Showing papers on "Culture change published in 1980"
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TL;DR: The term "drift" is often conceptualized as a primary process of culture change as mentioned in this paper, and it is often perceived as a cultural analog of biology's genetic drift or similar sampling phenomena.
Abstract: The term "drift" is often conceptualized as a primary process of culture change. Whether or not perceived as a cultural analog of biology's genetic drift or similar sampling phenomena, "drift" is generally vaguely defined and/or used nonproductively. This in correct usage often masks the proper processes, which might more clearly elucidate particular change phenomena. This paper posits, by reference to examples of change, a clear exposition of "cultural drift" as a necessary contribution toward a unified genetic analog model of culture change.
25 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined childhood socialization practices as a key variable for comparing points of psychological stress between the traditional rural culture and the post-industrial urban culture and suggested suggestions for minimizing the mental health risks involved during the critical transition period following migration.
Abstract: Interpretations of studies which show a correlation between migration and mental illness generally focus on sociocultural variables while giving scant attention to determinants of cognitive-personality orientations. This article examines childhood socialization practices as a key variable for comparing points of psychological stress between the traditional rural culture and the post-industrial urban culture. The hypothesis that harsh and restrictive childhood socialization practices foster the development of a cognitivepersonality orientation which increases the likelihood of maladaptive responses to culture change is illustrated by anthropological and psychological data obtained from Sicilians living in Sicily, the U.S.A. and Australia. Suggestions are given for minimizing the mental health risks involved during the critical transition period following migration.
7 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the kind of change I see going on in the world, which is not economic change, it is not social change, and it is culture change.
Abstract: SynopsisI would like to talk about the kind of change I see going on. It is not economic change, it is not social change — it is culture change. When people ask me what I am working on these days, although I am a social worker I tend to say I work for culture change. And when I talk about the family I am really talking about two things — the family itself as one large variable or macro-variable; and the context within which the family finds itself. If we want to understand the family today we have to see what that context is and what are the interrelationships between the family and the context. Otherwise we get not only very partial views but we head off down some very inaccurate and damaging paths in our work and even in our own lives. I want to talk about data too, because all of us come from fields which rely heavily on data as well as other kinds of information, especially when we are discussing context. I will also be talking about life-styles. These are important in coming to understand what is goi...
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