Ideology
The study of ideas.
What is ideology?
The shared beliefs, practices, and values of a group of people.
What is culture?
Micah Herskind’s critique of "Cop City" is rooted in this concept, which he claims the city has long championed, emphasizing an image of progress while failing to address systemic issues like police violence and community policing.
What is "The Atlanta Way"?
This concept, explored by thinkers like Michel Foucault and Donna Haraway, critiques the binary opposition between "nature" and "culture" and suggests that these categories are socially constructed.
What is the nature/culture divide?
True or false: Ideology and knowledge are intrinsically tied to culture.
True
Every "dominant" culture is dependent on a series of ...?
What are subcultures?
In This is the Atlanta Way: A Primer on Cop City, Herskind discusses how the city’s leaders have framed the "Cop City" debate as a necessary step for public safety, emphasizing this aspect of the facility.
What is "public safety" or "law enforcement training"?
This concept in cultural studies involves examining how race, gender, sexuality, and class are constructed and represented in media and popular culture.
What is identity politics?
True or False: The concept of "knowledge" CAN exist without ideology.
False
What is "high culture"?
This landmark event brought national attention to the success of Atlanta’s "Way," showcasing its ability to unite diverse groups, especially as Atlanta won the bid to host this global event.
What is the 1996 Summer Olympics?
This term refers to the process by which a cultural group resists or subverts the dominant cultural order, often through art, music, or language.
What is cultural resistance?
An inability to see real conditions because they are masked by false ideas.
What is false consciousness?
Every culture is a ...?
What is multicultural?
Who was the first African American mayor of Atlanta and a key figure in promoting the "Atlanta Way" through political collaboration and economic empowerment for Black residents.
Who is Maynard Jackson?
This concept refers to the process by which cultural norms and values are transmitted through various institutions like family, education, and media.
What is socialization?
What does "common sense" have to do with ideology?
Ideology is "common sense" within a cultural context; something that you think without thinking.
Widely shared, accessible forms of culture like television, movies, and social media are examples of what?
What is "popular culture"?
One of Herskind's central critiques is that the "Atlanta Way" has created this phenomenon, where the city's leaders, particularly Black politicians, are criticized for prioritizing corporate interests and public safety over the needs of marginalized communities.
What is neoliberalism?
This concept, coined by Stuart Hall, refers to the way in which dominant cultural meanings are created and maintained through media and popular culture.
What is encoding/decoding?