LESSON 2/3 Flashcards
Why study the world?
● It is a cure to parochialism (narrow-
minded) - an outlook that is limited to one’s immediate community.
● It can teach you about our country.
● You will become a part of it soon
What is Globalization?
The expansion and
intensification of social
relations and consciousness
across world-time and across
world-space.
The expansion and
intensification of social
relations and consciousness
across world-time and across
world-space.
Globalization
refers to both the creation of new social networks and the multiplication of existing connections
that cut across traditional political, economic, cultural, etc
Expansion
People could connect with friends, family, colleagues, and even make new connections with individuals
Creation of new social networks
Users can connect with more people, join various groups based on shared
interests, and expand their network by adding new friends.
Multiplication of Existing Connections
People from different geographical locations can connect effortlessly.
It also allows users to interact with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds
Cutting through traditional boundaries
refers to the expansion, stretching, and
acceleration of these social networks
Intensification
The company’s network expanded geographically, involving various suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors worldwide
Expansion
The floodwaters reached beyond the existing boundaries of the manufacturing facilities in Thailand
Stretching
It resulted in the company not meeting its sales goals as well as the inability of its service centers nationwide to provide assistance to Honda owners.
Acceleration
An Indian-American anthropologist recognized as a major
theorist in globalization studies.
Arjun Appadurai
refers to the global
movement of people.
Ethnoscape
refers to the circulation of mechanical goods and software.
Technoscape
is the realm where political
ideas move around. (Ex: freedom, sovereignty, rights, feminism, etc)
Ideoscape
