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Panopticon
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The panopticon is a structure of power-knowledge, used by Michel Foucault to describe a system in which totalized surveillance can be organized.
Multimodal Discourse Analysis
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Multimodal discourse analysis is a method that takes into account multiple modes of communication and how they interact with one another.
Actor-Network Theory (ANT)
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Actor-Network Theory is a theoretical and methodological approach that sees all social phenomena as the product of network interactions. It is unique in that it recognizes both objects and technologies as network nodes equal with human actants.
Ideology
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Ideology is any set of socially structured ideas guiding behavior and thought in particular domains of life.
Chronotope
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A chronotope, as defined by Bakhtin, is a specific spacetime context enabling a plot, characters, and rules for action and meaning.
Orientalism
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Orientalism refers to a long tradition of Western representations of the Orient as exotic and 'non-coeval' with the West.
Identity
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Identity refers to various aspects of how we see ourselves, how we show ourselves to others, and how we perceive others.
Hidden transcipts
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Hidden transcripts is a concept often used in discussions of power and resistance, and it refers to forms of resistance and dissent that are kept out of sight for those in power.
Coevalness
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The term coevalness refers to sharing the same timeframe. Much like 'medieval' refers to the middle ages, co-eval refers to a shared age.
Globalization
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Globalization refers to the process of increasing interconnectedness between different parts of the world, creating global modes of organization and conduct.
