Course: Ilmu Sosial Untuk Psikologi

Collonialism and Development, Cultural Exchange and Survival

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This chapter introduces students to the history and effects of colonialism, especially on the part of the British and French. The chapter also discusses the continuing development and industrialization of third-world countries, and some of the problems caused by these changes.

Colonialism and DevelopmentColonialism and DevelopmentColonialism and DevelopmentColonialism and Development

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ImperialismImperialismImperialism refers to a policy of extending rule of a nation

or empire over foreign nations and taking and holding foreign colonies.

Colonialism refers to the political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power for an extended period of time.

Imperialism is as old as the state.Modern colonialism began with the Age of Discovery

during which European nations founded colonies throughout the New World.

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British ColonialismBritish ColonialismThe search for resources and new markets to increase profits

fueled British colonialism.The first phase of British colonialism was concentrated in

New World, west Africa, and India and came to a close with the American Revolution.

During the second period of colonialism, Britain eventually controlled most of India, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and large portions of eastern and southern Africa.

British colonial efforts were justified by what Kipling called “white man’s burden” which asserted that native peoples were not capable of governing themselves and needed the white, British colonialist provide and maintain order.

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British ColonialismBritish Colonialism

Map of the British empire in 1765 and 1914.

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French ColonialismFrench ColonialismFrench colonialism was driven more by the state, the

church, and the military, rather than by business interests.The first phase of French colonial efforts were focused in

Canada, the Louisiana Territory, the Caribbean, and west Africa.

During the second phase of French colonialism (1870 to World War II), the empire grew to include most of north Africa and Indochina.

The ideological legitimization for French colonialism was mission civilisatrice (similar to “white man’s burden”); to spread French culture, language, and religion throughout the colonies.

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French ColonialismFrench ColonialismThe French used two forms of

colonial rule. Indirect rule refers to the French

practice of governing through native political structures and leaders.

Direct rule refers to the French practice of imposing new governments upon native populations.

Indochina fell under French colonial control in 1893. In this photo, from 1920, a Frenchman gets a ride in a richshaw (pousse-pousse).

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French ColonialismFrench Colonialism

Map of the height of the French empire around 1914.

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Colonialism and IdentityColonialism and IdentityEthnic and political distinctions around the world were

severely disrupted by colonialism.For example, many of the modern political boundaries in

west Africa are based on linguistic, political, and economic contrasts that are the result of European colonial policies in the region.

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Colonialism and IdentityColonialism and Identity

Map of Africa showing colonial divisions after the Conference of Berlin (1885).

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Postcolonial StudiesPostcolonial StudiesPostcolonial studies refers to

research that targets the interactions between European nations and the societies they colonized.

The term has also been used to refer to the second half of the 20th century.

The term may also be used to signify a position against imperialism and Eurocentrism.

This photograph was taken recently at the Jockey Club in Nairobi, Kenya. Several traces of colonialism are still visible.

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Postcolonial StudiesPostcolonial StudiesThe postcolonies can be divided into settler, nonsettler, and

mixed.Settler postcolonies include countries that are dominated by

European settlers with only sparse native populations (e.g., Australia)

Nonsettler postcolonies are characterized by large native populations and only a small number of Europeans (e.g., India).

Mixed postcolonies refer to countries with both sizable native and European populations (e.g., South Africa and Kenya)

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Development: PhilosophyDevelopment: PhilosophyAn intervention philosophy is an ideological justification for

interference in the lives of natives, based upon the assumption that one is in possession of a superior way of living or thinking. British empire—white man's burden French empire—mission civilisatrice Economic development plans—industrialization,

modernization, westernization, and individualism are desirable evolutionary advances that will bring long-term benefits to natives.

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Development: ProblemsDevelopment: ProblemsProblems Associated with Narrowly Focused Intervention

and Development. Situations construed as problems resulting from an indigenous

lifestyle may in fact be a result of the world system’s impact on that lifestyle.

