Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Resistance and a girl like me.


This is seen as resistance because girls are honestly commenting on and questioning society.   In this video, adolescent black girls are exasperated with and recognize society's stereotypes that are obviously against blacks.  The stereotypes favor the white race. I am not sure that I personally see this as resistance because no one in the video voiced that they are ready for change.  Yes, they were angry and “pissed” at previous generations, rightly felt degraded, but what are they planning to do about it?  The girls recognize that parents or other adults are crucial to establishing stereotypes in lives. How can we help the girls in our lives resist the stereotypes?  Answering that question is resistance.

The internet provides agency for cultural expression, and this video in example is a cultural artifact in the present.  Most cultural artifacts are rooted in the past, but technology enables an easy way to create cultural artifacts in present time.  Much of cultural heritage has taken a digital form, and it is difficult to speculate how this will effect preservation and creation of heritage in the future. The zines are also cultural artifacts.  I like the idea of a zine to "talk" and "share."  Of course, technology has presented a digital option for that too - "E-Zines."

1 comment:

  1. In the last few weeks before school starts, I'm encouraging my daughter to start a zine. I'm probably more excited about it than she is. ( :

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