Cultural studies

Hall’s Paraphrase Hall views cultural studies through an autobiographical approach and links it to different theories. He views it with Marxism first, citing its problems with Eurocentric Britain and how, ultimately, culture studies breaks away from Marxism. Next, he mentions Gramsci and his organic intellectuals who, Hall and other members in the Centre for Contemporary Culture Studies, were familiar with an adhered to. Next, he views feminist theory which he claims broke in and explained the patriarchal

For this week’s reading, we read “Cultural Studies” by John Frow and Meaghan Morris. The author started out by describing how “culture” became a popular term within the media since the 1980’s and words like “postmodernism” and “globalization”. The Australian politician describe the word ‘culture’ affects people’s point of views and way of working through complicated customs, values, and expectations. The author supported the argument that changing culture is a very important aspect by using an example

The goal of Cultural Studies scholars, per Stuart Hall, is to “…understand the ensemble of relations between the economic, political, cultural, ideological, and social spheres” (“The Last Interview”). Hall did not initially believe that Cultural Studies was an autonomous sphere. However, at the time of “The Last Interview”, Hall acknowledged that culture had largely become an autonomous “spectre” within the field which, according to him, was never supposed to happen. Nonetheless, despite the difference

A Cultural Studies Approach to "Enemies" in The Things They Carried     Two men who fight over a jackknife in "Enemies", a chapter in Tim O'Brien's work, The Things They Carried.  A cultural studies approach to "Enemies" allows the reader to look much deeper into the meaning of the events that unfold in "Enemies".  The fight over the knife could very well reflect the events occurring in society during that time.          In

Creative and Cultural Industries, MA Module: HUP057N What does a “political economy” approach to study of the Creative and Cultural Industries involve? What are its advantages and disadvantages? ID: 10048001 Anastasia Davydova 1. Introduction The intention of this paper is to define what we mean by political economy? What does this approach involve to study the Creative

the text and images in the media are what form the basis of these theories. This essay discusses two hypothetical frameworks: the political economy and cultural studies theories, including their similarities and differences, and how they help in understanding the relationship between the media and society. The Political Economy and Cultural Studies Theories Similarities There are major similarities between the two theories, especially regarding their underlying principles. Both models help understand

The cultural case study I have chosen focuses on the protection of indigenous and cultural rights within Australia. Lack of knowledge in the wider community of Indigenous cultural heritage has created confusion, misunderstandings and inequality which have all continually placed pressure on the Indigenous heritage. Years of European misperceptions and indifferences have adversely affected them. Thus, I have chosen this case study to increase my awareness and understanding of the Indigenous community

the Guest textbook, what is cultural anthropology (summarize in your own words in a sentence or two), and what is a key method used to conduct research in cultural anthropology. How does one employ this method, according to Guest (pp. 7-19)? Cultural anthropology is the study of human beliefs and values. It is a way of learning and understanding how humans act in different countries and cultures. Ethnography is one of the main key method used to conduct research in cultural anthropology. Ethnography

A cultural anthropologist studies culture by participating in an activity or event and asking questions. They work alongside the people they are studying in order to understand their culture. An archeologist studies culture without the benefit of a live subject. They are usually at a dig site unearthing objects that they know nothing about. They use carbon dating to find out the age of the objects and must use evidence and surrounding data to allow them to understand what these objects are for.

Over the past two decades there has been proactive debates surrounding Indigenous Studies and the need for Indigenous content to be inclusive across all disciplines within Australian universities. The Indigenous Cultural Competence aims to model the integration, design, and delivery of Indigenous content (Carey 2015) and came to be after, following some discussion on the concept of university students graduating with the attribute of being ‘culturally competent’. To achieve this, tertiary students