Media, Information and Technoculture 2153A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Maypole, F. R. Leavis, Anarchy In The U.K.

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 2153A/B
• Professor: Keir Keightley

Document Summary

Williams also talks about three levels to any definition of culture. Williams traces the (cid:498)process of development(cid:499) definition to enlightenment rationalism; synonymous with (cid:498)civilization(cid:499) Hierarchy within and between cultural practices; dark side of colonialism, Artworks, cultural objects, anything from personal diaries to. Most accessible to scholars (studying a past culture) Culture that is preserved, passed on from generation, seen by. Mona lisa: recorded culture surveillance footage etc, certain cultural practices are better and more civil. Capital-c culture vs. culture as way of life. Many arts have their origin in religious ceremonies/practices: ex. epic poetry, greek theatre, roman gladiatorial games, etc. Other arts arise out of reaction to religion (ex. Philosophy, science) or an effort to recreate some lost aspect of religion (ex. opera, soap/space opera) These are (cid:523)necessarily(cid:524) part of the (cid:498)selective tradition(cid:499) existed amongst popular forms; wasn(cid:495)t always so serious: ex. epic poetry and parody, opera and burlesque.