#CulturalAnalysis

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Back in 2013, Adam Curtis wrote about the perpetual cycle of scandal and outrage. Ten years on, we have completely spun out of control.

Curtis makes reference throughout to the journalistic practice of exposé, placing monolithic structures of government/business under the microscope of public opinion. The pinnacle of 'honest journalism', with your favourite newspaper regularly committing itself to 'the pursuit of truth'.

Whether it is All The Presidents Men, Spotlight, or more recent exaltations of journalistic practice. There is a cultural obsession with the cycle of scandal. An obsession that is clouding the judgement of the public on social media. Any issues with murky reverence, what will be the next scandal after the UCLA Protests? How will tomorrow outrage me more than yesterday?

Full story on Substack.

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An in-depth analysis of the systemic gender biases present in America. This article examines historical, economic, social, and political factors contributing to gender discrimination and suggests pathways towards achieving equality. read the full article: https://bit.ly/4hz9gHp #GenderEquality #WomensRights #SocialJustice #CulturalAnalysis #PoliticalClimate read more: why does america hate women

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📺 Debunking Media Propaganda: Dana's Insightful Talk with Joshua T. Berglan 🚨 👉 Tune in as Dana and Joshua T. Berglan delve into the impact of media propaganda, especially in the context of true crime and its portrayal in society. Join them in unraveling how media has seeded certain narratives into the public psyche for decades, and why these portrayals are problematic. 💥 Dana challenges the glamorization of criminals in media, comparing the celebrity status of figures like Manson to that of cultural icons like Elvis. This discussion explores the potential design behind such media trends and their effects on public perception and values. 📌 For a deeper exploration of media influence and its societal implications, watch the full episode. #MediaPropaganda, #TrueCrime, #PublicPerception, #JoshuaTBerglan, #GlamorizationOfCrime, #SocietalImpact, #MediaNarratives, #CulturalAnalysis, #MindControl, #CriticalThinking, #MediaCritique, #SocietalValues, #InfluentialMedia, #DanaAndJoshua

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[unapologeticessence-blog]

February is Black History Month, a month set to observe the history of the movements and achievements of African Americans and their descendants.

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

“In my early years, there were a number of experiences that made me decide I could not afford the luxury of just being an actress. There were a number of issues I wanted to address. I wanted to use my career as a platform.”

— Cicely Tyson

“All I want for my children — and I think all you want for yours — is a fair and equal chance and respect for their dignity as human beings. Give us that and we’ll do the rest.”

— Jackie Robinson

“I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.”

— Serena Williams

“We’ve been floating this country on credit for centuries, yo, and we’re done watching and waiting while this invention called whiteness uses and abuses us, burying black people out of sight and out of mind while extracting our culture, our dollars, our entertainment like oil – black gold, ghettoizing and demeaning our creations then stealing them, gentrifying our genius and then trying us on like costumes before discarding our bodies like rinds of strange fruit. The thing is though… the thing is that just because we’re magic doesn’t mean we’re not real.”

— Jesse Williams

“This all started as a love story. And it still is. This love transformed me from a curious, stargazing young girl to a professional astrophysicist, hot on the heels of celestial discovery. Who knew that chasing after the universe would ground me so deeply to my mission here on Earth. Then again, when do we ever know where love's first flutter will truly take us.”

— Jedidah Isler

“Speak up. You have to project! If people can't hear you, it doesn't matter what you say.”

— Freeman A. Hrabowski III

“NASA is an incredible investment for our nation because what we do not only uncovers new knowledge, it helps raise the bar of human achievement.”

— Charles Frank Bolden Jr.

"I believe that higher education is one of the best investments anybody can make in their future."

— Barack Obama  

“If a black man is always cast as the drug dealer but rarely as the righteous successful business man, the conclusion is that it is not believable for a man of color to be inherently good or successful or on the side of righteousness. Good, bad or indifferent, tv helps define our collective reality. If a child grows up never seeing themselves representative as successful or as the hero, then they are the anomaly if they succeed and the expectation if they fail.”

— Yara Shahidi

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To read more of my Black History posts, visit Unapologetic Ingenuity & Luminary Essence - Black History.

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Stasera ospite di @kudosrai4 apparentemente per parlare di #vampiri #zombie #alieni in realtà per raccontare l'uso dei #bigdata per l'analisi della #cultura #culturalanalysis #culturomics (presso Studi Cinematografici De Paolis)

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One of the BEST #MondayMotivation for Action and Purpose I've seen in a classroom in a very long time! #ThisIsAmerica #childishgambino @childishgambino #teacherslife #culturalanalysis #SocraticSeminar #InClassDiscussion #Repost @valencia_valencia • • • Might want to turn your volume down because I was going in! Sorry, NOT, sorry. CC: @childishgambino #thisisamerica

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WEEK 4: Managing Cultural Property

podcast

a 60 sec vlog

a photography blog post

What is cultural appropriation?

