GLOBALZN 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sept, Dualism, Stoicism
11 Dec 2016
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Dfferent things for different people in different context. Creates increased global consciousness or globalist identity. Via shared experiences ex world cup, olympic games. Interconnection: connection of people and the communities worldwide. Leads to (cid:862) pa(cid:272)e-ti(cid:373)e (cid:272)o(cid:373)pressio(cid:374)(cid:863) a(cid:374)d so(cid:272)ial a(cid:272)(cid:272)eleratio(cid:374) (day to day life speeds up tha(cid:374) 20 years ago. Local to global: shared experiences > global consciousness (think about ourselves as member of national or global community) Globalization affects our contemporary lives: ex. The raw materials of starbucks coffees came from different countries (more than 19: nike- global production chain and global reach in economy, Labour: migrant workers: remittances, global economy over million remittances each year. Warfare: drone strikes: remote control, drone program in us instead of sending troops. (us way to fight terrorism: remote or drone instead of dispersing people in the area. , us: primary base in nevada, and has bases worldwide. Information is relayed by undersea cable in germany.
