GS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Degrowth, Financial Times, Plan Colombia
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The symbolic construction, articulation and dissemination of meaning. Given that language, music and images constitute the major forms of symbolic expression they assume special significance in the sphere of culture - manfred steger (globalization: a. George ritzer - globalization = americanization or mcdonaldization. Sorry, that dna test doesn"t make you indigenous cbc radio. Relationship between individual (self-identity) and community (social relationships) Indigenous identity and the case of joseph boyden on cbc the current with anna. Test on 1% of dna (genes passed along maternal or paternal line) Test all 23 chromosome pairs; algorithm used to determine % by comparing with populations (indo-european, asian, native american) Indian act (1876) says who can claim indian status according to the canadian state. Kim tallbear (dakota, u of a native studies) Not just who do you claim to be (self-identity) but who claims you (relationships, community)
