ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Killer Whale, Khoikhoi, Inuksuk
12 Sep 2018
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Involve syncretism (cultural blending) the blending of religious traditions, symbols, beliefs, rituals, images (cargo cult: normally occur in response to change, crisis, and stress (eg. colonialism, disease, warfare, population decrease, etc, all religions begin as revitalization movements. But in our age of globalization : we see an increase in syncretism in religious and secular domains, called cultural appropriation (cross-cultural borrowing). Globalization: refers to increasing interconnectedness as a result of changes in technology, communications, growth of tourism, transportation, free trade agreements, etc. a process. European expansion (500 years ago) columbus 1492: has accelerated since the 1960"s result of new technology (expansion of commercial airline industry, virtual and physical contact, can have economic and cultural consequences. In terms of culture leads to increasing rates of cultural appropriation (among other things) Borrowing something, and then changing the meaning of it. Using symbols and changing their meaning or context (swastika), don"t acknowledge and decontextualize parts of culture, commercialization (making a profit), cultural plagarism.
