Adidas, the All Blacks, and Maori Culture: Globalization and the Reformation of Local Identities

As corporations transcend international borders new questions arise concerning the formation of identities. This study looks at adidas advertising campaigns "Bonded by Blood" and "Of This Earth" and how they represent and commodify Māori culture. "The Making" of "Bonded by Blood" is the video component for that campaign. The "Of This Earth" file is the TV commercial from 2007. Furthermore, this study looked at whether or not these advertisements are in fact reaffirming already established stereotypes about indigeneity and "Otherness." This thesis is informed by Stuart Hall's article "The Spectacle of the Other" as well as works by other scholars who discuss ideologies of Otherness, globalization, glocalization, mobility, and corporate sports sponsorship. The posters of each campaign as well as the video components were analyzed through textual analysis. The results show that patterns of cultural appropriation and reaffirmation of stereotypes do occur in the posters and videos of those campaigns. The two video components are included as supplementary files for this thesis.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

School of Journalism and Communication

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Oregon

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Goris, Michelle

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Chavez, Christopher

• Adidas
• All blacks
• Globalization
• Glocalization
• Identity
• Maori

Statement dc:rights

• Creative Commons BY-ND 4.0-US

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1794/13308

OAI record oai:identifier

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