The Macquarie Dictionary defines Cultural Appropriation (sometimes referred to as Cultural Misappropriation) as,  “The adoption by a group of a specific element of another culture, as forms of dress, personal adornments, music and art styles, religious beliefs, social behaviour, etc., usually involving some degree of assimilation into the culture which is borrowing it, and sometimes viewed negatively by the group from which the appropriation is made.”

How do we manage cultural appropriation in our own work?

By offering explanations for our choices and doing before hand research e.g. weather it is appropriate to use the item or not. Representation matters as well, such as in the case of runways displaying turbans and head scarfs, they should use the people who would wear those things for the reason it was designed. Though like dreads, there is variations in history of these particular things with not one specific race/culture “owning the items”, if the design is clearly similar to a race/culture this can be stated or state why it is not. 

Should cultural property (or cultural heritage) be protected?  If so how?

Yes. There is no need to wear religious clothing if you have so subscription to the faith or don’t understand the meaning of the item and it’s only for leisure.

PROMPTS

Sanaa Hamid Photographic Series - Haute Spotter

Tania Phipps-Rufus’ Article - The Gaurdian

References

https://www.dazeddigital.com/tag/cultural-appropriation

cultural appropriation. (2017). In S. Butler (Ed.), Macquarie Dictionary. (7th ed.). [Online]. South Yarra: Macquarie Dictionary Publishers. Available from: http://ezproxy.kingston.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/macqdict/cultural_appropriation/0?institutionId=110 [Accessed 20 August 2019].

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_appropriation

Barnett, C. (1998), The Cultural Turn: Fashion or Progress in Human Geography?. Antipode, 30: 379-394. doi:10.1111/1467-8330.00085

https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~culturalanalysis/volume3/pdf/shand.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Craig_Thompson3/publication/24098966_Speaking_of_Fashion_Consumers%27_Uses_of_Fashion_Discourses_and_the_Appropriation_of_Countervailing_Cultural_Meanings/links/5759a17208aed884620b1b6d.pdf

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#RiotGrams Challenge Day 8 – Nonfiction Reads: Buffy and the Heroine’s Journey: Vampire Slayer as Feminine Chosen One by Valerie Estelle Frankel. I love reading essays analyzing and this book was especially good. I liked how it reconsiders Campbell’s Hero’s Journey from a new perspective. . . . #bookstagram #bookstagramchallenge #readstagram #bookcommunity #booksofig #bookdragon #bookishlove #booknerd #bookphotography #bookishlife #instagramchallenge #igchallenge #valerieestellefrankel #buffythevampireslayer #theheroinesjourney #theherosjourney #booklove #popculture #essays #culturalanalysis https://www.instagram.com/p/Btom34xHfgu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zi2itxj788lh

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methodology primary organization

psychoanalysis:

WHY DO WE THINK WHAT WE THINK??

Freud - using psychoanalysis therapy to vent out suppressed unconscious thoughts and anxiety.  

psychological problems are resulted from unconscious mind and experiences. Most of the time, these suppression will cause trauma or physical symptoms. 

- bring the latent thoughts to the surface so that the patients can deal with them.

(Freudian Slip, Rorschach ink blots, Free Association: ” abreaction: stressful experience that feels like it is happening again. catharsis: one feels better after recall a bad memory under the accompany of a supportive friend” )

**human subjectivity, sexuality and unconscious --> when interpret visual image, we focus on the effects they have on the spectators. 

**there is no right or wrong in the image interpretation since different audiences are drawn to different image organizations and relationships and this situation affects the way they look at the images which create certain subjectivities.

ex: in film, we look at protagonists in the film and the relationship between protagonists between the spectators. Addressing our sense of self! 

Nevertheless, this methodology gives interpretations towards the behaviours of the audiences. 

content analysis:

people V.S. content (why produce it?)

- the analysis of the meanings, relationships and presence of visual objects/ text/ concept/ records of communication (including theatre, discussion etc)  

- detect the presence of a propaganda and  identify the communication trends and intentions.

- “Describe attitudinal and behavioral responses to communications. Determine psychological or emotional state of persons or groups”

- the content should be broke down into small pieces and being analyzed through one of the methods:

1) conceptual analysis: “establishing the existence and frequency of concepts most often represented by words of phrases in a text ”

2) relational analysis: “ examining the relationships among concepts in a text ”

--> how the repetitive occurrences of some texts form a different meaning.

cultural analysis:

visualizing flows of cultures, ideas, images, trends (mapping)

 - quantitative measures; real-time mapping of consumption/production; visualizing the trends and cultural ideas

Semiotics:

- refers to something other than itself.  A sign indicates or refers to something else --> that is how meaning is produced, and what signs do.

- linguistic but not necessarily abt languages.

- word can refer to different cultural meanings produced by a culture. 

-  each language is a kind of world which itself determines the kinds of things that can be named or referred to in 'reality.

- semiotics:  tracing the rich interconnections across signs that produce meaning. (words refer to other words...)

