ANTHRO 104 Study Guide - Structural Adjustment, Acculturation
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Cultural change can be intentional or accidental, forward or looking back, rapid or gradual, obvious or subtle, beneficial or harmful. Two theories of cultural change: 2 basic processes underlie all cultural change, invention. Mostly evolve gradually, though experimentation and accumulation of knowledge. That have created cultural change-printing press: diffusion polio vaccine. Related to invention- because discoveries likely to spread. Mutual borrowing- 2 societies that are roughly equal in power exchange aspects of their culture. Acculturation- a transfer from a dominant culture to a less powerful one, usually though force, or education to promote adoption of new practices and beliefs. Assimilation- cultural change in which a culture is thoroughly acculturated, or decultured, and is no longer distinguishable as having a separate identity. Theories and models of development (5: modernization- model of change marked by economic growth through industrialization and market expansion, political consolidation through the state, bureaucratization, market economy, technological innovation, literacy and options for social mobility.
