Sociology: Cultural Globalization Understanding

Sociology: Cultural Globalization Understanding

Discussion Board opportunities help you to:

fully engage with the materials and themes of the class,
explore your own thinking,
apply sociological insights to your own life and to society,
learn from seeing how your classmates approach the material.
NO TYPE OF PLAGIARISM

Due: “Discussion leader” Original Post by Sunday (7/4/21); Reply to classmate by Tuesday (7/6/21)

Remember: Unlike other assignments, discussion boards will not be accepted past the deadline as your classmates are counting on each of us to contribute to each conversation on time.

Instructions:

TEXTBOOK QUESTION SETS (Choose 2)

What are the collective representations used in your community (this can be your hometown, college, high school, family, religious organization, sports team, subculture or friend group – anything you consider your “community”? What kinds of rituals are associated with this community? How do these rituals and collective representations shape the culture? What do they ‘do’ for the community? How do they shape you personally? Finally, are there subcultures even within your community? How does the culture overall and these subcultures create boundaries of who “fits” and who doesn’t?

The chapter mentions that the symbolic content of cultural goods is a particularly rich avenue for analysis. Find an example, from your own experience, of how a cultural good was created by a group and then misinterpreted by another group or evolved away from the author’s original intent. What do you think led to the misreading? Are there any songs that you liked until you realized that the song was about something you didn’t initially notice?

The globalization of culture is a controversial topic. Is globalization a force for good or ill? What is the difference between cultural mixing and appropriation? It is easy to find examples of ‘whitewashing’ (i.e., Adele, Sam Smith, and Amy Winehouse’s ‘blue eyed soul’), but can you think of examples where the use of culture has not been deemed cultural appropriation? Debate the positive and negative, intended and unintended consequences of our increasingly globalized culture.
Take a position: Do the culture industries drive consumer tastes, or do consumer tastes drive cultural production? Find an example from your own experience to make your case.
The chapter begins with a brief discussion of ‘high’ and ‘popular’ culture, (see also CCS#11: Cultures, Subcultures, and Countercultures). In considering these concepts and boundary work, provide an example of a form of “high” culture that you’ve experienced. Did you feel included or excluded in relation to this form of culture? Why? Who do you think, in general, would be included, and who would be excluded given this example? Next, provide an example of a form of “low/popular” culture that you’ve experienced. Did you feel included or excluded in relation to this form of culture? Why? Who do you think, in general, would be included, and who would be excluded given this example?

“OTHER MATERIALS” QUESTION SETS (Choose 4)

6. CCS#10: Symbols, Values, and Norms: Watch on Youtube :What are the differences between folkways, mores, and taboos? Can you think of an example when you or someone else broke a folkway? What was that like, and what were the consequences? Can you think of an example when you or someone else broke a more? What was that like, and what were the consequences? Can you think of an example when you or someone else broke a taboo? What was that like, and what were the consequences?

7. The Story of Stuff: Can you think of a time when you decided not to purchase something because of some aspect of the production of that commodity? Do you regularly consider this? What aspect of production is most important to you (environmental consequences, human rights and labor standards, etc.), and why? In what ways, if any, do you think people would change their consumption habits if they had full knowledge about the conditions of production, and the global consequences of disposing of goods? In what ways, if any, do you think corporations would act differently if there was this kind of transparency in the global commodity chain?

8. Frontline: The Cultural Power of Being “Liked” Are you a regular user of social media? Do you think your experiences on social media shape how you see yourself, the world, or how you behave (or consume/shop)?Do you believe that you or anyone you know is influenced by “influencers” on social media? If so, how? Do you think that people would interact differently with social media if they knew about the connections that social media has to large corporations? If so, how? If not, why not? Is social media an overall force for good, or for bad, in society? Link :Frontline: The Cultural Power of Being “Liked” https://www.pbs.org

9. How Code Switching Explains the World: Can you think of a time you’ve “code switched”? If so, why did you, and what was it like? If not, could you think of a time it would have been beneficial for you to code switch? Do you think public officials (politicians, media personalities, etc.) code switching is a positive thing (e.g. trying to connect with a wide range of people) or a negative thing (e.g. being inauthentic)? Give one example to illustrate. Finally, describe your own cultural toolkit or cultural capital (see textbook). Are there times when these resources are useful, and times when they are not? Explore this question with at least one example from your own life. Link:https://www.npr.org/

10. Super Mario and Cultural Globalization: How is Mario an example of “cultural globalization”? Can you think of some other examples of cultural globalization? Identify, if possible, an example of a globalized cultural symbol from each of the following areas: The “West” (USA, Europe, Canada, Australia), Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America. Is it easier to identify symbols from some places than from others? Why? How is cultural globalization related McDonaldization and cultural imperialism? Link Super Mario and Cultural Globalization – Pacific Standard (psmag.com)

11. Unequal Childhoods: Annette Lareau: What, to you, are some of the positive aspects of the working class approach of childrearing, and positive aspects of the middle class approach? What, to you, are some of the negative aspects of each of these approaches to child-rearing? In what ways do these trends reflect your own childhood? Watch on Youtube

12. Cultural Appropriation Video and Reading: Before this class, what had you heard about “cultural appropriation”? Compare how this video and reading explain cultural appropriation to your previous understanding of the concept. Provide one example from your experience (not from the course materials) that illustrates cultural appropriation as it is explained in the video, and use the course materials to explore at least one potentially negative outcome stemming from this example. Document uploaded
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