Everyday revelations by Maria Antonia Velez-Serna https://padlet.com/m_a_velezserna/f3lq5jyr7up3 A cultural theory scrapbook en-us 2016-11-26 21:22:36 UTC 2026-01-09 15:39:54 UTC hello@padlet.com Deleuze and Guattari https://padlet.com/m_a_velezserna/f3lq5jyr7up3/wish/140151788 Rhizomatic reading has enabled me to analyse media (e.g films) and see how every element is somehow connected, and therefore how it never ends. 

]]> 2016-11-28 13:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/m_a_velezserna/f3lq5jyr7up3/wish/140151788 Taste https://padlet.com/m_a_velezserna/f3lq5jyr7up3/wish/140975317 How "good taste" is a built, hierarchical construct, and how it can be utilised to exercise symbolic domination over someone.]]> 2016-11-30 21:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/m_a_velezserna/f3lq5jyr7up3/wish/140975317 Ideology as Other https://padlet.com/m_a_velezserna/f3lq5jyr7up3/wish/141065586 I think looking at the way culture is constructed from human interaction but then grows beyond individuals and becomes a thing in itself that still requires us but is also independent has helped me to understand a lot more about how culture functions and why some of the seemingly 'mad' parts of it actually make sense.
Most of the clearest understandings I have come to about Cultural Theory have been through Althusser.  ]]> 2016-12-01 11:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/m_a_velezserna/f3lq5jyr7up3/wish/141065586 Cultural Theory Explained https://padlet.com/m_a_velezserna/f3lq5jyr7up3/wish/141066159 Best thing from this course has been a clarification of why the study of Cultural Theory is so complex and demands such a careful use of language and terminology. Each theorist has built on those before him/her and many other complex disciplines that demand a very technical language, simple terms used in the wrong context can lead to a lot of confusion. ]]> 2016-12-01 11:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/m_a_velezserna/f3lq5jyr7up3/wish/141066159 this module has opened my eyes to so much. I didn't realise how much depth there was to what we think the norm is. Personally this module has helped me to realise there is not just one culture or identity, there are many factors. Although this now seems like common sense it helps me in understanding the world. For instance I am no longer Indian and living in Glasgow. So much more defines who I am and who I am becoming. Gender, class, ethics, age etc. Cultural theory has taught me there is more than what we see https://padlet.com/m_a_velezserna/f3lq5jyr7up3/wish/141969920 2016-12-06 11:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/m_a_velezserna/f3lq5jyr7up3/wish/141969920 Norms and identity https://padlet.com/m_a_velezserna/f3lq5jyr7up3/wish/142953702 The different theories have helped me to deconstruct how norms and identity are formed and interact. Before, I was quite well informed about socialisation but more on an individual level. Cultural theory has helped me to link identity and norms to a bigger picture and to integrate it with aspects that are less top-down than more classically marxist views I've learned before.]]> 2016-12-10 16:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/m_a_velezserna/f3lq5jyr7up3/wish/142953702