-  Words achieve their powers of meaning to a large extent between their inter-relationships, which are network-like, and the social practices of the culture in which they are embedded.

**different cultures have carved out different realities

(from lecture materials and Visual methodology book)

#psychoanalysis #contentanalysis #culturalanalysis #semiotics

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Weaving Poetry, Beauty and Meaning

Weaving Poetry, Beauty and Meaning

Huang Juxiang (lit. fragrance of yellow chrysanthemums), Yamamoto Yueniang’s Peranakan mother and look-alike Enveloped in a mesmerizing atmosphere with a light touch of folk magic, Southeast Asian drama The Little Nyonya traces the story of its fairylike, Japanese-Peranakan heroine Yamamoto Yueniang from the 1930s to the present day. Its origins, however, began much earlier. Since the 10th…

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It takes effort and initiative to create positive and lasting change. If we stand back and do nothing, that’s exactly what we will get in return...nothing. The problem can’t be ignored. It needs to be addressed and change needs to be initiated and implemented, socially and institutionally. The world needs more leaders and visionary minds to stand up for what truly matters and take the initiative to create that lasting positive change for a better world, better society and for better living conditions. 

One balmy evening as Kwame Rose walked through Mondawmin Mall in Baltimore, an elderly African-American woman spotted him among the bustle of shoppers, waved, and rushed over to say hello.

"Aren't you that Rose fellow — the one who was on TV protesting?" she asked, visibly excited. Appearing surprised, he smiled and politely affirmed that she had the right person.

"I'm proud of you, young man," said the lady, as she wrapped him in a bear hug. "Thank you," he said humbly, returning her embrace with a warm smile.

In his hometown and beyond, the 22-year-old is gaining recognition. Rose is among a new crop of young African-American activists in Baltimore and around the country who have emerged while agitating for social justice.

"I didn't know Freddie Gray, but I thank him for changing my life," he says of the 25-year-old Baltimore man whose April 2015 death in police custody triggered widespread protests. "I was given a sense of purpose, joining a movement to fight for countless Black people who have died due to racial profiling by law enforcement."

A mural of activist Kwame Rose by the artist Nether adorns a wall near the location where Freddie Gray was arrested August 10, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland. 

Photo Credit: Win McNamee / Getty Images

"I'm inspired and energized to fight for Black liberation and overall, make the world better," he says. "I'm not interested in respectability politics or being part of the establishment. I want institutional change."

Photo Credit: André Chung / NBC News

To read the full article, visit Baltimore ChangeMakers: Kwame Rose, an Unapologetic Voice for Change

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@realstaceydash #staceydash #azarialamode congrats to Stacey Dash Hired By #FoxNews As '#CulturalAnalysis' ContributorThe star has become known for her controversial viewpoints in recent years! #igdaily #igstyle #fashion #celebstyle

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Yara Shahidi is an amazing individual, actress, activist and STEM advocate who delivers and articulates powerful messages of great importance. On “Black-ish”, a television show that has earned and deserves enormous critical acclaim for its discussion and tackling of complex social and race issues, Yara Shahidi portrays the character, Zoey Johnson.

One of her favorite Zoey lines is: "I'm cool, plus I'm black, which is cool, so I win twice.”

As stated within the article:

“Ultimately, as an actor, every story has to be told, but it’s more than saying ‘I want to make sure that every black person on TV is a good role model.’ What we are lacking now is the balance of good, bad and indifferent characters. We have a lot of characters that are entertaining to watch, and they are all played by talented people, but it’s not who you want to be or your sister or your mother or brother to be.”  - Yara Shahidi

As a dynamic force in Hollywood, what keeps her grounded the most:

“I feel like there is nowhere to go other than the ground, if that makes any sense,” she said while laughing. She went into detail about stereotypes that black actors face and how they can be misinterpreted. “So many times, actors will get bad reps for being full of themselves. Confidence, especially on women and people of color, is misconstrued as being conceited,” she said.

“What makes me just ‘Yara’ and not refer to myself as ‘an actress Yara Shahidi,’  is the fact that I’m a kid and I like being a kid. I like having a normal life. My normal is different from most people’s normal, but there still is a balance of I talk to friends and sometimes I text too much, and I’m also in school and balancing classes, and I have a family that supports that. So acting has not absorbed my entire world, which has allowed me to have a base reality. My base reality is our reality. It’s not a set. It’s not a character. It’s not a show. It’s planet Earth.” 

“She’ll have hour-long conversations with random people if she knows anything about what they are trying to do, like ‘ok, here are all of my connections I have, here’s this, here’s that.’ And so many people are like ‘stop talking and monetize that,’ but it comes from this place in her heart where she can’t stop talking if she knows how to help you, and that is just very powerful to watch,” she said.

To read the full article, visit: BLAVITY EXCLUSIVE: YARA SHAHIDI TALKS ABOUT NORMALIZING DIVERSITY, HER ASPIRATIONS, ‘BLACK-ISH’ & MORE

Photo Credit: Adrienne Raquel/NY Mag