Global challenges

Thursday, December 06, 2012 1:05 PM

Transnational culture of consumption Globalization = global culture-flow of people, tech, finance, info and ideology Consumptive media Most nation-states forced to open to a culture of consumption STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE Physical and/or psychological harm Repression Environmental destruction Poverty Hunger Illness And premature death Caused by exploitative and unjust social, political, and economic systems. ANTI-GLOBALIZATION TREND What signs indicate that this will not occur Cultural diffs/pride Ethnocentrism Cultural revitalization Indigenous resurgence Consumer awareness Slow food Greenwashing

RESISTANCE AND SURVIVAL Hegemony; internalization of dominant ideology "Weapons of the weak" (Scott) Subtle, small scale, nonconfrontational methods to resist domination Resist publicly, in disguised form (metaphors, euphemisms, folk tales) Public gathering=resistance expressed openly Festivals are prime arenas for the expression of antihegemonic systems

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