INTC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Iceberg, Sub-Saharan Africa, Cultural Universal

• School: Brock University
• Department: Intercultural Studies
• Course: INTC 1F90
• Professor: Jeff Reichheld

Document Summary

This world is seeing a significant shift in the way that cultures interact. Everyones experience is different than one another based on the views, culture. The new electrionic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village. Village: so small-close connection-lesser need to babysit children=safe. Everyone knows whats going on at all times- The integration of capital, techonology and information across national borders. Iucn- international union for the conservation of nature. As mcluhan predicted, the world is becoming increasingly interconnected in many significant ways. During the 20th century, info and transportation technology have significantly reduced. Until the mid 1800"s all distance communication was by some form of physical transmission, and depend travel techonology- transatlantic for example. 1919-first transatlantic flight by alcock&brown took 16 hours from nfld to ireland. 1987: concorde took 95 mins from nfld to ireland-4 hours from nyc to paris economic transformations. Canada positions itself as a world economic partner, developing.