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assimilate: the process through which people lose originally differentiating traits, such as dress, speech particularities or mannerisms, when they come into contact with another society or culture.
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authenticity: in the context of local cultures or customs, the accuracy with which the single sterotypical or typecast image or experience conveys an otherwise dynamic and complex local culture or its customs
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commodification: The process through which something is given monetary value; occurs when a good or idea that previously was not regarded as an object to be bought and sold is turned into something that has a particular price and that can be traded in a market economy.
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cultural appropriation: the process by which other cultures adopt customs and knowledge and use them for their own benefit.
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cultural landscape: the visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape
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culture: The sum total of the knowledge, attitudes, and havitual behavior patterns shared and transmitted by the members of a society.
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custom: practice routinely followed by a group of people
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diffusion routes: the spatial trajectory through which the cultural traits or other phenomena spread
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distance decay: the effects of distance on interaction, generally the greater the distance the less interaction
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ethnic neighborhood: neighborhood, typically situated in a larger metropolitian city and constructed by or composed of a local culture, in which a local culture can practice its customs
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folk culture: cultural traits such as dress modes, dwellings, customs, and institutions of usually small, traditional communities
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folk-housing regions: a region in which the housing stock predominantly reflects styles of building that are particular to the culture of the people who have long inhabited the area.
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global-local continuum: the notion that what happens at the global scale has a direct effect on what happens at the local scale, and vice versa.
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glocalization: The process by which people in a local place mediate and alter regional, national, and global processes
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hearth: The area where an idea or cultural trait originates
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hierarchical diffusion: A form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by passing first among the most connected places or peoples.
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local culture: a group of people in a particular place who see themselves as a collective or a community, who share experiences, customs, and traits, and who work to preserve those traits and customs in order to claim uniqueness and to distinguish themselves from others.
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material culture: The art, housing, clothing, sports, dances, foods, and other similar items constructed or created by a group of people.
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neolocalism: the entrenchment of the colonial order, such as trade and investment, under a new guise
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nonmaterial culture: the beliefs practices, aesthetics, and values of a group of people
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popular culture: (mass culture) cultural traits such as dress, diet and music that identify and are part of today's changeable, urban-based, media-influenced western societies
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reterritorialization: with respect to popular culture, when people within a place start to produce an aspect of popular culture themselves, doing so in the context of their local culture and making it their own
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time-space compression: a term associated with the work of David Harbery that refers to the social and psychological effects of living in a world in which time-space convergence has rapidly reached a high level of intensity.
