ANTH 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Anthropology Today, Cultural Imperialism, Mcdonaldization

• School: Auburn University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1000
• Professor: Meghan Buchanan

Document Summary

In many ways that can depend on who is affected and for how long. Long histories of contact, exchange, movement between europe, asia, and africa: same is true within the americas, people have always moved. Anthropology and globalization: early anthropology, worries of cultural imperialism, documentation of pristine societies, documentation of dying/endangered cultures, world systems theory, core, semi-periphery, periphery, - first world, second world, third world anthropology today, questio(cid:374)i(cid:374)g the idea of (cid:862)pristi(cid:374)e(cid:863) If all (cid:272)ultures (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge, do(cid:374)"t they all (cid:862)die(cid:863): how does globalization impact different domains of culture and interaction, developed and developing nations global north, global south. Localization: transformation of global culture by local cultures into a new form, clash of civilizations, conflict model, euro-american capitalism disenchantment, alienation and resentment, (cid:862)(cid:449)est (cid:448)s. the rest(cid:863) Globalization contributes to marginalization, exploitation, unsustainable economies, and massive disparities in wealth and access to resources.