Midterm 2 Flashcards
What is world view?
an encompassing picture of reality based on shared assumption about how the world works
- systematic
- shapes individuals’ experiences
- comprehensive set of beliefs about how world works
- multiple world views can co-exist in single society and can change over time
What is ideology?
Social beliefs or practice; that make the existing organization of social relations seem natural
- world view composed of multiple ideologies
- “boys should be boys, girls should be girls” as if it were natural
Definition of play
a framing that is
- consciously adopted by the players (either “this is serious” or “this is play”)
- open, flexible, and creative
- politics of parody and satire
- can reproduce gender ideology (playing house)
How did the Aymara people use play on the bus?
Culture would normally only joke with individuals they were familiar with. However, there’s an exception to this when they’re on the bus, as they use “joking” as a way to ease tension in a cramped bus environment
Satire, parody, and comedy effective forms of social and political protest?
- Ideal for getting past censorship
- Can shock or surprise into new social awareness
- Serve as a “safety valve” allowing for release of tensions without disturbing existing systems of power and inequality
Definition of art
objects, performances, and other manifestations that are made by humans, that manifest human creativity
Definition of aesthetics
perception through one’s sense in contrast with perception though intellect or reason
art and aesthetics often tied to power and ideology
Reactions to Monte Rouge film
- Censored from Latin American film festival
- Went viral through usb and hard drive on island and youtube and social media abroad
- Artists on island complain that filmmakers use criticism to get attention, as marketing tactic
- “I made these films to criticize things that bug me within this society, but from within this society and no to destroy this society. People on both sides tend to go to extremes and I don’t like the extremes”
- “I tried to make a work of art, not a political pamphlet. It might be good or bad art, but it’s art”
o Interview with Eduardo del Llano, February 2008, Havana
• Art, including parody and satire, can be used both to consolidate and to contest political power
o Art depends on texture of how the artist does and how people look at it
• How art is interpreted depends on context and can often exceed intentions of artists
das it
Myth definition
a representative story that embodies a culture’s assumptions about the way society or the world in general must operate
- myths provide explanations about origins of a society, it’s future and hence how it should work in the present
ex. ) Adam and Eve, Seven fire prophecy (Ojibway)
Malinowski vs. Levi-Strauss definition of myth
Malinowski: Myths can counter challenges to social order or change when social arrangements altered
- flexible and creative
- make up myths to adapt to future
Levi-Strauss: Myths provide imaginary solution to social contradictions that in real life can’t be resolved/overcome
- Christians resurrection
What is a ritual?
- repetitive social practice
- set off from everyday life
- involves ordered sequence of activities
- linked to and designed to represent and reinforce specific sets of ideas, values, beliefs, important to a culture
Examples of rituals:
- going to church
- having a birthday party
Rituals derive power from…
belief that its authority comes from: state, society, God, ancestors, tradition
Rite of passage is a type of ritual. What is a rite of passage and what are the stages of a rite of passage?
a rite of passage is a ritual that moves people from one position in the social structure to another
- Separation: leave behind symbols and practices of previous position
- Transition: between states. Phase that lets you accept new role. Initial stage of a process
- Re-aggregation: Ritual passenger reintroduced to society in new position
Ex.) University, Military
What is religion?
Ideas and practices that postulate reality beyond that immediately available to the senses
- social
- can involve beliefs, gods, rituals
- involves actions like prayers, feasts, sacrifice
