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Explore the evolving cultural landscape in South Asia influenced by economic development, technology, and shifting family dynamics. Witness how these factors have reshaped traditional norms such as the caste system and family structures while fostering modernization and social change.
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Obstacles to Modernization • Poverty • Overpopulation • Building national unity • Diversity • Caste • Gap between law and tradition • Availability of education
Using Chapter 9: p. 201-220Cultural change is occurring throughout South Asia. For each, give examples to show how it has been a cause of cultural change or has been affected by cultural change: (a) caste system(b) economic development (c) technology(d) family life
EconomicDevelopment • CAUSE • created new jobs in industry • engineering, chemicals, textiles, high tech industry, software, manufactured goods, pharmaceuticalsservice (call centers, clinical testing) • increased urbanization • Weakens traditional Indian culture • Western values • Importance of education and training • changed landholding patterns
Technology • CAUSE • connected India to world beyond village • Roads/media • Introduced to western Values • new products/machinery affect daily village life • Green revolution, electricity, healthcare, schools, manufactured goods, farming techniques • Population explosion • urbanization
Family Life • AFFECTED • more urbanization = more nuclear family • rights and education more opportunities for women • Own property, divorce, seats in Parliament • Marriage • Higher castes: marry later, right of refusal, set up own home, work outside of home • Improved gender equity
Caste System • AFFECTED • weakened by urbanization, government, economic development and education • efforts to outlaw discrimination based on caste • Untouchability illegal • Compensatory discrimination = quota system • Politically active/political parties • Mixing of castes • Increased social mobility