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ANTHRCUL 101 1st Edition Lecture 22Outline of Last LectureExam #2Outline of Current LectureI. States, Social Control, and IdentityII. Public and Private SpacesIII. Social Control and the Built EnvironmentIV. Grown in DetroitCurrent Lecture3/20: Identity and BelongingI. States, Social Control, and Identitya. To what extent is social control built into our environment?i. Population – culturally constructed concept that we rely on in our everyday livesii. Ex: Structure of a lecture hall – seats out here, facing a podium and a relatively inflexible display of information, all developed from ideas of how we “should” learn, etc.b. What is public space versus private space?i. Distinction that is ideological, mythical, and difficult to pin down. ii. And how is this ultimately a question about identity?1. The way the idea of public space and private space is enforced hasto do with belonging to an ethnographic/social group2. Sense of belonging is extremely powerful – people have killed themselves if they don’t belongc. What is surveillance, and how does it really work?i. Connect to Monkey in the Mirror, moment of self-reflectionii. Surveillance: ability to see yourself as individual, ability to reflect upon own actions and adjust because of it1. A lot of state “surveillance” is often serves the purpose of reminding people to monitor themselves, not necessarily them watching us2. How is this in play in Getting Ghost?II. Public and Private Spacesa. Getting GhostThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.i. How is public and private space blurred together by the drug trade?1. Kind of economy that is outside of public view but not privateii. How is juxtaposition useful as a framework for Bergmann?1. Juxtaposes public and private spaces in ways that are culturally specific to the drug trade2. Detroit’s history has always had conflict between business economy and residentsiii. How are “spots” and “homes” linked to ideas of “public” and “private” spaces?1. Spots are public, homes are private – but much drug dealing happens in homesIII. Social Control and the Built Environmenta. Getting Ghosti. How does the built, or torn down, environment contribute to individual identities?1. Tearing down houses to try to stop the drug trade – mayor competition sort of a competition to see who can bulldoze the most thingsii. What does Bergmann mean by “Dream-Spaces”1. Homes that we live in – one of the reason we are so attached to the same place we grew up in is because that was the period of our lives we daydreamed most, carried those daydreams into our lives and they defined usiii. Note how life histories and architecture are intertwined1. Built structure of homes vs. actual lives of people insideIV. Grown in Detroita. Film about urban gardeningb. School in Detroit exclusively to women who are pregnant or have children, gives them education needed to become farmersc. “Nature is taking over the city and a new generation is being taught to harvest itsprofit.” (Back of the DVD)d. If children are in an academic environment in first three years of life, more likely to do well in “everything”e. Detroit has a ton of vacant land because of houses being torn down – use those spaces for something productive like growing food. Makes use of the land and also gives more options of good


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