ANTB20H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: The Beach Boys, Informal Sector, Social Relation
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Lecture 3 the politics of livelihood and the culture of politics. Appadurai and said are the most important readings for the 1st and 2nd week. Wb and imf have the means and power to direct the way capital flows, whose money comes in, and whose money is able to make a profit. Image- the picture, portrait, or reflection that is disseminated and distributed by media technology. Imaginary- idea that there is an imagined global economy that is a part of shared community of ideas and pictures. Some idea we consciously believe that we are a part of a global world, people we have never encountered are a part of this world that we share. Imagined- a phrase that means the power of the collective, the power of the collective in sharing or in imagining something that is real but as the same time outside of them.