The Role of Cultural Diffusion in Creating Kiwi Culture: The Role of

Rugby

Forms of Cultural Diffusion Spread of Rugby Combining Cultures Page 32-33 / Cornell Notes

EHS

7300 miles

New Zealand-Polynesia

Cultural diffusion

Spatial spread of learned ideas, innovations, and attitudes.

Each cultural element originates in one or more places and then spreads.

Some spread widely, others remain confined to an area of origin.

Barriers to diffusion

Absorbing barriers completely halt diffusion.

Can be political, economic, cultural, technological

More commonly barriers are permeable, allowing part of the innovation wave to diffuse, but acting to weaken and retard the continued spread.

Expansion diffusion

Culture/Ideas spread throughout a population from area to area.

Subtypes:1. Hierarchical diffusion: ideas leapfrog from one

node to another temporarily bypassing some2. Contagious diffusion: wavelike, like disease3. Stimulus diffusion: specific trait rejected, but

idea accepted

1. Relocation diffusion occurs when individuals migrate to a new location carrying new ideas or practices with them

Cultural diffusion

Combining A Diffused Cultural Trait With A Local/Native Cultural Trait:

The Haka

Football (soccer)

Football (rugby union)

Football (American Football) Football (Australian Rules Football)

Football (rugby)

Football (rugby league)

THE HAKA

Haka is the generic name for all Maori dance and is an expression of the passion, vigor and identity of the race.

Two styles of the Haka:Peruperu is the style for true war

dance involving weapons.Taparahi is not a war dance as

weapons are not involved.

THE HAKA

1884 - A New Zealand team in New South Wales used a Maori war cry to introduce itself to its opponents before each of its matches.

A Sydney newspaper reported:

"The sound given in good time and union by 18 pairs of powerful lungs was sometimes tremendous. The NSW men declared it was hardly fair of the visitors to frighten them out of their wits before the game began."

Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora!

Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora!

Tenei te tangata puhuru huruNana nei i tiki maiWhakawhiti te ra

A upa … ne! ka upa … ne!A upane kaupane whiti te ra!

Hi!

I die! I die! I live! I live!I die! I die! I live! I live!This is the hairy manWho fetched the Sun

And caused it to shine againOne upward step! Another

upward step!An upward step, another … the

Sun shines!

Videos of the Haka

History of the Haka France / All Blacks Tonga / All Blacks Eaglecrest High school

Who sponsors the All Blacks? So What and Why?

Why does EHS have a Haka? What role does “Space Time

Compression” have on and diffusion?

Rugby’s Impact on Life

Other Cultural Influences on Rugby

Recap

Cultural diffusion is the spatial spread of learned ideas, innovations, and attitudes.

Barriers to diffusion can include absorbing barriers which completely halt diffusion or more commonly barriers are permeable.

Diffusion takes many forms: Expansion

1. Hierarchical diffusion 2. Contagious diffusion3. Stimulus diffusion

1. Relocation diffusion

What happens when cultures come in contact with each other?

Nothing Sharing of ideas Combining of ideas Diffusion Conflict

2. The fusion of two distinctive cultural traits into a unique new hybrid trait is called syncretism

1. The two-way blending of cultures that results from increased interaction is called cultural convergence

Diffusion - Two related concepts

Syncretism

A new cultural trait created by the fusion of two distinct cultural element.

Acculturation & Assimilation

Acculturation-Modification or change when one cultural group adopts traits of a dominate culture. Speak English at school, Spanish at home.

Assimilation – minority culture completely adopts the culture of the host society.