COLLECTIVE IDENTITY: A collective identity refers to individuals' sense of belonging (the identity) to a group (the collective). From the perspective of the individual, the collective identity forms a part of his or her personal identity....
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_identity
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_identity
MEDIATION: a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), aims to assist two (or more) disputants in reaching an agreement. Whether an agreement results or not, and whatever the content of that agreement, if any, the parties themselves determine rather than accepting something imposed by a third party. The disputes may involve states, organizations, communities, individuals or other representatives with a vested interest in the outcome.
REPRESENTATION: Representation refers to the construction in any medium (especially the mass media) of aspects of ‘reality’ such as people, places, objects, events, cultural identities and other abstract concepts. Such representations may be in speech or writing as well as still or moving pictures.
HEGEMONY: leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.
COLONIALISM: A policy by which a nation maintains or extends its control over foreign dependencies.
POST-COLONIALISM: Post-colonialism (postcolonial theory, post-colonial theory) is a specifically post-modern intellectual discourse that consists of reactions to, and analysis of, the cultural legacy of colonialism. Postcolonialism comprises a set of theories found amongst philosophy, film, political science, human geography, sociology, feminism, religious and theological studies, and literature.
IMPERIAL: relating to an empire, emperor, or empress.
YOUTH SUBCULTURE: a minority youth culture whose distinctiveness depended largely on the social class and ethnic background of its members; often characterized by its adoption of a particular music genre.
SYNCRETISM: Reconciliation or fusion of differing systems of belief, as in philosophy or religion, especially when success is partial or the result is heterogeneous.
POSTMODERNISM: Postmodernism is a philosophical movement away from the viewpoint of modernism. More specifically it is a tendency in contemporary culture characterized by the problem of objective truth and inherent suspicion towards global cultural narrative or meta-narrative.
URBAN MUSIC: a genre of music covering such styles as hip-hop, drum and bass, R’n’B and garage.
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