URBN PL 141 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cultural Imperialism, Racial Profiling, International Volunteering
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Pepsi commercial: trivialization, reduction of movements to a commercialized choice between pepsi and coke, makes it seem casual, police reduced to peaceful agents when they are armed with batons, helmets, weapons at demonstrations, selective apologies by pepsi. Even our year is based on christianity: christmas, easter: christian holidays. If you build your own power, you have the power to say no. It is a luxury: disempowerment: taking away power like lack of translation, union-busting, Reframing our approach: understand the role of desire. Enabling community to move towards developing solutions and growing: different rates and levels of empowerment and participation. Individual versus community: participate: taking part in planning | empower: actively developing something rather than just giving input. That is the difference between empowerment and participation. Shut out of labor market, turn to criminal activities. Damage-centred research: there could be some benefits out of viewing yourself as damaged.
