Early view of Globalization
The circulation of goods, the fast and furious exchanges of ideas and the movement of people; an economic issue; social and political aspect. It is also shown in the way of colonialism.
The 5 scapes of Globalization
Ideoscapes
Technoscapes
Finacescapes
Mediascapes
Ethnoscapes
The flow of people across boundaries.
Flow of technology
The flow of ideas
The flow of money across political boarders
The flow of Media across borders
Globalization
The adaptation of global ideas into locally palatable form.
Corporations find innovative ways to adopt and adapt foreign ideas; or found a way to adapt globally available consumer goods to fit their longstanding culture traditions.
Some refuse Globalization because it symbols culture loss.
Globalization affects lifestyle
Globalization has increased the variety of goods available for individuals to purchase as well as people's awareness of these products---thus expanding the range of identities that can be performed through consumption habits.
Habitus
The dispositions, altitudes or preferences that are learned basis for personal "taste" or lifestyles.
Advantages of Globalization
Have the potential to help us deal with some of the most pressing issues of our time.
The rise of solidarity movements that would not have been likely in another era.
Micro-loan programs and crowd-source fundraising
Advances in transportation technologies, combined with an increased awareness if humanitarian cries abroad.
Disadvantages of Globalization
The decimation of cultures
Spells disasters from a public health standpoint.
racial prejudice.
Neoliberalism
The ideology of free-market capitalism emphasizing privatization and unregulated markets.
Response to Globalization
Syncretism
Participation in alternative markets
refers to the combination of different belief that are contradicting into new harmonious whole.
Urban Anthropology
Globalization has becoming a powerful buzzword in contemporary society and it would be difficult to find anyone who has not been affected by it in at least some small way. The widespread influence of globalization on daily life around the world.