GLOBALZN 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Death Of Alan Kurdi, Buzzword, Tribalism
14 Oct 2018
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People, goods, information -- circulate intensely and rapidly. Our decisions and actions have wider global implications. Globalization, essentially the interconnectedness of all aspects: politics, culture, society, technology, economy. You can see the connection between all these events as in some way representative of the fallout from the reactions of globalization. Tribalism: the idea of retreating away from others. Thinking globally: always thinking about what forces, dynamics, decisions, power relationships, how does this make the event/phenomena possible. Different things for different people in different contexts. Must be viewed as a dynamic process not a static condition. Distance is no longer a barrier to instant connection between two people and that time is also i(cid:374)sta(cid:374)ta(cid:374)eous: (cid:862)space time compression(cid:863) Ever(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g is happe(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:373)u(cid:272)h faster i(cid:374) da(cid:455) to da(cid:455) life: (cid:862)social acceleration(cid:863) But avoid (cid:862)te(cid:272)h(cid:374)ologi(cid:272)al deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)is(cid:373)(cid:863) -- decision is still key. Globalization is ultimately a social phenomena: meaning decisions are made by decisions makers on technology or something.
