Karnatak music, with its more homogeneous Indian tradition, has evolved far more orderly and uniform systems for the classification of ragas and talas.
This argument ignores that Scandinavian countries are small and homogeneous, with traditions of community rule.
But although they may have folklike crafts and links with the outside world, they differ from true folk cultures in that they constitute homogeneous societies with traditions that are specifically ethnic rather than shared with a broad area of sophisticated culture.
It is filled with Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans, Pakistanis, Indians and other immigrants who are quietly transforming the texture of one of Europe's most homogeneous cities, blending their own traditions with a Roman accent.
The word "folk" in the term "folk music" used to connote a rural homogeneous community that carried on a tradition of anonymously created music.
At this stage of his career Derrida famously (or infamously) speaks of "metaphysics" as if the Western philosophical tradition was monolithic and homogeneous.
Growth is not homogeneous, however, and variations suggest different traditions as well as diverse levels of investment.
The elf tradition is by no means homogeneous, carrying with it many often distinct concepts.
Qualitative studies document this tendency for UK health care professionals to stereotype the situations of patients of ethnic minority backgrounds in terms of religion and culture, as if a non-UK ethnic heritage denotes a homogeneous, static entity of religion, culture and tradition.
"People tend to imagine that imitation makes society homogeneous," he says, "but here you can see multiple traditions within the same population.
