RE: Diffusionism & Memetics

From: Gatherer, D. (Derek) (D.Gatherer@organon.nhe.akzonobel.nl)
Date: Fri Nov 10 2000 - 14:36:57 GMT

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    Vincent:
    the once popular anthropological concept of 'diffusion', described by some
    as
    the spread of a cultural item from its place of origin to other places, or
    as the process by which discrete culture traits are transferred from one
    society to another.

    Derek:

    Yes. 'Diffusion of Innovations' by Rogers is now at something like its 5th
    edition. The second edition from about 1972 is co-authored by Rogers and
    Shoemaker and contains a vast bibliography of diffusion studies up to that
    point. Refs. to this are in my JoM article, if I remember rightly.

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