PPT-Popular Culture, Global Knowledge and Kenya’s First Internet Meme -

Makmende Understanding the Horn of Africa httpunderstandingthehornorg Martha Saavedra UC Berkeley UC Regents Some Food for thought and fun Consider the next three slides UC Regents. The role of services in economic transformation. #. SupportingEconTransform. Judith E. Tyson, Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute. April 2015. Financial services in Kenya: . its potential role in economic transformation. 3815 Survey of Popular Culture. Fall . 2013. PH . 321. Dr. . David . Lavery. The “TV is Better Than the Movies” Meme. Survey of Popular Culture. As an admitted one-time . (TV). antipathist. , my first conscious encounter with the now proliferating “Television is better than the movies” meme. MEMES . from . an English-Hungarian Contrastive Perspective. Veszelszki. , . Ágnes. 3rd Visual . Learning. . Lab. International . Conference. Budapest, 07. 12. 2012. Agenda. internet . memes . as. C4K4. Objectives. 1) Threat to Folk Culture.. 2) Environmental Impact of Popular Culture. How . MDC’s. threaten LCD’s Culture. Rise in incomes = rise in demand of. Western products. . Loss of Traditional Values: may turn away from traditional material culture of food, clothing, and shelter. Why?. . . Culture:. .  . What people care about …. .  . What people take care of…. 2. Folk & Popular Culture: Terms. HABIT. “a repetitive act that a particular . individual. . performs”. Popular Culture & . Edcuation. Via Raymond Williams (1983). 4 uses of “popular”. That which is liked by many people. That which is deemed inferior or unworthy. Work that is trying to win . favour. Objectives. Diffusion of Popular Housing, Clothing, and Food. Electronic Diffusion of Popular . Culture. Underlining thread to popular culture is CONSUMPTION.. Diffusion of Popular Housing, Clothing, and Food. (M. 3. D). Dr. Brian H. Spitzberg. Principle Investigator: Dr. Ming-Hsiang . Tsou . mtsou@mail.sdsu.edu. ,. . (Geography), . Co-. Pis. : . Dr. . Dipak. K Gupta (Political Science), Dr. Jean Marc Gawron (Linguistic), Dr. Brian . Origin of Culture. Folk Culture. Isolated, clustered. Topics involve every day life, environment, beliefs. Passed down orally. Traditions . Spread by relocation diffusion. Little change over time. Separate, multiple hearths. . Read pg. 108 in book. Culture and Customs. People living in other locations often have extremely different social customs. . Geographers ask why such differences exist and how social customs are related to the cultural landscape.. With your group, decide on a starting Meme.. Solve the problem.. Find the meme that has the ANSWER to your first problem. Now, solve that problem.. Be sure to record the order of the meme.. Cereal Guy. Memes as a tool for student engagement. Andrea Banicki . and. Neil Morris. Qatar University Foundation Program. Session Overview. Background & definition. Classroom applications. Idea festival. Gallery walk. memeology. . by . samantha. . pezzolanti. A look at what a meme is…. A meme is an image with text on or around it that is meant to convey a message. Sometimes powerful and thought provoking other times for humor and advertisement. There can sometimes be hundreds of variations on one image, often being edited by dozens of authors. . Origin. The . word . meme.  is a shortening (modeled on . gene. ) of . mimeme.  (. from Ancient Greek “imitated thing“, “to imitate“, “mime“). . and . it was coined by the British evolutionary .