Understandings of Globalization
The growing interconnection and interdependence of countries and people around the world.
What is globalization?
Residential schools tried to absorb Indigenous children into Canadian society by forbidding them from speaking their languages and practicing their cultures. This is an example of this process.
What is assimilation?
When job opportunities attract people to cities and those areas become more populated, this process is occurring.
What is urbanization?
Video games like Pokémon Go, music by Beyoncé, and shows like Game of Thrones are examples of this type of culture.
What is popular culture?
This Quebec law made French the official language of the province and strengthened the use of French in schools, business, and government.
What is Bill 101 (the Charter of the French Language)?
Companies like McDonald’s, Nike, or Coca-Cola that operate in many different countries are examples of this.
What is a transnational corporation?
When people around the world begin wearing the same clothing, such as blue jeans, cultures are becoming more similar. This process is called this.
What is cultural homogenization?
After years of assimilation, young Inuit began learning their traditional language again from their elders. This is an example of this cultural process.
What is cultural revitalization?
Filipino dishes like spaghetti with sweet sauce and hot dogs, influenced by American and Filipino cooking traditions, are examples of this cultural process.
What is hybridization?
the common characteristics and values used to define a group
What is collective identity?
A company moves its call center or manufacturing jobs to another country where workers are paid less.
What is outsourcing?
When a cultural or ethnic group is pushed to the edges of society and has little power or influence, this process is occurring.
What is marginalization?
A newcomer to Canada starts adopting local slang, clothing styles, and customs while still keeping parts of their original culture.
What is acculturation?
This Canadian organization regulates television and radio and requires a certain amount of Canadian music and TV programming to protect Canadian culture.
What is CRTC- Canadian Radio Telecommunications Commission?
These people are descendants of First Nations women and European fur traders and developed their own distinct culture in Canada.
What are the Metis?
People around the world adopting similar lifestyles through social media, travel, and communication networks is an example of this.
What is social globalization?
Joshua immigrated to the United States from Mexico. He is welcomed in school and introduced to the boys' soccer team because the vice principal heard about his interest in soccer.
What is integration?
After years of prohibiting it, the Canadian government allowed Sikh RCMP officers to wear turbans. This is an example of this process.
What is accommodation?
American fast food, Hollywood movies, and pop music spreading across the world are examples of this process.
What is universalization of culture?
The Acadians of New Brunswick have purposefully continued to speak French after joining the English speaking British Empire.
What is affirming their culture (or identity)?
Buying products made in different countries because companies trade and sell goods worldwide is an example of this type of globalization.
What is economic globalization?
Canada is often described this way because many cultural groups live together while maintaining their languages, traditions, and beliefs.
What is a pluralistic society?
After the Hawaiian language nearly disappeared, schools began teaching Hawaiian to children again.
What is language revitalization?
When a few corporations control most of the news and information people receive, critics say this problem reduces diversity of viewpoints.
What is media concentration?
Francophones in Canada share this type of identity because they speak the same language.
What is linguistic identity?