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Week 6- discussion- Urban Anthropology

Week 6- discussion- Urban Anthropology

Q Trinch and Snajdr studied shop signs in Brooklyn “as sociolinguistic technologies of place?making that operate through specific language ideologies which represent class struggles for material wealth.” What does this mean in your own words? What visual cues in your neighborhood represent “class struggles for material wealth”? Are there multiple visual languages at play on your block or within your neighborhood?

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After reviewing the reading it can be said that Trinch and Snajdr made the topic to be very complex and it could have explained in an easier way. The explanation was based on the storefront signs which try to explain the operation and representation of different classes and provides the changes which take place in the gentrified neighborhood. The main explanation is based on the various areas within the Brooklyn which try to focus on the lower-income families who have their stores and the information includes the services that they provide and the food that they sell.