The social-cultural anthropologist Arjun Appadurai writes about five types of cultural flows of imagination. What are they?
Correct answer: A. Ethnoscapes, mediascapes, technoscapes, financscapes and ideoscapes
- A. Ethnoscapes, mediascapes, technoscapes, financscapes and ideoscapes
- B. Ethnoscapes, econoscapes, culturescapes, financscapes and ideoscapes
- C. Geographical flows, cultural flows, ideas-flows, technological flows, ethnicity flows
- D. Liberal flows, realist flows, post colonial flows and post structuralist flowsSocial Sciences
Explanation
Appadurai identifies ethnoscapes, mediascapes, technoscapes, financescapes and ideoscapes as major global cultural flows. The terms link movement of people, media, technology, capital and political ideas.
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