multiculturalism
True or False:
¨Through the process of globalization, the world becomes more interconnected and interdependent
True
What are acculturation and diffusion
Acculturation: Exchange of cultural features through firsthand contact
¤Diffusion: Cultures in contact share direct or indirect movement of traits between groups
When did globalization begin?
1400s
What is the definition of globalization?
The process in which people, ideas and goods spread throughout the world, spurring more interaction and integration between the world's cultures, governments and economies
What are five things globalization includes?
International commerce
¤Travel and tourism
¤Transnational migration
¤Mass media
¤Information flows
What is identity
the conception, qualities, beliefs, and expressions that make a person (self-identity) or group (particular social category or social group)
What is cultural appreciation
It is appreciating a culture enough to spend time learning, interacting with people of the culture and making honest attempts at understanding the culture
What processes does globalization contribute to?
urbanization, modernization, and industrialization
What is Neo-colonialism
the use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former dependencies
Why is migration easier today than it was in the past?
easy global transport and technology
What are some positive and negative effects of tourism
Positive
Cultural tourism can stimulate renewed and revived local interest in traditional cultural practices
¨Leading to stronger cultural and social bonds
¨Stronger sense of identity and agency
¨Provides material benefits to the community
¨Promotes awareness and aides in making the culture more globally visible
Negative
Rising tourism leads to cultural erosion
¨Practices, traditions and material objects become commodities and trade social and cultural value for monetary value
¨Interest that is generated fills an economic niche
¨Objects and practices become abstractions not rooted in any cultural or historic contexts
¨Degredation of the host environment
What is cultural appropriation
when a person takes something with cultural significance from another culture for their own, without respect or understanding of that significance
After the cold war, what kind of markets dominated internationally?
capitalist
What is mercantilism and when was it prominent?
¨Core country maintains control over its peripheral and semi-peripheral colonies through a favorable balance of trade.
16th-18th centuries
What is cognitive dissonance
a state of psychological tension that occurs when two thoughts or perceptions are inconsistent, which typically results from the awareness that attitudes and behavior are in conflict
True or false:
You can have more than one identity
True
What is political correctness
the avoidance of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize, or insult groups of people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against
What is the difference between patriotism and nationalism?
Nationalism is an extreme form of patriotism in which people believe their country is superior and that others are inferior
What is antiglobalization and what does it focus on?
Concentrated on combatting the spread of neoliberal economic policies, or at least introducing some oversight/regulation
¤Environmental concerns (eg. tragedy of the commons)
¤Human rights/labor issues
¤Lack of representation
What are some impacts of multiculturalism
¨Political impacts:
¤People organize themselves into affinity groups in order to mobilize on issues that are important to them
¤Striving for social justice and equity, particularly against individuals and institutions that uphold more assimilationist or pluralist ideologies
¨Economic impacts:
¤Cultural beliefs, values, and materials are commoditized to appeal to affinity groups, as well as individual desires for the exotic
What is an identity crisis
a period of uncertainty and confusion in which a person's sense of identity becomes insecure, typically due to a change in their expected aims or role in society.
How do people deal with diversity in society, define the terms
Assimilation: Merging of groups and their traditions within a society that endorses a single common culture
Pluralism: Ethnic and racial difference should be accepted, as long as it does not threaten dominant cultural values and norms
¨Multiculturalism promotes equity among different culturally-define groups in a society
Describe transnational citizens
people who have the means and desire to travel between places, often for economic reasons, and who may not think of themselves as belonging to only one culture or nation-state.
What were some of the countries that developed after the treaty of Versailles?
True or False (if false explain why):
Globalization has lifted all nations out of poverty
¨In some countries, large proportions of the population have been lifted out of poverty (eg. India)
¨Poverty has remained high in other places, like African countries in Sub-Saharan Africa