SOCI 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Consumerism
20 May 2016
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Looking at a documentary about how not to study culture and how not to conduct ethnographic research. Globalization: a multifaceted process characterized by the increasing political, economic, and cultural integration of the world. It is characterized by growing interactions among peoples from all parts of the world. The main difference is a matter of relation and scale. Certain people are expressing certain interests in certain countries. Transportation: horses, wagons, sail boats, steam ships, and airplanes all allowed more people and goods to travel further and faster. Political developments: post wwii political openness contributed to growing ties. There are multiple effects of globalization, there are several different stories going on simultaneously. Global chains like mcdonalds are opening up in india. It"s important to not how globalization and consumerism are connected. With all these technologies available, you can access different cultural and technological products. There is a diversity of cultural and technological products.
