ANTH 1170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Neill Blomkamp, Ethnography, Social Evolution
23 Oct 2018
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The subversion of expectations as a contributing factor to the creation of the other . Use of the derogatory term prawn as socio-linguistic othering/lessening of the aliens. Nature of mnu"s existence and operation without alien consent or agreement. Lack of common ground between cultures (differences in values and beliefs) Eating of non-traditional meals (ie. cat food) as othering. Race and class as inherently tied to eviction and treatment of the aliens; the constant search for weapons and the use of excessive force. Freudian analysis of the pearl button; violence as sequential, trauma as unhealed. National social trauma of colonization as lingering in chilean culture. Discomfort around water as an effect of the extermination of the indigenous people of tierra del. Trauma will continue to resurface until dealt with in some form (ie. violence of the pinochet regime) Applicable to the us on a much larger scale (ie. eradication of native american tradition, slavery)
