A Global World Flashcards
Genocide
Deliberate killing of a large group of people (originated from the Holocaust) defined by UN in 1948
— What Happened in Rwanda is happening again in Central African Republic and South Sudan
- How are our lives here today impacting those around the world/how are they impacting us —> Syrian crisis
Views of the Political Economy
These theories try to interpret Colonialism & it’s consequences by suggesting that somehow they were a necessary and inevitable process that got us to where we are today, economic relationships and how they shape political relationships
(Modernization, Dependency and World-System Theory)
Modernization Theory
Process that got us here by moving in a specific way forwards, an inevitable process. Some wealth came at the expense of others by victimization, exploitation and violence
Dependency Theory
Some people weren’t as fortunate and now they are dependent on others, but it is apart of the inevitable Modernization process, some people are just less fortunate than others — who has the power and control?
World-System Theory
Simply how the world works, the natural order of things: some are exploited, have and have-nots, rich and poor
Globalization
- Reshaping of local conditions by powerful global forces on an ever-intensifying scale
- Some people are still unaware of what is going on in the world, isolated in a sense, mostly by choice but very few, most are at least aware of the social and physical relations around them
- Persistent cultural interaction going on and exchange of people, ideas, information
- Doesn’t affect everybody the same way even though we are all exposed to the same kind of info, people don’t interpret the process the same way (technology)
Global Citizenship
Thinking about the world and your relationship to it
More of a social-centric perspective, looking from a social identity/perspective, that you are part of something bigger than yourself, realizing and acknowledging that what happens in other places could affect you and vice versa
The Kayapo
Indigenous Amazonian People in Brazil (1500s -5 million, Today: 280,000)
> The Kayapo survived despite arrival of European disease, possibly due to location: physically challenging to get to and isolated
- Managed to live relatively undisturbed until they experienced a relentless approach from Brazilian people, many people coming inland for work
Terence Turner
Studied the Kayapo, suggested that for members of the industrial societies that were encroaching, one of the most difficult concepts for them to grasp was the connection of the indigenous to their environment
The relationship is usually perceived as a compromise
For the Kayapo: how the environment is a part of who they are, a total process of producing human beings and their way of life, extends past the biological reality
European Contact with the Kayapo - Capitalism and Neo-Liberalism
> Kayapo Resistance: In the 80s tried to stop large dam construction that would flood areas of their land, Turner observed something new happening here: Kayapo were beginning to mobilize with environmentalists, legislatures and the media in a united effort to defend the rainforest and their right to live in it
Power of embracing their own image and using it to work together, using the media to their advantage
Went to protest in Gov’t in their traditional dress instead of suits as a way to be heard and seen
Lip plug to represent being an orator and speaker of the people - prestigious position
Kayapo as global citizens after this event
Brazilian Gov’t found it harder to ignore this tribe that they perceived as primitive
Being a Global Citizen with an Anthropological Perspective
Inquire, Confront, Seek Solutions, Advocate (CASSI)
5 issues for the Future
- ) Freedom
- ) Health (Diseases)
- ) Scarcity
- ) Environment
- ) Personhood
