Module 1 Flashcards
- Pertaining to the whole world; worldwide; universal
- Comprehensive
- Globular; globe-shapes
- Of, relating to, or using a terrestrial or celestial globe
- (of a computer operation, linguistic rule, etc.) operating on a group of similar strings, commands, etc., in a single step
GLOBAL
refers to the expansion, intensification, and acceleration of social relations and consciousness across world-time and world-space.
- MANFRED B. STEGER, Globalization: A Very Short Introduction
Globalization
○ creation of social network
○ Relationships and interconnectedness
○ Connections between countries, markets, and cultures
Expansionism Principle
○ quality and speed of connectivity
○ Made possible because of the advancements in technology
Intensification and Acceleration
○ a “keen sense” of being a part of the global whole
○ Subjectivity - it happens within ourselves
○ Empathy (emotions)
Human Awareness of Social Interdependence
What is GLOBALIZATION?
○ social developments of the world’s transformation (e.g. spread of culture elements and movement of people)
PROCESS
What is GLOBALIZATION?
○ awareness or consciousness of the world as a single place, with no boundaries
CONDITION (GLOBALITY)
What is GLOBALIZATION?
○ system of ideas which embraces global economic integration and free trade
○ A kind of philosophy that somehow adheres to the idea that globalization is something good and beneficial.
○ GLOBALIST - A person who advocates for economic globalization.
IDEOLOGY (GLOBALISM)
From the story “The Blind men and the Elephant”
● A group of blind men were able to touch the elephant for the first time
● One touched the tusk of the elephant and concluded that it is like a pointed spear
● Another touched the tail and thought that it was a rope
● The other were able to touch the body, ears, and legs of the elephant
- In the context of globalization, the blind men
represents the social scientist with limited views of
globalization
The Globalization Scholar and the Elephant
(Kenneth Panfilo and Ryan Canney)
Dimensions of Globalization
World Bank, IMF, E-Commerce, and Trading
- Economic integration and intensified movement of goods, services, technologies and capital across borders
ECONOMIC
Dimensions of Globalization
EU, WHO, Security Council
- Alliances of various countries and regions of the world and the rise of global institutions like UN and WHO
POLITICAL
Dimensions of Globalization
Global Trends in Social Media, UNESCO, International Sporting Events, Glocalization
- Creation of a “global village”, a single community linked by telecommunications; a threat to local culture
- The creation of a melting pot of culture.
- Global becomes glocal = integrating local culture to globalization.
- GLOCALIZATION - a society would adapt a cultural element from another country and integrate its local culture to create something similar and unique.
SOCIO-CULTURAL
Arjun Appadurai’s Five Scapes of Globalization
What are the Five Scapes of Globalization?
- Financescapes
- Ideoscapes
- Technoscapes
- Mediascape
- Ethnoscape
the flow of money across political borders (global stock trading, cryptocurrencies)
FINANCESCAPES
flow of idea (evangelization, environmental advocacies, human rights
movements)
IDEOSCAPES