Our global village

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Our global village

• Challenge and Change in Society

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What is globalization?

• the coming together of regional, national, and
  continental organizations to integrate the entire
  world into one economic system

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How does globalization affect culture?

• An economic force
• Selling products and services around the world
• Marketing goods massive diffusion of American
  culture!
• CON the erosion of local cultures and an
• adaption to Western culture

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Examples of Globalization

• The World on a String activity!
• Popular music groups tour around the world
• Exports of American films and magazines
• Clothing of American name brands Nike!
• McDonalds is widely represented around the world
  Lets take a look!

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Jaipur, India
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Jerusalem, Israel
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Tokyo, Japan
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Seoul, South Korea
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McDonalds Around the World
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Brainstorm! Dangers of American culture

• What are the results of this diffusion of
  American culture?

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Dangers?

• It can force English onto non-English speaking
  peoples, reducing use of distinct languages
• Movies and television shows introduce sleazy
  values consumerism, sex
• Deterioration of traditions, customs, rituals
• Loss of languages worries anthropologists who
  study cultures!

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Changes in culture

• Deterritorialized
• - distinct cultures are no longer firmly attached
  but are in relative isolation to specific regions
  of the world
• cultures are now homogenized which means they
  have blended into one dominant culture, instead
  of heterogenized, multiple distinct cultures

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Sphere of Influence

• Anthropologists have recognized that western
  industrial countries have been drawing developing
  countries into their sphere of influence thus
  creating transnational organizations
• Transnationalism- organizations either charitable
  or business, that operate freely in a number of
  other nations
• World Vision, Doctors Without Borders

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Transnational Organizations

• 1. large manufacturing corporations
• Nike, Sony, Mattel
• 2. banks
• RBC, HSBC ? these corporations sell their
  financial services throughout the world
• 3. international government organizations
• United Nations, World Trade Organization,
  International Monetary Fund

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Globalization has occurred via two processes

• Through Western industrial capitalist countries
  (mainly the U.S.) which has the most dominance
  over most of the nations around the globe.
• Money is concentrated among a few individuals,
  usually the financial elites in the West

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Positives Aspects

• Promotes economic activity, creates jobs
• Global competition is good for consumers
• Greater demands for democracy, freedoms and
  rights
• Economic investment improves social conditions
• Encourages people to change the labour market
  ban child labour

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Negatives Aspects

• Cultural threats (saturation of American culture)
• Corporations accused of unfair labour practices
• Mismanagement of natural resources
• Companies accused of using chemicals
• -pesticides, fertilizers