Space and place
the improvement of a traditionally bad neighborhood into more desirable
What is Gentrification
the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
Globalization
What are the real world costs of ELife?
What are sweatshops
This includes extremely low wages, unhealthy environments for working/living, and even deaths
Economic Crash of ____?
2008
aspects of the world which is antithesis of the space of culture
what is nature and the environment
what is the one thing that all the types of culture from mass to folk and popular culture share in common
the idea that culture comes from a place
Social Media
Facebook Revolution
Occupy movement originating country
Egypt
Seconomic activity in particular; this explained its particular affinity for "urbanites"
Authentic Wilderness
Political discussions around globalization focus on
the decline of nationstates and the rise in the power of corporations and international agencies
the increasing privatization of public services and private spaces.
Google's ethical policies
1. ads must be relevant
2. no pop-up advertising
3. identifiable "sponsored links"
Breaking Bad & Warrior portrayed as consequences of?
Neoliberalism
the book mentions two ways that the spaces of work and leisure have proven to be difficult to make sense of and to keep apart from one another
We bemoan with great energy the constant demands of work on our free time
We just as energetically scroll through the email messages streaming down the screens of our smartphones after the work day is over.
The shift in the relationship between the states and corporations has taken two forms
a way of attracting businesses through public monies.
loosening of restrictions on the size and power of corporations
Technological singularity
What the author says we need to learn to navigate? (end of the chapter)
Narratives of social being & belonging
the book mentions distinctions between space and place
place- "made" space, filled with stuff, made into something, and clearly identifiable
space- devoid of content, impersonal, and abstract
What does the book mention that introduced new modes of consumerism, interpersonal relationships greater flow of information, etc.?
the internet
Examples of flaneur
Google and Facebook
2011 study about estimated income distribution conclusion
citizens underestimated income inequality