CMST 2TM6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Iqra Khalid, Pussy Riot, Manufacturing Consent
16 Jan 2019
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Middle eastern/muslim people, coded as terrorists - islamophobia. Quebec"s bill on banning niqabs and burkas in public. Politics - iqra khalid brought forward the motion of anti-islamophobia and received death threats. Aunt jemima rumoured to be an actual slave. Save people of colour from poverty, to fix their social problems. When white media is making more of an effort to represent existing conditions. People in the andes have to move because their water supply. Working against pitied motif, showing the labour of people working against their social problems. White is the norm, and of colour is otherized) Relocation to new homes, connected to home and new place. Black music cultures that transcend space, unite people and against white capitalist culture. Films as uniting people living in different asian diasporas. Analyzes how economic and political forces shape how content is made, delivered, and viewed (esp concentration of power/wealth) Contextualizes objects and practices within larger industrial systems.