The systemic effects of development projects may actually be harmful (e.g., tax and rent increases in response to raised income).

Narrowly focused experts are not as likely to be aware of the broad spectrum implications of development schemes.

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The Brazilian Sisal SchemeThe Brazilian Sisal SchemeIn the 1950’s, Brazil’s

government attempted to introduce sisal as a cash crop into the subsistence economy of the sertão.

Development increased dependence on the world economy, ruined the local subsistence economy, and worsened local health and income distribution.

Brazilian sisal farmers.

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The Brazilian Sisal SchemeThe Brazilian Sisal Scheme

Age of Child Minimum Daily Requirement of

Calories

Actual Daily Allotment of

Calories

Percentage of Standard Body

Weight

8 (male) 2,100 1,100 62

6 (female) 1,700 900 70

5 (male) 1,700 900 85

3 (male) 1,300 700 90

Malnutrition among the children of a Brazillian Sisal residue man:

Source: Gross and Underwood 1971, p. 733.

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The Greening of JavaThe Greening of JavaWorldwide, the green revolution has increased food supplies

and reduced food prices.However, the emphasis on front capital and advanced

technological and chemical farming allowed the bureaucratic and economic elites of Java to strengthen their positions at the expense of poorer farmers.

Ann Stoler’s analysis of the green revolution’s impact on Java suggested that it differentially affected such things as gender stratification, depending on class.

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The Greening of JavaThe Greening of Java

Map of Java.

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EquityEquityA common stated goal of development projects is increased

equity which means a reduction in poverty and a more even distribution of wealth.

This goal is frequently thwarted by local elites acting to preserve or enhance their positions.

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The Third World Talks BackThe Third World Talks BackApplied anthropologists have been criticized for

ethnocentrism in their own approaches to development (see the reference to Guillermo Batalla). Too much focus on multiple and micro-causes while ignoring

major social inequalities. Early projects were too psychologically oriented. Too much focus on technological diffusion as the primary

source of change.Other critics have pointed out associations between

anthropologists and certain government agencies.

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Strategies for InnovationStrategies for InnovationKottak describes his comparative analysis of sixty-eight

development projects, wherein he determined that culturally compatible economic development projects were twice as successfully financially as the incompatible ones.

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OverinnovationOverinnovationOverinnovation refers to development projects the require

major changes on behalf of the target community Projects that are guilty of overinnovation are generally not

successful. To avoid overinnovation, development projects need to be

sensitive to the traditional culture and concerns of daily life in the target community.

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UnderdifferentiationUnderdifferentiationUnderdifferentiation is the tendency to overlook cultural

diversity and view less-developed countries as alike. Many development projects incorrectly assume that the

nuclear family is the basic unit of production and land ownership.

Many development projects also incorrectly assume that cooperatives based on models from the former Eastern bloc will be readily incorporated by rural communities.

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Third World ModelsThird World ModelsThe best models for economic development are to be found

in the target communities.Realistic development promotes change, not

overinnovation, by preserving local systems while making them work better.

The Malagasy example shows attention paid to local social forms (descent organization) and environmental conditions (e.g., taking livestock from strains adapted to a similar environment).

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This chapter discusses the results of contact between cultures of uneven influence. It focuses on how cultures can attempt to become dominant and how others might resist. It also examines the spread of American popular culture throughout the world as a case study.

Cultural Exchange and SurvivalCultural Exchange and SurvivalCultural Exchange and SurvivalCultural Exchange and Survival

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Contact and DominationContact and DominationThe increased

contact among cultures has created increased possibilities for the domination of one group by another, through various means.

Backed by military force, the Indonesian annexation of East Timor involved civil repression, persecution of Christians, and torture.

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Development and EnvironmentalismDevelopment and EnvironmentalismCurrently, domination comes most frequently in the form of

core-based multinational corporations causing economic change in Third World cultures.

It is noted that even well-intentioned interference (such as the environmentalist movement) may be treated as a form of cultural domination by subject populations.

