ANT 252 Chapter 5: 5.1 – Globalization and Culture
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A concern of globalization is that it"ll leave us with no cultural distinctiveness. Globalization: the contemporary widening scale of cross-cultural interactions owing to the rapid movement of money, people, goods, images, and ideas within nations and across national boundaries. The walpiri people are an example of globalization - use of technology etc. in their society. Their cinematic productions reflect particular social dynamics and perspectives, in the process hybridizing a western technology and its practices. The research that anthros have done has found that consequences vary all over the place- from horrific to fantastic, which can take place in the same place. Argue that the greater economic integration brings unprecedented prosperity to millions. Use the example of open trade causing the country"s economy to grow. Focus on the losers - refugee crises, sweatshops, poverty. Globalization of poverty - the gap between rich countries and poor countries has widened. Boas and the boasians considered themselves diffusionists .
