ANTB20H3 Lecture : Lecture 01- ANTB20
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Midterm paper; 5 movie titles, from the films write a review paper on how the film relates to the course. Intensification of connections and our increasing consciousness of this development: dissolving barriers like time and distance (technological developments such as internet, homogenization of cultures, rise of the free market economy (more neo-liberal policies and less trade barriers) Increasing importance of social media in forming political action. For david harvey globalization involves the shirnking of space and the compression of time. Labour markets become more flexible through outsourcing, subcontracting, putting-out and. This flexibility and deregulation of capital is aimed at reducing the turnover time of capital. Anthony giddens compares globalization to the stretching of social life across time and space. Interconnections and highly selective and uneven: same access to products is still a fallacy, many countries are left out, 2nd class citizens. Discrimination and inequality persist and in many cases have increased: borders do matter,
