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Class 10b: Diffusion and popular cultureDefinitionsSlide 3Relocation diffusionSlide 5Expansion diffusionContagious diffusionHierarchical diffusionDiffusion of folk vs. popular cultureSlide 10Slide 11Diffusion and sports: soccerSlide 13Slide 14Diffusion and sports: baseballSlide 16Slide 17Diffusion and music: the bluesSlide 19Slide 20Slide 21Slide 22•Basics of diffusion•Sports: from folk to popular•The blues: from Mali to MemphisClass 10b: Diffusion and popular cultureDefinitions•Diffusion: the process by which some characteristic spreads over space–Concepts or ideas–Practices or activities–Material objects, diseases•Hearth: where a characteristic originatesRelocation diffusion•Spread through physical movement of people•Languages to Western Hemisphere•Islam to North Africa, Spain•Foods to and from New WorldExpansion diffusion•“Snowball” method of diffusion•Spread from person to person in place•Diseases through Western Hemisphere•Democracy from U.S. to France•Christianity in Roman EmpireContagious diffusion•Person-to-person contact•Distance-decay effect•S-shaped adoption curveHierarchical diffusion•Among levels of a hierarchy•Usually top-down•Based on cities or organizationsDiffusion of folk vs. popular culture•Folk culture–Anonymous or multiple hearths–Relocation, not expansion•Popular culture–Deliberate innovation, advanced economies–Mass production–Expansion (hierarchical or contagious)Diffusion and sports: soccer•English, Scots, Vikings, Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Assyrians, Persians, Chinese, Japanese, Toltecs, Native Americans•Folk origin: 11th century England•Village-wide contests•Banned between late 1300s and 1600Diffusion and sports: soccer•Transition to popular culture•Industrial Revolution: more time, income–Professional soccer leagues (1863)–Standardized rules–Distinguished from rugbyDiffusion and sports: soccer•Spread by contagious diffusion–Exchange students from Netherlands–English engineers to Spain–Expatriates throughout British Empire•Rugby modified in U.S.: American football•Rapid spread through televisionDiffusion and sports: baseball•Based on British “rounders”•1846: first game with U.S. rules: leisure game for wealthy•Contagious diffusion via Union Army•1871: first professional league•1903: first “World” SeriesDiffusion and sports: baseball•Relocation diffusion –Via military: Japan, Caribbean–Via elite students: Latin America•Shifting center of population•New leagues; real World Series?Diffusion and music: the blues•Folk music of African-Americans•Based on slavery, religion–Call-and-response–Hidden messages–Subject matterDiffusion and music: the blues•Hearth: Mississippi Delta •Relocation diffusion: Memphis, Chicago, Texas, St. Louis, Detroit, Piedmont•Contagious diffusion: radio, TV•Popular culture: jazz, rock-and-roll, hip-hopDiffusion and music: the blues•Original hearth: Africa? •Similar sounds, rhythms•Griot or traveling storyteller/musician•Banjo/guitar,


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