RLG101H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Church Attendance, Arjun Appadurai, Ummah
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Visual culture: need context before assumptions, ex. Indigenous traditions context (ex. colours) o: what you see what you get (what it is) ex. Lion king visual culture o images support film"s message. When roles are not followed, hell breaks loose issues of race (scar) and gender (females without a main/crown) rulers indicated by gender and symbols of power o changes over time/place similarities over time/place. Modern forms: modern trends with old connections (paganism, spirituality, etc) o o. Indigenous traditions: modernization/hybridity o o reclaim identity, rights, land, traditions, etc some return to traditions, mix old with new. Yoruba: ogun (god of war) connected to welders, car mechanics and chauffer"s painting, literature and film -> form of practice changed (ex. oil painting and english retelling of. Cultural products o o o explicit: noah implicit: iron man film, literature, tv, music, art, youtube, etc linked to religion or how we think of religions references to religions connections to religion unfalsifiable reality.
