COMM 1100U Lecture 6: Lecture 6- Cultural Studies
17 Jan 2019
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Interest in the meanings that we make. Praxis marxist idea of using knowledge to create. Structure vs agency (debate: wondering do the social structures impact what we think, do, believe or does what we do, think, believe create the social structures in which we exist. A shift away from culture as a tool of domination and towards culture as a tool of empowerment (miller, p. 2) Cultural studies is animated by subjectivity and power how human subjects are formed and how they experience cultural and social space (miller, p. 1) Our own understanding of ourselves as individuals that is shaped by where we sit in relation to larger social forces. My sense of myself and your sense of yourself is influenced by the ideologies of yourself (my sense of myself is influenced by the bay) Ex: the various unpacking the knapsack exercises.
