Week 4 L1 and 2

Question 1

eurocentrism

Answer 1

a worldview centred around western civilisation being superior to other cultures

Question 2

Ethnocentrism

Answer 2

the uncritical belief in the superiority of ones own culture - Tilley 2017

Question 3

Colonialism

Answer 3

A system of control, exploitation and occupation of one territory or country by another

Question 4

two types of colonialism

Answer 4

settler colonialism and exploitation colonialism

Question 5

settler colonialism

Answer 5

displace indigenous population with settlers who become a majority of a colonies populations- a cultural off shoot of the motherland

Question 6

exploitation colonialism

Answer 6

exploit a colony as a market, source of food and raw materials without trying to replace it

Question 7

types of colonial violence

Answer 7

overt physical violence, covert structural violence and psychosocial domination

Question 8

overt physical violence

Answer 8

invasion, death, disease and destruction

Question 9

coverts structural violence

Answer 9

enforced dependency, stigma, legislation, reserves, removals

Question 10

Psychosocial domination

Answer 10

cultural and spiritual genocide

Question 11

epistemic violence of eurocentrism

Answer 11

knowledge and cognitive violence, domination of particular ways of knowing, and thinking in knowledge disciplines and institutions.

Question 12

white privilege

Answer 12

the equation of whiteness withe humanity secures a position of power from which whiteness reproduces itself

Question 13

Indigenous research

Answer 13

seeks to investigate social problems in a way that more appropriately aligns with indigenous culture, values and principles.

Question 14

Kaupapa maori research

Answer 14

how Maori ways of being, knowing and doing can benefit society

Question 15

neocolonialism

Answer 15

is widely used to refer to any and all forms of control of the ex colonies after political independence

Question 16

Power

Answer 16

Ability to get your own way, even against the opposition of others, max weber

Question 17

Four dimensions of power

Answer 17

traditional, agenda setting, knowledge and socialisation

Question 18

traditional power

Answer 18

ability to exercise power over others

Question 19

agenda setting power

Answer 19

power to determine what issues are discussed/ actionable and what issues are not

Question 20

knowledge power

Answer 20

power to know your own interests

Question 21

socialisation power

Answer 21

society shapes how people behave to achieve conformity

Question 22

Positionality

Answer 22

The stance of a researcher in relation to the social and political context of a study- acknowledging our own implicit biases

Question 23

Culture

Answer 23

a shared system of understanding

Question 24

5 key components of culture

Answer 24

symbols, language, values, beliefs and norms

Question 25

symbols

Answer 25

anything that carries a particular meaning recognised by people who share culture

Question 26

language

Answer 26

a system of spoken or written symbols used to convey meaning that allows people to communicate with one another

Question 27

Values

Answer 27

cultural standards by which we determine what is good, bad, right or wrong

Question 28

beliefs

Answer 28

the tenets or convictions that people hold to be true

Question 29

Norms

Answer 29

rules defining appropriate and inappropriate ways of behaving in society