Sociology / Unit 3 Soc 0330 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Diffusion
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The idea
Diffusion is the spread of cultural elements from one culture into another through contact, trade, migration, conquest, or media.
In practice
A dish, a loanword, and a musical form each travel the same trade route, and each arrives altered by the journey.
Where people slip
What diffuses is reinterpreted on arrival; it rarely lands unchanged.
Your place on the trail
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