ANTH 195 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Trans-Cultural Diffusion, Cultural Imperialism, Acculturation
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Globalization: speed, travel, money transfer, scale, distance, globalization is a process, post-globalization, process has a number of distinct characteristics. Steger-characteristics: new and increased number of social networks and activities, expansion and stretching of social relations, activities, and interdependency, creation, expansion and intensification occur beyond a material level. Intensification and acceleration of social exchange and activities. Homogenization: a convergence toward a common set of cultural trails, and practices, blade runner, glo(cid:271)alizatio(cid:374) does(cid:374)"t (cid:374)e(cid:272)essarily ho(cid:373)oge(cid:374)ize (cid:272)ultural differe(cid:374)(cid:272)es (cid:374)ot erase the salience of cultural label.
