ANT204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Antonio Gramsci, Louis Althusser, Marxist Philosophy
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It offers you the opportunity to explore other worlds, where lives unfold according to different understandings of the natural order of things. Different, that is, from those that you take for granted. It allows you to escape the claustrophobia of your everyday life, but anthropology is not mere escapism. On the contrary, it will demand your best effort at understanding. " Class and status -- through the twitter verified checkmark. Coleman: "how cultural identities, representations, and imaginaries, such as those hinged on youth, diaspora, nation, and indigeneity, and race, are remade, subverted, communicated, and circulated through individual & collective engagement" Culture travels, relies on daily production and reproduction, people, and technologies. Domination of a culturally diverse society by the ruling class who manipulate. Colman: "the discrepant phenomena, digital genres, and groups --- hackers, blogging, internet memes, and migrant programmers" Colman is talking about digital media --- but we can extend to all cultural norms.
