Hybridity Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

Nikos Papastergiades (2005) said the following, for example: Unresolved concerns about authenticity serve as a backdrop to the debate over the conceptual and political framework of hybridity. The "anxiety" around authenticity and art from Africa and its diaspora were discussed by citing the works of one (1) African modernist and one (1) African contemporary artist. This essay also commented on how the concepts of "hybridity" and "diaspora" are viewed in relation to African art, as a fi...

Data ETHCS 2023-2024 Exam Questions and Answers All Correct technological determinism - ANSWER - the notion that technology is self realizing: what happens in regards to technological innovation is inevitable. Technology acts as an agency with full autonomy over society's development Technocracy - the ruling elite within governing bodies that are technologically capable, individuals who represent technology and its "interests" in government Unintended consequences Hybridity -...

Sociology OCR paper 1 Quizzes with 100% Correct Answers Values -Answer-Strong principles or beliefs that a society judged to be important. Norms -Answer-Social rules or expectations that governs social behaviour Culture -Answer-Refers to the way of life of a society includes values, morals, norms, traditions, language Subcultures -Answer-A minority group of people who share values and norms which mark them as different from the dominant mainstream culture which they exist alongside cultu...

Summary of the material for the final exam (2022) for Global History. INCLUDES notes from (Total: 62 pages): George Lawson’s article (2010) “The eternal divide? History and International Relations”. Stephen Howe’s book (2002) “Empire: A Very Short Introduction”, chapter 1. Peter Frankopan’s book (2015) “The Silk Roads: A New History of the World”, preface. Charles H. Parker’s book (2012) “Global Interactions in the Early Modern Age, 1400-1800”, introduction. ...

Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people. - Answer- culture aka convergence theory. Cultures are becoming more and more the same. Marsella's viewpoint - Answer- homogenization aka glocalization. A cultural mixture of and continuity and change. Appiah, Tomlinson's and Watson's viewpoint. - Answer- Hybridity aka divergence theory. Increase of hostility due to opposing value systems and ideologies coming into contact. Huntington's view point. - Answer- Clash of Ci...

Declension ways in which humans have destroyed & degraded their environment Hybridity argues that nature & culture are entwined forces Time Scales short scales: current - 9 years historic scales: 10-499 years long scales: 500-9,999 years prehistoric scales: 10,000- million years Geological/cosmic: millions-billions of years Anthropocene most recent time period in geological history --> time when humans become dominate force impacting Earth

PostmodernismWhat is a metanarrative - correct answer big story e.g. science or religion What is modernism - correct answer During the 17th century, people began to abandon old religious ways of thinking and adopted a rational scientific mindset instead What caused metanarratives to collapse - correct answer -events such as two world wars which produced nuclear, chemical and biological weapons -environmental damage such as global warming caused by technological process -media tourism res...

Complete summary of the literature and readings for the course Politics of Reconstruction and Intervention. The summary contains the following: - Five generations of peace operations, Kenkel - At War's End: Chapter 1 and 2, Paris - Managing Contradictions: The Inherent Dilemmas of Postwar Statebuilding, Paris and Sisk - The Evolution from Integrated Missions to ‘Peace Keepers on Steroids’, Hofman - The application of Liberal Peacebuilding in Afghanistan and Iraq, Dodge - The Libera...

The fact that cultures are neither wholly isolated nor entirely distinct, but instead constantly borrow from one another. Correct Answer -hybridity Dangers that spring from the natural world and are unrelated to the actions of humans. Examples of external risk include droughts, earthquakes, famines, and storms Correct Answer -external risk Alteration in basic structures of a social group or society. Social change is an ever-present phenomenon in social life, but it has become especially in...

History of Rock n Roll Final Exam allowed underground groups to become popular, and provided freedom from rigid formats - why were college radio stations so important? allowed the replacement of certain instruments - what did the growth of synthesizers in the 1980's allow? to try to bring censorship to music - what was the goal of Parent's music resource center? yes (parental guidance sticker on albums) - did the Parent's Music Resource Center actions promote censorship? some s...