Two sources of culture clash: When development threatens indigenous peoples and their

environments (e.g., Brazil and New Guinea). When external relations threaten indigenous peoples (e.g.,

Madagascar, where sweeping international environmental regulations affect traditional subsistence lifeways).

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Religious ChangeReligious ChangeIndiana Jones is symbolic of western domination of all

cultural aspects based upon specialized technological efficiency.

Religious homogenization is a technique frequently used by states trying to subdue groups encompassed by their borders.

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Variation in Systems of DominationVariation in Systems of Domination Scott (1990) differentiates between public and hidden transcripts of

culturally and politically oppressed peoples. Public transcript refers to the open, public interactions between

dominators and the oppressed. Hidden transcript refers to the critique of power that goes on

offstage, where the dominators cannot see it. Gramsci’s (1971) notion of hegemony applies to a politically

hierarchical system wherein in the dominant ideology of the elites has been internalized by members of the lower classes.

Bourdieu (1977) and Foucault (1979) argue that it is much easier to control people's minds than try to control their bodies.

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Weapons of the WeakWeapons of the WeakAs James Scott’s (1990) work on Malay peasants suggests,

oppressed groups may use subtle, non-confrontational methods to resist various forms of domination.

Examples of antihegemonic discourse include rituals (e.g., Carnaval) and folk literature.

Resistance is more likely to be public when the oppressed come together in groups (hence the anti-assembly laws of the antebellum South).

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Cultural ImperialismCultural ImperialismCultural imperialism refers to the spread of one culture at

the expense of others usually because of differential economic or political influence.

While mass media and related technology have contributed to the erosion of local cultures, they are increasingly being used as media for the outward diffusion of local cultures (e.g., television in Brazil).

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Cultural ImperialismCultural Imperialism

Some French have protested against Euro Disneyland, which they see as American cultural imperialism.

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Making and Remaking CultureMaking and Remaking CultureA text is defined as something that is creatively read,

interpreted, and assigned meaning by each person who receives it. Readers of a text all derive their own meanings and feelings

which may be different from what the creators of the text intended.

The hegemonic reading refers to the reading or meaning that the creators of a text intended.

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Popular CulturePopular CultureAccording to Fiske (1989), each individual's use of popular

culture is a creative act.Popular culture can be used to express resistance.

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Indigenizing Popular CultureIndigenizing Popular CultureCultural forms exported from one culture to another do not

necessarily carry the same meaning from the former context to the latter context.

Aboriginal interpretations of the movie, Rambo, demonstrate that meaning can be produced from a text, not by a text.

Appadurai’s analysis of Philippine indigenization of some American music forms demonstrates the uniqueness of the indigenized form.

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A World System of ImagesA World System of ImagesMass media can spread and create national and ethnic

identities.Cross-cultural studies show that locally produced television

shows are preferred to foreign imports.Mass media plays an important role in maintaining ethnic

and national identities among people who lead transnational lives.

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Transnational Culture Transnational Culture As with mass media, the

flow of capital has become decentralized, carrying with it the cultural influences of many different sources (e.g., the United States, Japan, Britain, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands).

Migrant labor also contributes to cultural diffusion.

Maria Gomes on Brazil’s Tapajos River. Ms. Gomes is the Avon zone manager for 970 representatives in the Amazon rain forest.

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PostmodernismPostmodernism Postmodernity describes our time and situation—today’s world in flux,

these people on the move who have learned to manage multiple identities depending on place and context.

Postmodern refers the collapsing of old distinctions, rules, canons, and the like.

Postmodernism (derived from the architectural style) refers the theoretical assertion and acceptance of multiple forms of rightness, in contradistinction to modernism, which was based in the assumed supremacy of Western technology and values.

Globalization refers to the increasing connectedness of the world and its peoples.

With this connectedness, however, come new bases for identities (e.g., the Panindian identity growing among formerly disparate tribes).