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Chap 10: Cultural Impact of Globalisation - Coggle Diagram
Chap 10: Cultural Impact of Globalisation
Success Criterias:
SC 1: Describe what is homogenisation and hybridisation
SC 2: Explain how globalisation results in cultural homogenisation and hybridisation
SC 3: Explain how Singapore responds to tension resulting from homogenisation and hybridisation of culture
SC 4: Explain how globalisation results in homogenisation and hybridisationin entertainment
SC 5: Explain how countries respond to the tensions caused by homogenisation and hybridisationin entertainment
SC 6: Explain how globalisation results in homogenisation and hybridisation in food
SC 7: Explain how countries respond to the tension caused by homogenisation and hybridisation in food.
LT 1: Describe what is homogenisation and hybridisation
What is homogenization?
Process of making cultural identify uniform or similar
Local cultures are changedby foreign cultures
To become more and more similar with aspects of foreign cultures
Some foreign cultural influences will become dominant
Influence of local culture will be less prominent
What is Cultural Hybridization?
Process of combining aspects of different cultures to create a fusion identity
Foreign and local cultures are blended
This will result in a unique combination
Will contain elements from both cultures
Will change the nature of local culture
LT 2:Explain how globalisation results in cultural homogenisation and hybridisation
Explain how globalisation results in cultural homogenisation
Globalisation (transportation / communication) →an increase in economic exchanges around the world
Increased access and consumption of goods and services from across borders
Exposure →exchange of cultures, in areas of food and entertainment
When people find features of other cultures more attractive than their own, they choose to embrace these foreign cultures
When a foreign culture spreads across a country, overshadowing the local culture, this results in cultural homogeneity
Eg. English
Explain how globalisation results in cultural hybridisation
Globalisation (transportation / communication) →increase in economic exchanges around the world.
Increased access and consumption of goods and services from across borders
Exposure →exchange of cultures, in areas of food and entertainment
When people find features of other cultures attractive, they may chooseto include certain features of the foreign culture into their own local culture
Mosaic Park in China Jinzhou
LT 4: Explain how Singapore responds to tension arising from homogenisation and hybridisation of culture
Tension: Threat to local culture
Reasons of existance
When cultures are adapted to form fusion ideas →loss of the original identity from both sides →loss of original / local culture
When culture is homogenised →loss of local culture (e.g. loss of local MT languages due to EL)
Measures:
Measures must ensure that local culture is not lost Balance between old and new (revised) cultureMTL vs EL
Bilingualism as a measure to resolve the tension
LT 4: Explain how globalization results in homogenization in entertainment
Globalisation (communication) →satellite television (cable) + internet →more exposure to foreign entertainment
dominate the entertainment industry
S Korean Entertainment Industry
Kung Fu Panda
LT 4:Explain how globalisation results in hybridisation in entertainment
Globalisation (communication) →satellite television (cable) + internet →more exposure to foreign entertainment
Eg. attraction that American ideals of independence and individuality -> Hollywood
American Entertainment Industry
Kung Fu Panda
LT 5 :Explain how countries respond to the tension caused by homogenisation and hybridisation in entertainment
local entertainment companies are unable to sustain themselves and survive
Unable to survive the competition
Entertainment industry dominated by USA
Solutions
setting up of the Singapore Film Commission in 1998
Movies are screened in conjunction with local holidays and events
Threat to local cultural / national ideals
Continued exposure to foreign entertainment
Banning Miley Cyrus Concert in Dominican Republic
Boycott of Kung Fu Panda
Japanese rejection of Hallyu
LT 6:Explain how globalisation results in homogenisation and hybridisation in food
Advancement in transportation and technology→ Introduction of foreign influences on food landscape across and within countries
With greater travel and quicker access to information on the internet, people are exposed to a larger variety of food
As they bring these influence into their own country, people are able to experience cuisines from across the world without even having to travel out of the country
Eg. Coffee →homogenised coffee culture
Rise of coffee houses (Starbucks, Coffee Bean, Coffee Club etc.)
Eg. The McDonalds phenomenon
Singapore having over 100 outlets
LT 7 :Explain how countries respond to the tension caused by homogenisation and hybridisation in food
Resistance from countries who do not welcome the change in their food landscape
Measures
To protect the culinary heritage of their country:
Collaborations with other countries
Seeking international recognition
Collaborations with other countries
Seeking international recognition
-> protect diversity in the food landscape
Eg. Eurotoques
Eg. Promote culinary heritage (local)
To enable better promotion of dying food landscape across the world
To combat the fast growing competition from fast food
Eg. Seeking UNESCO status for iconic native food items