MCC-UE 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: B-Boying, Wild Style, Deterritorialization
16 Sep 2016
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Main topic: the tension between homogenization & indigenization. Ex: cultural heritage: ancient; none common livable space. Traditional culture: less western, relate to people more: pop culture: specific era; pop culture=american culture (in certain way, high culture: very white; expansive performance. What effects does it have: key argument: culture is transmitted by media. Media is transnational now: people tend to think the push of a homogenized global culture into a one-way transmission. But media have offer an opposite influence into the development of the culture. Core-periphery model: culture are divided and based on different nation, arjun appadurai consider this old models not sufficient due to the global cultural flows. The development and change of culture is in sheer speed, world scale and large volume: ethnoscapes. The shift in population / the creation of magnificent city. Ex: hanjin shipping (bankrupt---sitting on the open ocean: mediascapes. Both the capability to produce / share media(global connection change media)
