UTS Flashcards
suggest
that
the
environmental
surroundings affect what we think we need
versus what we really need.
THE MATERIAL SELF
Most important factors OF THE MATERIAL SELF
WANTS AND NEEDS
Considerations in acquiring things
UTILITY AND SIGNIFICANCE
ACCORDING TO design
combines need and desire in the form of a
practical object that can also reflect the
user’s identity and aspirations through its
form and decoration.
JOHN HESKETT
popularized the field of
semiology (study of objects as signs).
JOHN HESKETT
ANYTHING THAT CONVEYS MEANING
SIGNS
IN SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS THEY Function as
signifiers in the production of meaning
OBJECTS
A SIGN HAS TWO ELEMENTS
SIGNIFIER (PHYSICAL FORM) SIGNIFIED (THE MENTAL CONCEPT IT REFERS TO)
suggests that material goods
can fulfill a range of instrumental, social,
symbolic and affective functions
Theory of the meaning of material
possession
functional
properties of a product
INSTRUMENTAL FUNCTIONS
extend to
which material possessions may be
used
to
communicate group
membership or status.
CATEGORICAL FUNCTION
personal
qualities, social standing, group
affiliation, and gender role
SOCIAL SYMBOLIC FUNCTION
reflect
person’s unique qualities
SELF EXPRESSION FUNCTION
unconsciously know that
their possessions are intimately tied
to their sense of the self
CONSUMER
is the pattern of
consumption that describes the
consumer.
CONSUMER IDENTITY
is the preoccupation
with an inclination towards the
buying of consumer goods.
CONSUMERISM
According to ?, religion
is a cultural system of commonly
shared beliefs and rituals that
provide a sense of ultimate meaning
by creating an idea of reality that is
scared,
compassing
supernatural
GIDDENS 2006 ; SPIRITUAL SELF
provides a sense of
purpose feeling that life is ultimately
meaningful
involves beliefs that take
the form of ritualized practices
is a form of culture
RELIGION
defined religion as a
unified system of beliefs and practices
relative to sacred things, things set-apart
and forbidden beliefs and practices which
unite into one single moral community
called church, all those who adhere to them
DURKHEIM 1912
a belief that all objects
have spirits.
animism
the concept of the
supernatural has been shaped by the
western notion of nature and causality and it
is culturally specific
mcclennon 1991
a jar where the remains of
the dead were kept.
manununggul jar
the priestess
that does the offering or ritual.
babaylan
carving of the memories of the
dead through carved image using gold and
stone
larawan/likha(tagalog)/diwata(bisaya) /bul-ol
(ifugao)-
a belief
in many gods like Bathala, the almighty
God, Agni, God Of Fire, Mandarangan, God
of War, Sidapa, God of death, lalahon, God
of harvest, Siginarugan, and God of Death.
polytheism
meaning breath or
soul.
anima
is the belief that everything
in nature have their own spirit or
divinity
animism
is usually accompanied by dances
(and chants). It represents the distillation of
collective memory, affect, religious piety,
humility, and purity of intention.
rituals
believes in spirit beings
in the sea like the siokoy and
mangingilaw (half man, half monkey
man eating monster) forest which
are veery harmful.
Panaynon
spirits
who live
underneath the surface of the earth
idalmunon
are spirit beings who
live on land
lupaon-on
spirit beings who live in
water
tubingnon