SOCIOL 2E06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Imagined Communities, Transnationalism, Richard Florida
21 Dec 2016
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Describes two contrasting immigration stories: the michael lee-chin story and the andersen. (based on the work of benedict anderson, 1991) Process where individuals and communities develop a sense of belonging to an imagined community (page 15) In a post industrial society power would no longer be concentrated in those who own the property, but rather in access to knowledge and in the ability to think and solve problems. Knowledge workers: technicians, professionals, scientists would be an important class of workers. Richard florida (2002) the rise of the creative class: The thing that really drives growth in the post industrial era: creativity: creative class, super creative core, creative professionals. Little consensus as to its real meaning (teeple, 2006: 7) Making the world into one market (teeple, 2006:11) State of mind (individual sense of place) Ideology (connection to dominant frameworks of mnc and nancial institutions) (pages. Four interrelated changes: economic changes: internalization of production, the harmonization of tastes and standards.
