VOCABULARY

Vocab: 

             as of the 24th of March

Authenticity - of undisputed origin: genuine.

Appropriation - properly adopt, borrow, recycle or sample aspects of someone else's work (variations and interpretations).

Avant Garde - new and unusual or experimental ideas.

Binary Opposites - the opposites through which reality has traditionally been represented, that is; male/female; nature/culture; mind/body.

Bricotage - construction or creation from a diverse range of available things.

Broadcast Media - is the distribution of audio and/or visual signals which transmit programs to an audience. The audience may be the general public or a relatively large sub-audience, such as children or young adults.

Capitalism - an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

Cinema Verite - a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director.

Classical Art - the style, traditions and qualities of ancient times, primarily concerned with geometry and symmetry instead of individual expression.

Colonialism - exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country

Commodification - Commodification (or commoditization) is the transformation of goods and services (or things that may not normally be regarded as goods or services) into a commodity. Commodity - A commodity is some good for which there is demand, but which is supplied without qualitative differentiation across a market. It is fungible, i.e. the same no matter who produces it. Examples are petroleum, notebook paper, milk or copper. ...

Commodity Fetishism - where a commodity is worshipped, the person is obsessed with the commodity and lets it take over their lives.

Connoisseur - an expert judge in matters of taste (e.g. a connoisseur of the arts).

Example of Connoisseur in real life (artists interpretation) 

http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2009/5/14/before-after-connoisseur-ice-cream.html