Thinking Activity:Cultural studies

Cultural study

What is culture?

Culture means the cultivation of the human mind "civilization" can also be used to depict a culture of a complex society that does not belong to itself. Every society, whether civilized or not, has certain ideas and customs as well as certain types of art and art that make them look different. Culture is usually for the development of a difficult culture that includes literature, commercial art, architecture, well-planned religions and complex ideas connected with their elite.

What is a cultural study?

The field of cultural studies encompass a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives and practices. Although distinct from the discipline of cultural anthropology and the interdisciplinary field of ethnic studies, cultural studies draw upon and have contributed to each of these fields A cultural norm codifies acceptable conduct in society; it serves as a guideline for behavior, dress, language, and demeanor in a situation, which serves as a template for expectations in a social group. Accepting only a monoculture in a social group can bear risks, just as a single species can wither in the face of environmental change, for lack of functional responses to the change. Thus in military culture, valor is counted as typical behavior for an individual, as is duty, honor and loyalty to the social group are counted as virtues or functional responses in the continuum of conflict. In the practice of religion, analogous attributes can be identified in a social group.

v For     Goals Of Cultural study /    v Fife Type Of Cultural Study

1.      cultural studies trancends the confines of a particular discipline.                     2.      Politically engaged. .                     3.      Oppositional reading power.                     4.      Denies the separation of “HIGH” AND “LOW” OR elite. 5. Analysis not only the cultural work, but also the means of production.

Physical Force:-

Control of force is power at its most primal. Used by police and military

Wealth:-

Money creates the ability to buy other kinds of power

State Action:-

the use of law and bureaucracy to compel people to do or not do certain things

Social Norms:- the accepted state of the world that makes people choice or no the choice to do certain things, based on how others will see it

Ideas:-

generates power by motivated people to change how they think or act.

Numbers: A large number of people expressing a collected goal, and gains legitimacy by their support

The study of cultural study is not complete without the study of power. Meaning are governed by power relations. Power since each artifact practice acquires legitimacy and value. Cultural issues and then are mediated through questions of economy and politics. Culture is therefore about power. Every day, we move and operate within systems of power that other people have constructed. But we’re often uncomfortable talking about power. Why? Eric Liu describes the six sources of power and explains how understanding them is key to being an effective citizen. Culture is all about power or culture is produced. Cultural studies focus on mass or popular culture next question rises what is power? Power is the ability to make others do what you would have them do. it can be the family, workplace, relationship. The dynamics of power are never static. Power is not like evil, from which we have felt some anxiety, but it's like a fire.  The study of cultural study is not complete without the study of power. Meaning are governed by power relations. Power since each artifact practice acquires legitimacy and value. Cultural issues and then are mediated through questions of economy and politics. Culture is therefore about power. Every day, we move and operate within systems of power that other people have constructed. But we’re often uncomfortable talking about power. Why? Eric Liu describes the six sources of power and explains how understanding them is key to being an effective citizen.

The critical power of the media studied under cultural studies provides an opportunity to stimulate our ideas to understand how the media is used. Here we will see what power is and how power is used by the media. Watching these videos will help us to read the energy, gain real insight into the media

                                           

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