SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Postmodern Music, Cultural Relativism, Ethnocentrism

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Cultural universals: bodily adornment, sports, gift giving, social institution. Cultural surprises - surprised by practices or beliefs of a different culture. Ethnocentrism: one"s own practices and beliefs are superior. Cultural relativism - all cultural practices have equal value. Ideology and action - a gap exists between what we say and what we do: actions fall short of beliefs, environmentalism, consumption of alcohol. Globalization - used to be mainly european and american immigrants, but now different cultures. truth rejects power relations: rejection of single explanatory frameworks. Postmodern music: breaks music rules of past, mixing of styles, connected to politics, culture, and society, role of technology, explores contradictions, fragmentation and discontinuity, locates meaning to listeners. Modern architecture: minimalism, simplicity, lack of ornamentation. Post modern architecture: diversity, experimentation, collision of styles, borrowing from past and interpretting it. Consumerism: defining ourselves by what we buy. Commercialization of childhood: unprecedented, sophisticated, powerful, use of researchers, psychologists, cradle to grave brand loyalty, causing mental health issues.

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