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  1. Jul 2020
    1. Attribution

      I think this section could use a summary paragraph to bring together all of the things that you talked about and draw conclusions for young marketers.

    2. Age Subcultures

      If a consumption subculture consists at least partly of interaction and social cohesion (according to Schouten and McAlexander) I am also skeptical that age can be considered a subculture - at best I would consider this part of a demographic segmentation? But maybe I'm missing something.

    3. What is considered “man’s work” in some societies, such as carrying heavy loads, or farming, can be “woman’s work” in others. What is “masculine” and “feminine” varies: pink and blue, for example, are culturally invented gender-color linkages, and skirts and “make-up” can be worn by men, indeed by “warriors.”

      I wrote a paper with Scott Radford about how gendered products are ridiculous and people have lots of angst about them. It's called "[Softly Assembled] Gender Performance Through Products: Four Practices Responding to Masculine and Feminine Codes in Product Design"

    4. Gender as a Subculture

      I'm tempted to add a question mark at the end of this sub-title considering it's hard to actually imagine gender being a subculture anymore with all of the diversity!

    5. rejection of the mainstream

      "Demythologizing Consumption Practices: How Consumers Protect their FieldDependent Identity Investments from Devaluing Marketplace Myths" by Arsel and Thompson may help elaborate on this a bit

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      I think this image could use a bit of context.

    7. You have probably heard of the hip-hop subculture, people who in engage in extreme types of sports such as helicopter skiing or people who play the fantasy game Dungeons and Dragons.

      For the sake of easing the reader into the case study, could you add hipsters to this list?

    8. Adjusting to cultural differences is perhaps the most difficult task facing marketers who operate in other countries. Before entering a foreign market, a company must decide to what extent it is willing to customize its marketing efforts to accommodate each foreign market.

      I think this paragraph could also include a nod to the diversity in North America, too. Marketing to people in Ottawa would be different from marketing to people in the NWT, etc., or there could be different subcultures within the same city (i.e., Ottawa's government workers and underground arts scene).

    1. Attribution

      I think this page needs a wrap-up paragraph to summarize the take-aways because there are several different strands that could be pulled together between the main text and the case studies. Perhaps this could include some initial lessons for young marketers hoping to navigate a multicultural setting without offending people!

    2. Spontaneously, people categorize people into groups just as we categorize furniture or food into one type or another.

      What would the marketing implications of this be?

    3. automatic own-group preference,

      I wonder if there is an example you can give to more explicitly connect this material to marketing. Maybe you could talk more in depth about how this kind of thing shapes our preferences and purchasing habits, and therefore separates us from others who are not like us?

    4. Understanding Bias

      Since bias is listed first in the stereotypes and discrimination section (above), I was expecting this discussion of bias to appear before stereotypes and discrimination in the body of the text. This just got me wondering in general about what order you should talk about these things in...

      Now that I have read the bias section through I think it would actually be a good way to open this entire section, but that's just me!

    5. In fact…”A staggering 87 percent of references to American Indians in all 50 states’ academic standards portray them in a pre-1900 context.” (Wade, 2017)

      Formatting here... the first quotation mark is backwards and the period at the end can go after the bracket.

    6. The Problems with Indigenous Mascots

      Can this section come with a brief introduction to put the piece into context (i.e., who is writing and why)? The distinct style and tone of the opening is a bit hard to interpret without context.

    7. “Native American Mascots Database“. By Mariah Gladstone

      The quotation mark is reversed, and the period can go before the quotation mark. I also think there should be a space between the link and the byline.

    8. The interconnection between marketing and culture is easy to see but harder to break. More often than not, the burden of breaking this cycle rests on the shoulders of those harmed and impacted the most – those being stereotyped by the dominant and oppressive culture.

      Can this section be moved up to be just before the "Marketing Context" feature? It feels like a bit of an orphan on its own.

    9. Cultural Appropriation & Native Mascots

      I think the photos should come after the text in this section because when I'm scrolling through I don't have the context to understand them.

  2. Jun 2020
    1. Acculturation, Assimilation, and Multiculturalism

      I think this section needs a few sentences to give an overview of how there are different ways of thinking about this topic, as seen in different countries' policies and the dynamics of different cities.

    2. Culture Explained

      I think this first section could benefit from a "grand tour" overview of the page. What can readers expect and how does it all tie together?

    3. Cultural Gatekeepers

      This section might be a good place to mention framing - how, say, two different media outlets could present a completely different take on the same situation.