Nov
28
2011
Ladd CH2 p. 76-77 Marvin Miller
Discusses the concept of “discourse analysis” in understanding how certain thinking, cultural values, and beliefs come to existence and those with prestigious discourses like in universities, medical establishments and communication media can establish “knowledge” and create the “discursive system.” This system has often been a tool of colonialism of minority cultures that do not have the same kind of “discourses” like those of majority cultures.
Tags: admissible evidence, Ashcroft, canons of truth, Chinese discourses, colonization, cultural patterns, discourse analysis, discursive system, domains, Earth-centered traditions, egalitarian, Foucault, gynaecology, knowledge, madness, majority cultures, midwifery, minority cultures, peasantry, power, sexuality, unspoken rules, Western discourses, working-class
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Apr
11
2011
Ladd INTRO p. 21-25 Lentz (14:45)
Discusses what CULTURE is, difficulties and discomfort of studying one’s own culture. Also, discusses differences in characteristics of majority and minority cultures and the importance of cultural literacy
Tags: academics, activism, Coca-colonialism, colonialism, cultural literacy, cultural spaces, culture, economy, Geneva Convention, inequality, majority cultures, mask of benevolence, media, minority cultures, multiculturalism, politics, racism, September 11, war, Western cultures
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