Using the Fillipinos as an example, Appaduri discusses globalization in the sense of Americanization and westernization. As our trends and practices become other countries present practices, the Filipino people are living our past as their present lifestyle. As the media has become a new medium for information the United States has lost its place as an overwhelming influence.
How does the media/ markiering use its tools to influence Americans? Is it the same way women and target froups are manipulated?
Soutter shares the discovery of a family heirloom's past and its link to her ancestry. Linking the jewelery to it's roots, "mourning jewlery" and to it's trend pattens, Soutter gives us an example of how our objects can be seen through many lenses, giving us the total picture of historical value.
Does looking at an item in every possible context give it false contexts? Are these congrous with how the owner would have liked this item to be remembered?
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