questions concerning globablization

3 December 2004

These are my own personal questions and observations--things I can't figure out yet.

can globalization happen without homogenization ? no, it is by definition a process of homogenization. first in the marketplace, and subsequently in cultural images and values.

does everyone have to go along with progressive modern culture ? can any ancient culture resist the apparent freedom of western popular culture ? it is possible for cultures to deliberately exist outside of the global culture, but they have to do so either by ignorance (which won't last) or by deliberate plan (and the global culture will instinctively attempt to penetrate it)

in sierra leonne kids fight each other wearing Tupac Army and Notorious B.I.G. using far more deadly force than ever happened in the US crack gang wars.

in cambodia, rural farmers can find better prices and the villagers can make traditional clothes and sell them on the internet, powered by a generator and satellite hookup. this makes them sustainable. and the kids can now gawk at thai movie stars even though they've never themselves seen a movie or even a thai.

Bhutan is very protected, very hard to get a visa for. TV has finally be allowed into the country, and now they have cable. now they can watch 'Cops'. the first domestic abuse cases have now been recorded and and actual murder. no-one ever commits murder in Bhutan.

the world is getting stewed together. those weird diseases are making it out of the jungle. but the medicine and slowly the clean water is making it to the third world. malaria now kills only millions instead of hundreds of millions. the oil derived electricity is helping people survive.

population is increasing. the cities are still growing.

an indian activist in brazil is keeping the last couple of tribes from making first contact. nobody has met with these tribes for many hundreds of years. he says "I'm only trying to buy them some time."


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