GEO 135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nipponbashi, Folklore, Information Superhighway
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China is moving into islands that are not inhabited. China is expanding- interested in extending zone of fishing, zone of rights, protection, etc. North korea isolation- chosen to not interact with the globalized, and economic economy. President of philippians is cutting down the process of drugs. If you catch them with drugs you can kill them. President is threatening to cut off ties with america. Seasonal rains that comes together, brings rain, and snow. Similarities and differences in the pictures displayed: folk on the left/ pop culture on the right. One child has shoes on, and one does not. Father and daughter on the right show more connection that the white family on the left. Things you think of when you hear popular culture: mainstream, dictated by money, mass media, follow trends, music, celebrities, short lived, changing quickly, peers are influential, youth dominated, microwave generation, twitter culture, easy resoles. Hillary clinton): loss of privacy, more developed countries, material objects, consumption.
