SOC202H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bill Joy, Hip Hop, Dj Kool Herc
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Emile durkheim: functionalist approach to culture but, not just a straightforward reflection, societies create creative representations to bind them together. This video talks about the origin of hiphop claiming that kool dj herc was the. The video talks about the reasons and the environment in which hiphop was created: people were faced with inequality such as poverty, racism, and etc. Symbolic interactionism: we create meaning and identities through interactions in everyday life, cooley: looking-glass self . The idea that an individual sees themselves through the eyes of someone else: goffman: dramaturgical theory. Subculture: holds a powerful set of symbols, meanings, and behavioural norms often the opposite of those in the larger culture that bind the subculture"s members (griswold 2013: 59). Art is created through collaboration among a network of actors. Artistic conventions provide shared rules for creating and evaluating art. This video talks about the art of graffiti. It talks about what is considered art and what is a crime.
