COMM 2303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Llanito, Condominium, Hans Island
13 Sep 2016
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Condominum: space that is owned by two different countries: hans island, pheasant island. Contrast to older notions of space with borders, passports, racial restrictions etc: not real spaces: ie the eiffel tower vs paris hotel in vegas. No industry, work, nothing- so many impoverished and unemployed. What did he study: how the languages and the way that people communicate change over the day in gibraltar. What is llanito: local language of gibraltar- mixture of spanish, english, arabic, hebrew, What did he conclude: small place- but lots of different cultures are coming together. Voluntary: sojourners: short term, immigrants: long term. Involuntary: short term refugee: temporary, long term refugee: permanent. Separation: voluntary: ex amish, forced: segregation. Social sciences approaches: emphasis on indvidual influences on adaptation, pre-departure preparations. Anxiety & uncertainty management model: uncertainty reduction, predictive uncertainty, explanatory uncertainty. Anticipation, frustration, culture shock, adaptation (if you stay: w curve model.
