The spread of Caribbean culture

The spread of Caribbean culture

Multiple Choice

Culture is all the customs, ideas, behaviours, and beliefs of a society that have been passed on from generation to generation

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Heritage is aspects of our present lives which have been handed down from the past

• True

• False

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Globalization is?

Multiple Choice

Cultural diffusion is the spread of the beliefs and social activities of one culture to different ethnicities, religions, nationalities. An example of cultural diffusion is the way American slang is used in other countries after having been heard in American movies

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Subculture is the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland. For example Jamaican that live overseas.

• True

• False

Poll

Tangible cultural heritage refers to things that we can store or physically touch

• Yes

• No

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How culture is spread?

What is creative industry

• The creative industries are those activities based on creativity, individual talent and skill, and that have the potential to create jobs and wealth through the generation and exploitation of intellectual property.

• Jamaican creative industries profile includes:

  Film. Animation. Music. Fashion. Sports.

Contribution of the creative and sports to national development 

• The creative industry has Jamaica with great recognition and financial gains. For example Bob Marley and dancehall . This attract tourist to our country

• Another example is Trinidad's Carnival which draws on many cultural traditions and has given rise to Caribbean street festivals in London, New York, Toronto and elsewhere.

The creative industry (writers and authors

• The Caribbean has been recognized for many of its writers and authors. (Claude McKay, Derek Walcott and V.S Naipaul , winners of the Nobel prize for literature.

• Other Caribbean authors of both ficition and non-ficition have worked to document our story and develop the Caribbean tradition of story telling.

The creative industry

• According to Minister Grange, creative industries contribute five per cent to the country's gross domestic product (GDP).

• The most detailed assessments of the contribution of the creative industry is to the GDP. According to James (2007, 2012) in relation to Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago the creative industry is accounted for an estimated US$464.7mn or 4.8% of Jamaica's GDP.

Contributions of the creative industry

• Provide jobs

• Increase the countries Gross Domestic Production

• Improve the standard of living for persons in the creative industry

• Improve the social and economic struture of the country

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  Spread the Caribbean culture and attract tourist

The contribution of sports to national development

• sport contributes to 2% of the Jamaican GDP.

• Sport tourism

• Sport also impact on crime rate among the youngest population, through the teaching of values such as being fair play for instance.

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• Improve the standard of living for many

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• International recognition

• Provide jobs reduce unemployment

• Increase productivity in the economy and enable a particular to be self sufficient

• Sports provides employment for individual who are invokved in all areas of the sporting fraternity, such as referees, vendors, coaches, techical experts and physical therapists

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How culture is spread?

Culture is spread through:

• Mass media

• The increase in travelling

• Creative industry

• Sports

• Technology which facilitate easier communication

Ways we can protect our culture

• Families may introduce new members to their customs and practices

• Appreciating ones culture and heritage

• Creating organization which are dedicated to the preservation of culture such as the Ministry of culture and Regional Task force on Cultural Industries (CARICOM)

• Government and regional organizations work to develop and preserve our culture through positive legislation, policy and actions

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Class activity

• Write a list of regional singers, dancers, writers and artists who are known internationally, include the countries they are from

• Select ONE from the list and do research on them based on the following question

• How has this individual or group made Caribbean culture known internationally

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What are some of the strategies we can use to promote Jamaica's culture?

Developing and promoting Jamaica's culture and economy with creative industry

• Strengthen education and training for the creative industry

• Increase opportunity and financing for the creative industry

• Encourage the use of technology to produce, distribute and market creative products and services

• Build linkages among companies and individuals within the industry

Developing and promoting Jamaica's economy through industry

• Promote Jamaica as a sports tourism destination

• Establish a sport museum for local and foreign visitors

• Increase information on the contribution of sports to national development

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