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Ideas travel and change
Cultural diffusion is the spread of practices, objects or ideas between groups.
The idea
Adoption can involve adaptation rather than exact copying. Contact, migration and communication create routes for exchange.
An example
A food tradition travels with migrants and develops new local versions.
Put it into practice
Trace both the route and the changes.
Further reading: OpenStax · Sociology 3e ↗
Test yourself: Which example illustrates diffusion?
A food practice spreading and adapting elsewhere
Diffusion carries cultural elements across groups, often with adaptation.
Explanation and illustrative examples by One Card Wiser. Source linked for further reading.
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