GLOBALIZATION

Prof. Amor Jude Thadeus F. Soriano, MA

THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
Philippine Christian University - Dasmariñas
Are you a citizen of the WORLD?
• For those who have relatives abroad, every time they visit or sending
something home, they are bringing part of the world with them.
• Some relatives or friends have told you about the wonders of Rome.
• Some others have shown you pictures of the Eiffel Tower in France.

Needless to say, the media and the internet are also your windows to
the contemporary world.
Are you a citizen of the WORLD?
• You watch American movies, and
• Can probably sing at least one K-pop song.

Finally, look at your consumption habits. They are

also GLOBAL.
 YOU ARE ALREADY A CITIZEN OF
THE WORLD WHETHER YOU LIKE IT
OR NOT.
WHY YOU NEED TO STUDY THE WORLD?
•Studying the outside world is a cure to
parochialism or an outlook that is limited to
one’s immediate community.
•It can teach you more about yourself.
•You need to study the world because you
will be interacting with it.
 I WILL NOT TAKE YOU ON A
COUNTRY-PER-COUNTRY TOUR OF
THE WORLD.

INSTEAD, WE WILL FOCUS ON

THEMES, PROBLEMS, AND ISSUES.
CENTRAL TO THE STUDY OF THE
WORLD IS THE CONCEPT OF

GLOBALIZATION
DEFINING GLOBALIZATION
A STORY: GIO, LATIF AND THE LAKSA
- We begin our definition with this narrative to
illustrate how concrete the phenomenon is.
- The story shows how globalization operates at
multiple, intersecting levels.

What hints of globalization did you find in the story?

 DEFINING GLOBALIZATION
- Is globalization good or bad?
- Is it beneficial or detrimental?

With these in mind, we should begin our discussion of

globalization with two premises:
1. Globalization is a complex phenomenon that occurs
at multiple levels.
2. It is an uneven process that affects people differently.
 DEFINING GLOBALIZATION
•The deepening global interconnectedness of
places, ideas, economies, cultures, and
people.
•The best scholarly definition – “the expansion
and intensification of social relations and
consciousness across the world-time across
world-space.”
DEFINING GLOBALIZATION
•Expansion refers to “both the creation of new
social networks and the multiplication of
existing connections that cut across
traditional political, economic, cultural and
geographic boundaries.”
•Intensification refers to the stretching and
acceleration of these networks.
DEFINING GLOBALIZATION
•Some scholars have found a simpler way
to avoid talking about globalization as a
whole, they discuss “multiple
globalizations” instead of just one
process.
DEFINING GLOBALIZATION
•For Arjun Appadural, anthropologist,
different kinds of globalization occur on
multiple and intersecting dimensions that
he calls “scapes.”
DEFINING GLOBALIZATION:

Arjun Appadural’s “Scapes”

•Ethnoscape – refers to the global
movement of people.
•Mediascape – is about the flow of culture.
•Technoscape – refers to the circulation of
mechanical goods and software
•Financescape – denotes the global
circulation of money.
DEFINING GLOBALIZATION:

Arjun Appadural’s “Scapes”

•Ideoscape – is the realm where the
political ideas move around.

These “scapes” are distinct windows into

the broader phenomenon of globalization.
GLOBALISM
Is a widespread belief among powerful people
that the global integration of economic markets is
beneficial for everyone.
GLOBALITY
• Is a social condition characterized by
globalization, political, cultural, environmental
interconnectedness, borderless irrelevant.

• Manifestation- value of individualism and

competition
• existence of economic system of private property.
GLOBALITY
•Communal & cooperative- social
relations which is less capitalistic.
ASSIGNMENT:
HOW GLOBALIZED IS YOUR HOME?