Alan and Mrs Alan have produced their responses to my cultural objects task, interesting reading…

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Just playing with this idea in my head to show change over time in culture…

The above image represents some ‘cultural objects’ associated with my teenage years ( some time ago now ) , I could have put a couple of examples but just decided on the first idea that came into my head.  A couple of questions to think about…

a) What are your teenage ‘cultural objects’?

b) How and why are they different?

c) Do they tell us anything about the countries shaping that culture? Why might this be? (I think there is a clear pattern from my choices. )

It would be nice to have some examples from the 60s, 70s and 80s as well…

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Alan has started a blog on Cultural Geography, which should make interesting reading.

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Check out Alan’s response to my cultural jamming post, including some great videos showing changes in Tesco’s advertising over time.

Ski yogurts 7and a half pence…

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Thanks to online friend Lucy Cottam for pointing me in the direction of the these images. These are examples of cultural jamming, where an individual or group changes the original message of an advertisement, to reflect what they believe is the true impact of producing the product or service .

By Zoe O’Connor

Usually the subverted advertisements are in highly public places to increase their impact and audience.

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Such anti-consumerists are also concerned about the impact of ad-creep, advertisements dominating not only public spaces, but increasingly private places as well. They believe that such consumerism encouraged by advertisements has a negative effect on the individual, linking consumerism with personal empowerment, not only are our consumer landscapes becoming similar, but our cultural landscapes are increasingly a reflection of our consumption; our identity is linked to what we buy…

For more see the Adbusters website.

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I was updating the most popular downloads from my website over the last academic year and thought again about Adam Vaughan’s, now classic, rehash of the Trainspotting poster. I thought it might be nice for students to produce a similar poster for their place, or perhaps even their chosen extreme environment. Sure I have a censored version of the famous rant somewhere….

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Geographic Travels with Catholicgauze! has a nice post about mapping Springfield. There is a great link to a map of Springfield. It reminded me that Regina Monologues, the episode where the Simpsons visit the UK, might be an interesting starting point for considering what consititutes British culture and identity. How others see us?

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David Muir on EdCompBlog makes an interesting post about Kilture, how Scottish heritage has been adapted to suit the perceptions of tourists. Interestingly, it is one aspect that has been debated for a long time in my home city of Nottingham. Tourists expect to come and see a medieval castle, of Robin Hood legend fame, but are allegedly disappointed by the 17th century mansion house on the rock. The original castle was demolished by parliament after the Civil War. Charles I had chosen Nottingham as a rallying point. Much thought has been given to knocking down the house and restoring the castle, a case of place changing to reflect the perception of others.

 

Would it matter? Yeap to me it would, as Nottingham is ‘my place’, though some find the mansion nondescript, it has always been my marker on a return via train, it heralds ‘home’ to me.

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