PPC LESSON 1

• Popular - is characterized as being in line with the majority‘s taste or flavor, or generating significance from social interaction
• Culture - is a system of symbolic and expressive structures that a particular group of people developed and utilized to enhance solidarity, understanding, and transmission of knowledge
• Popular Culture - the collection of customs, ideologies, or beliefs that represent a society's most widely accepted meanings is known as popular culture
• Mass Culture - refers to the culture which emerges from the centralized production processes of the mass media
• Mass Culture - are norms, shared meaning and experiences that span very large groups e.g mass society, mass media, commoditization of experience
• Folk Culture - is the harmonious expression of spirituality and religious activities that arises from the mingling of pre-colonial beliefs with the Catholic faith
• Folk Culture

  • Traditional Dance
  • Oral Folklore
  • Traditional Clothing and Dress
  • Traditional Ceremonies
• Indigenous Culture - “Indigenous” comes from the Latin term "indigen," which denotes native or initial occupant—a notion that gained traction in the 17th century
• Cultural Preservation - In order to guarantee the survival of cultural legacy for future generations, both tangible and intangible forms must be

  protected and safeguarded
• Cultural Diffusion - is the transfer of social customs and cultural values from one group to another
• Cultural Diffusion

  • Relocation Diffusion
  • Expansion diffusion
• Exile - a situation in which you are forced to leave your country or home and go to live in a foreign country
• Exile from Culture - They are living outside of their culture. Living in exile

  in addition to previous traumas can lead to isolation, lack of self-esteem, apathy, numbness, depression, and guilt
• Diasporas - People of a country who have migrated abroad and keep strong identity ties with their homeland