ANTHRCUL 101 1st Edition Lecture 30Outline of Last LectureI. Gender ct’dII. Religion: Major ThemesIII. Modernity and ReligionIV. Themes of ReligionV. Religious ExpressionVI. Magic and ReligionVII. Distinction of the Sacred and the ProfaneVIII. Religion and RitualOutline of Current LectureI. Contours of a Global SystemII. Cultural Features of World SystemsIII. Mapping World System TheoryIV. World System and Social ControlV. The Circulation of CultureCurrentLecture4/8: Local Cultures, Global ForcesI. Contours of a Global Systema. 18th and 19th Century European Industrial Revolutioni. Shift from domestic to factory productionii. Sets up ideological oppositions of modernity1. “Traditional” versus “Modern” societiesb. Globalizing Forces?i. Industrial Growth and Colonialism1. Search for raw materials, cheap labor, and new markets2. Pushed people to expand beyond their own societiesii. Colonization:Political, social, economic, cultural domination of a territory and its people over an extended period of timec. Intervention Philosophiesi. Ideological justifications1. Profit2. Burden of ungovernable humans?3. Civilizing missionsII. Cultural Features of World Systemsa. Industrial Class DivideThese 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. Bourgeoisie, owners who purchase laborii. Proletariat, those who sell their laborb. What’s in the World System?i. Commitment to production for sale and exchangeii. Market Principle is dominant cultureiii. Focused on accumulations of capitalIII. Mapping World System Theorya.b. Linked spaces defined by three zones:i. Core1. Structurally dominant countries2. Monopolize most profitable activities, like financeii. Semi-periphery1. Industrialized, export goods and commodities2. Lack economic dominance of core countries3. Ex: Braziliii. Periphery1. Least privileged2. Source of raw materials and cheap laborc. World System as Interconnectivityi.ii. Can see the Core countries by seeing who has the most connectionsd. World System as Political Riski.ii. Political instability also visible in the world system divisionse. World System as Health Riski.f. What is missing?i. Social stratification within countries along the continuumii. Can’t see the small replications of the World System within each countryIV. World System and Social Controla. Hegemony: refers to the way that culture is often used to gain the compliance of people by getting them to internalize the values of the ruling class (social order ismade to seem natural)i. How do those with power in stratified societies achieve compliance of those who lack power?b. Compliance is gained when populations internalize the values of those in poweri. Rules and values are accepted as “natural”c. Forms of resistance?i. “Weapons of the weak”: Sentiments and activity that lurk beneath the surface of public behavior1. What appears to be hegemonic (compliance of all with upper classvalues) often includes subtle forms of resistance – not overthrowing the system2. Hidden transcripts:Critique of power that proceeds out of sight of those in power (from WOH, 290)V. The Circulation of Culturea. Culture is a shared part of all human existenceb. “Culture” can be used as a form of political activismc. Open Transcripts (Turner): Directly use of local and global forces against forces of globalizationi. Example: Kayapo resistance to dam building in Brazild. Social Activism and Culture on the Movei. Mobility of culture in the world systemii. Kayapo, Out of the Forest (film)1. Drawing on “tradition” in new ways2. Reverses the technologies of ethnographic representation3. Appropriates a “global” audience to shame a national
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