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Reflection & Discussion Questions<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n

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  1. Can you name any similar consumer goods or branded products that have traits to sneakers? Specifically that are:\n
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    1. Collectible?<\/li>\n \t
    2. Resalable?<\/li>\n \t
    3. Strong brand community?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n \t
    4. Using the information in this case, discuss the differences between a brand community <\/em>and a subculture<\/em>?<\/li>\n \t
    5. Where do we see evidence of sacralization<\/em> occurring in the sneaker subculture and brand communities?<\/li>\n \t
    6. Discuss how consumer goods become part of \u201cpopular culture<\/em>\u201d and identity 2-3 other goods you feel are also representative of pop culture.<\/li>\n \t
    7. What is hype<\/em> and how has it contributed to the different forms of value discussed in this case?<\/li>\n \t
    8. Jimmy Choi is a self-proclaimed sneakerhead: how might his identity be explained using the concepts related to self complexity<\/em>? What other concepts related to The Self<\/em> could apply to members of sneaker brand communities and the sneakerheads subculture?<\/li>\n \t
    9. What does it mean when the author states that Michael Jordan is a cultural icon<\/em>? How can this be explained in more detail, using more terms related to culture<\/em>? What other examples of cultural icons and cultural symbols<\/em>?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","rendered":"
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      Reflection & Discussion Questions<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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      1. Can you name any similar consumer goods or branded products that have traits to sneakers? Specifically that are:\n
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        1. Collectible?<\/li>\n
        2. Resalable?<\/li>\n
        3. Strong brand community?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
        4. Using the information in this case, discuss the differences between a brand community <\/em>and a subculture<\/em>?<\/li>\n
        5. Where do we see evidence of sacralization<\/em> occurring in the sneaker subculture and brand communities?<\/li>\n
        6. Discuss how consumer goods become part of \u201cpopular culture<\/em>\u201d and identity 2-3 other goods you feel are also representative of pop culture.<\/li>\n
        7. What is hype<\/em> and how has it contributed to the different forms of value discussed in this case?<\/li>\n
        8. Jimmy Choi is a self-proclaimed sneakerhead: how might his identity be explained using the concepts related to self complexity<\/em>? What other concepts related to The Self<\/em> could apply to members of sneaker brand communities and the sneakerheads subculture?<\/li>\n
        9. What does it mean when the author states that Michael Jordan is a cultural icon<\/em>? How can this be explained in more detail, using more terms related to culture<\/em>? What other examples of cultural icons and cultural symbols<\/em>?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"menu_order":10,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-42","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":18,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/ancillaryconsumerbehaviour\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/ancillaryconsumerbehaviour\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/ancillaryconsumerbehaviour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/ancillaryconsumerbehaviour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/ancillaryconsumerbehaviour\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/ancillaryconsumerbehaviour\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/42\/revisions\/43"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/ancillaryconsumerbehaviour\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/18"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/ancillaryconsumerbehaviour\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/42\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/ancillaryconsumerbehaviour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/ancillaryconsumerbehaviour\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/ancillaryconsumerbehaviour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/ancillaryconsumerbehaviour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}