Michael Slackman, The Times’s Berlin Bureau Chief, looks into the city’s obsession with a popular street dish that combines sausage, ketchup and curry powder.

This short video on the street foods of German cities is a rich, tangible example to show cultural patterns and processes.  Culture is not static and this New York Times video can be used to teach the various concepts of culture; per the updated APHG outline, the initial concepts of culture are:  

  • Culture traits
  • Diffusion patterns
  • Acculturation, assimilation and multiculturalism
  • Culture region, vernacular region, cultural hearth
  • Globalization and the effects of technology on culture.

Question to Ponder: How are these 5 major elements of culture seen in this video?

Tags: food, migration, culture, diffusion, globalization, consumption.

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