METAPHORS

OF
GLOBALIZATION
• In order for us to better understand the
concept of globalization, we will utilize
metaphors. In our case, the states of
matter – solid and liquid – will be used. In
addition, other related concepts are
included in the definition such as
structures and flows will be elaborated.

Metaphor – direct comparison of two

different things.
• Solidity also refers to barriers that prevent
or make difficult the movement of things.
Furthermore, solids can either be natural or
man-made.
• Examples of natural solids are landforms
and bodies of water. Man-made barriers
include the Great Wall of China and Berlin
Wall.

SOLID
• An imaginary line such as the nine-dash
line used by the People’s Republic of
China in their claim to the South China
Sea is an example of modern man-made
solid. This creates limited access of
Filipino fishers to the South China Sea.
• Liquid, as a state of matter, takes the
shape of its container. Liquidity,
therefore, refers to the increasing ease
of movement of people, things,
information, and places in the
contemporary world.

LIQUID
• In, global finance, for instance, changes
in the stock market are a matter of
seconds. Another characteristic of liquid
phenomena is that their movement is
difficult to stop. For example, videos
uploaded on YouTube or Facebook are
unstoppable once they become viral.
• Liquidity and solidity are in constant
interaction. However, liquidity is the one
increasing proliferating today. Therefore
the metaphor that could best describe
globalization is liquidity.

CONCLUSION
GLOBALIZATION
THEORIES
• Homogeneity refers to the increasing
sameness in the world as cultural inputs,
economic factors, and political orientations of
societies expand to create common practices,
same economies,
and similar forms
of government.

HOMOGENEITY
• Heterogeneity pertains to the creation
of various cultural practices, new
economies, and political groups
because of the interaction of elements
from different societies in the world.

HETEROGENEITY
• Heterogeneity refers to the
differences because of either
lasting differences or of the
hybrids or combination of cultures
that can be produced through the
different transpalnetary processes.

GLOCALIZATION