Name & Name of Story Write your thoughts here .... make sure you answer the prompts and use examples from your selected video. Then, insert horizontal rule so the next person can write.

*just added -- (10/31) .. Copy and Paste the URL as well after your response. :-)

Elina Wright- Ecuador: Dream Town

1.) I Chose this program because it ties the traditional culture of Ecuador to the growing pop culture of soccer. This show talked about how guys in Ecuador are trying to find a new life through soccer instead of the traditional job of agriculture. Ever since Ecuador made it to the World Cup, soccer has been growing in popularity. People have been trying to get out of the folk life and start living a new way by playing professional soccer. 2.) The conflict is that the boys of Ecuador are trying to leave behind farming and want to play professional soccer. The problem with this is that it is extremely hard to get onto a pro team and that many boys are left to nothing. Another problem is that many of the kid's families are not making enough money to send the boys to the soccer programs. 3.) The cultural elements discussed in this program are economy and the arts. The economy part was talked about through the different jobs being used to provide for the family, and the arts were talked about because of soccer. 4.) Both elements can be used to discuss both folk and pop culture. During this program the economic element referred to both cultures. The traditional people of Ecuador were farmers but no the newer generations are trying to support their families through soccer. The soccer element refers to the pop culture. Soccer has only become a big part of their culture recently. 5.) I personally think that it is a great that people are pursuing their dreams with everything they have. I also think that it is amazing that soccer gives people a second chance even if they start with nothing. It is a little bit disheartening because there is only a small chance any one making it professional. []

Bronte Lebo- India: The Missing Girls

This program represents the struggle between two types of culture because it describes the moral issues that come up when traditional Indian culture is mixed with available technology. The folk culture of India values boys more than girls, because boys are the ones who will provide for their elderly parents. Also, many poor people cannot afford to pay the dowry that is almost always required when their daughter gets married, so a boy is cheaper for them to take care of. The problem is that new technology allows pregnant women to find out the gender of their baby and have an abortion if it is a girl. This "female feticide" is extremely dangerous for many reasons. Not only does it kill off innocent baby girls, but it drastically skews the sex ratios. This means that it will be harder and harder for boys to find a spouse with each generation, because there will be less and less girls. In Indian culture, marriage is very important, so this will mess with traditional values and drastically affect the population of India. This program discusses folk culture elements such as traditional beliefs, values, and family structure. It also highlights popular culture's effect on these elements through globalization, technology, and increased medical knowledge that is coming from more developed regions such as the US and Europe. I personally think that this is a serious issue for India. Not only will this feticide have effects on the population of India, but I also believe that it is morally wrong. I don't believe in abortion of any kind, but especially not in scenarios like this, when an unborn child is being killed simply because of their gender. What have they done to deserve that kind of treatment? Every child should have a chance to live. This gendercide is discrimination of the most serious degree because lives are being lost. I hope that the UN will recognize this issue for what it is: genocide, and step in to start implementing programs that will prevent this horrible killing of baby girls.

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Hayden Seig- Pakistan: The Lost Generation 1.The reason I chose this program was because it dealt with school in Pakistan and the struggle with kids learning. They talk about the school being shelterless and call it a failing school. It interested me because I wanted to learn how the folk ways of life changing to pop culture ways of life have caused the struggle in school. The people are not used to the new ways and need to adjust. The problem is adjusting isn't easy when you are a developing country like Pakistan. Nobody wants to go through change, because they feel that it will ruin their culture. By not being able to successfully run a school the culture could possibly be ruined. It is all a matter of how strong Pakistan can be as they go through the struggles of change between the two cultures. 2. The main problem in the program is the failing schools within Pakistan. Most school are shelterless and unable to successfully teach the kids. The reason is because schools are just starting to become more popular in the culture. In the past the people would stay home and work, but as the new generation ages, their parents want them to go through school. The folk culture was for women to stay home, and even some men too, but now everyone is going. Another problem is that the kids do not like school or they need to help support their families that they must drop out. This hurts the popular culture, and it goes back to folk culture where kids are already helping support the family. 3.The cultural element being discussed is education. It is about 60.4 million kids who need to be placed in school that successfully teach them. Only 30 million of these kids are in school, and very few of these kids are getting a good education in a safe area. The kids are all taught about Pakistani thoughts, in which tell them to hate America and teach them that bad things are good. People even believe that when America is trying to help that they are threatening the Pakistan and trying to take over. American tried to give them money for education but the Pakistanis won't change their views towards America. The kids want to be able to learn in a school instead of being stuck outside or smashed into a small room with several kids. It is the kids that are willing to fight through the problems that will help fix the problems within Pakistani schools. 4.The Folk culture in this program is the people living off of men and children working. The women stay at home and watch the younger kids who are unable to work or attend school. Since the children have to work they are not able to go to school causing folk culture to hurt them. Also the folk culture is that women don't work. I already said they take care of the kids, but they are also continuously working around the house. The popular culture is the developed schools. These schools have learned about the outside world and have implemented it into Pakistan. The schools trying to develop are the schools that are starting to change from folk to pop culture. It is also people like the girl in the program that are looking forward to helping the school that are pop culture. They don't care how many problems they face they are willing to fight through them and help bring the pop culture into Pakistan. 5. I personally believe that Pakistan needs to implement more developed schools into the country. What is the point of going to school if there is 300 people in one room? There is no way they are able to get quality education. Obviously they have to start somewhere, but that is not where they should start. They need to accept help from outside sources like America, in order to advance. Pakistan is only hurting themselves by not increasing their education rates. With more education more people can help develop the country. That is what you need in order to make a stable and developed country, but by not having advanced education programs, they will never be able to succeed at this.

Cultural Landscapes Lecture For this week's assignment, we will be utilizing Dr. Ingolf Vogeler's excellent series of Cultural Landscapes Lectures. Each of the highlighted places on the map of the United States represents a unique cultural landscape. Many of these blend elements of both folk and popular culture. You should each choose a different cultural landscape to investigate (Do not choose the Japanese Internment camps as they do not work well for this assignment). As you look at your landscape, be sure to explore all the links on each page to gain a thorough knowledge of the area. After you have completed your investigation, report on the following: 1. List the name of the Cultural Landscape and give some brief background as to why this landscape is unique in North America? 2. In what ways does this represent a Folk Culture? 3. In what ways does this represent a Popular culture? 4. Is it more one type of culture than the other?; It may help to revisit the Powerpoint presentation on **Folk Culture** for the differences between popular and folk culture. Submit your completed report to turnitin.com.

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