GG270 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Postcolonialism, Hybridity, Political Philosophy
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A cultural form of control, a set of agreements / principles that dominate a group of people. People thinking it is the right way to live (example under fascism). A land shape, in which the process of shaping is by no means thought of as simply physical. An area made up of distinct association of forms, both physical and cultural. Are usually constructed with particular values in mind. It is an idea about a particular area. Landscape is best understood as a kind of produced, lived, and represented space constructed out of the struggles, compromises, and temporarily settled relations of competing and cooperating social actors. The production and communication of cultural meanings through signs. Discourse is a formalized way of thinking about a topic that is established through language, texts and symbols; communicates the social boundary that defines what can be said about a specific topic.
