power, spectacle and memory. frameworks of power political social economical e.g. the west's...
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Frameworks of Power
Political Social Economical E.g. The west's framework/structure of power is very
different to eastern countries
Power
Couple of guys to look at; Michel Foucault (Mainly Social Studies) Max Weber (Economist and sociologist)
“Power and the quest for order is, for most of us, experienced as something quite ordinary: it is often, for example, the kind of thing that you only really know about when you are on the receiving end of it”(Ordering Lives: family, work and welfare, chapter 1: Power: its institutional guises, introduction, page 8 )”
Power
So what does that really mean? Power is something that we experience on a day to
day basis, without sometimes really knowing that its there and effecting the way we live.
e.g. CCTV Tesco Clubcard Subscriptions etc.
Spectacle
To put it simply; The word spectacle is
used to describe an event that is memorable, something that is spectacular.
E.g. Tree man who appeared in the Channel Four documentary recently
It can also however, refer to something of a low cultural shows that operate, such as exploiting freak shows.
Spectacle
Saddam Hussein's statue being toppled Links with power Hoax? Which allows it to be seen more as a spectacle
for American power and not just a symbolic moment in history
Flag over the statues face
Memory
Memory, operates in many different ways and can be a term used to refer to many different things.
Human Memory Cultural Memory Nostalgic Memory
Advertising
Advertising can certainly gain from human and cultural memory.
Recognizable theme, nostalgia etc. Annoying theme, song, bloke singing e.g. Halifax,
Insurance adverts, etc. Everybody remembers the advertisements