Key Concepts 1
Belief and Knowledge
values and beliefs seen as the truth and supported by cultural experience and shared by a social group
Culture
an organized system of symbols, ideas, explanations, and beliefs shared by a society which contribute to cultural meaning. Culture is constantly changing and is subject to criticism and disagreement.
Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies
Seth Holmes
2003-2004
Oaxaca Mex., California and Skagit Valley, Washington, USA
Indigenous Triqui migrant labourers
Bodily effects of racism in migrant workers
Symbols of Love
S. Kent
2005
San Salvador, El Salvador
Middle class consumers
How consumption leads to transnational migration and familial disintegration
Korwa
M. Gaur and S.M. Patnick
Chatisgarth region, India
Korwa
Perception of and influence on health and illness
Power
A person or groups ability to control/influence others and resources. Power is everywhere and contributes to one's perception of reality
Identity
A person's view of themself or how others view them. Group identity is often based on ethnicity, religion, or nationality.
The Burgers' Paradox
B. Nieswald
2001-2003, 2007
Germany, and Dorma district, Ghana
Migrants and returness ('Been-tos' and Burgers)
Transnational economic migration and it's affect on social relations
Mobile Phone Parenting
D. Miller and M. Madianou
2007-2010
Cambridge and London UK; Manila, Philippines
Filipina migrant mothers (domestic workers in UK) and their families
Impact of mobile communications on transnational migrant family relationships
Symbolism
the meaning given to objects, actions and processes which create a system of symbols that constuct a culture's web of meaning
Change
the alteration or modification of cultural or social elements. Could be due to internal dynamics, contact with another culture or globalisation.
Mapuche
Traditional and bio- medicine among the Mapuche community
M. Constanza Torri and S. LaPlante
2009
Temuco, Chile
Machi shamans and biomedical doctors
Medial pluralism, biomedicine, and traditional Mapuche beliefs
Social Media in Northern Chile
N. Haynes
2013-2015
Alto Hospicio, Chile
Residents of Alto Hospicio (Hospecenos)
How structures of economic class, politics, and nationalism impact the usage of smartphones and social media
Social Relations
a relationship between 2 or more individuals in a social network. Contains elements of individual agency and group expectation which from social structure and organization.
Materiality
The social life of things. Objects, resources, or belonging which contribute to cultural meaning and are embedded in social relations and practices.
Social Media in Northern Turkey
E. Costa
2013-2015
Mardin, Turkey
Arabs and Kurds in Mardin
How structures of ethnicity, family, and patriarchy impact the use of smartphones and social media
On Conflicted Swedish Consumers
C. Isenhour
2007-2008
Stockholm, Sweden
Middle class, educated consumers
Neoliberal environmental governance, and anti-consumerism