W6_Cultural Globalization_ Sungmin Shin(2012047820)

1. Summary

In the global village, relationship with nation and other nations is not what it used to be. Globalization has changed a lot of people’s thought and sense of who they are or where they live. Then do globalization makes people’s life meaningful? I think it does.

At the very first of the reading, the author said globalization is a multidimensional processes that occurs within the different field of economy, politics, technology, environment, and culture as like former reading we read.  He mentioned there is flow that connectivity pretty much defines our communication technology around the globalization. Globalization simply as "complex connectivity," the expansion of social ties across the planet. As we travel more easily through space, interact with other across vast distances, receive information from near and far, our sense of who "we" are necessarily changes as well. At the midst of globalization, there is a capitalistic economy. It should be contained to understand cultural globalization. But you don’t have to see capitalistic economic as superior than process of globalization.

             Many scholars say economy will lead to globalization. But it doesn’t mean the world’s economy, politics, and culture will be unified or same. In our globe, globalization is not ‘global’ action. So called ‘Third world’ countries can be seen as unglobalization country. So we should think globalization as even process that it occurs everywhere in the world.

             Then author claimed about de-territorialization as other concept of globalization. We need to know the concept of a ‘culture’ connect with particularity and location called ‘territory’. Then why the author said deterritorialization with saying about globalization? He wanted to say, “If globalization is spread of complex socialeconomic connections across distance, then deterritorialization refers to the reach of this connectivity into the localities in which everyday life is conducted and experienced”. I would like to say this globalization is being a big village. 

2.What was interesting point?

The most interesting point globalization could destroy cultural identity. The author said globalization is also seen as a threat to cultural identity. 

3. Discussion point.

Is globalization a real threat to culture? I think many culture have been created by globalization. Of course, many culture might have been destroyed. But I think It couldn't be seen as threat.