Folk Culture

 The term folk tends to evoke images of what we perceive to be traditional costumes,

dances, and music.
 Folk culture is a form of identification.
 Folk culture is stable through time, but highly variable across space.
 Folk Culture is transmitted or diffused in person.

Cultural Tourism
Examples of Folk Culture in the Philippines
 Folk Dance
 Folk Tales
 Regional and Local Dishes
 Traditional Clothing
 Folk Beliefs

WORKING CLASS CULTURE

 is a range of cultures created by or popular among working-class people.
 Working-class culture developed during the Industrial Revolution. Because most of the
newly created working-class were former peasants, the cultures took on much of the
localised folk culture.
 The term “working class” often typically describes members of the labor force that hold a
service-type occupation and do not hold a bachelor's degree.
 Common working class occupations include restaurant employees, auto mechanics,
construction workers, and other service-type workers
 "Working class" is a socioeconomic term used to describe persons in a social class marked by
jobs that provide low pay, require limited skill, or physical labor. Typically, working-class jobs
have reduced education requirements. Unemployed persons or those supported by a social
welfare program are often included in the working class.

POLITICS OF WORKING CLASS CULTURE

High Culture
"A high culture is the self-consciousness of a society",
Roger Scruton wrote last year in the Guardian. "It contains
the works of art, literature, scholarship and philosophy
that establish a shared frame of reference among
educated people."

High culture is a subculture that

emphasizes and encompasses the
cultural objects of aesthetic value,
which a society collectively
esteem as exemplary art, and the
intellectual works of philosophy,
history, art, and literature that a
society consider representative of
their culture.

High culture considered superior

and typically associated with and
consumed by the elites of society,
the well-educated or wealthy.
In today's world, the following examples of cultural activities can be
associated with high culture:
Ballet
Classical music
Theater
Opera
Art exhibitions
Red carpet events
Expensive, caviar serving restaurants
Even charity events and auctions, which are often reserved for the rich

Fine arts - e.g The kiss by Gustav Klimt

Music- e.g Filarmonica Della Scala, Sayaka Shoji
Performing arts - e.g senseless, contemporary ballet,
Sakurako, Paris
Film - e.g the bicycle Theif, Vittorio de Sica
Literature- e.g Noli Me Tangere
Architecture- e.g Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
Fashion- e.g haute couture

HIGH CULTURE VS. POPULAR CULTURE

High culture can be defined as a subculture that is
shared by the upper class of the society. On the other
hand, popular culture can be defined as a subculture
that is shared by everyone or the mass of the society

In conclusion, it is a collection of ideologies, beliefs,

thoughts, trends, practices and works-- intellectual or
creative-- that is intended for refined, cultured and
educated elite people. Low culture is the culture of the
common people and the mass.