Globalization & Culture

First of all, I was in Boston 10 days last year, I carry an EU passport, I did half my education in Europe and my family is 100% European. Yes, I did study at MIT and spent a good portion of my life there. But I dont think of myself as a citizen of any country at all. I have no nation. I think nationalism is a disease and its a disease that has really hurt the world.

Nicholas Negroponte, founder of One Laptop per Child, a non-profit association dedicated to research and develop a $100 laptop.

Globalisation
Globalization refers to all those processes by which the peoples of the world are incorporated into a single world society, global society . Albrow

Globalization can be defined as the intensification of worldwide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occuring many miles away and vice versa. Giddens

Height of globalization !!!!!!!!!

Question: ? What is the height of globalization Answer: Princess Diana's death !!! Question: How come? Answer: An English Princess with an Egyptian Boyfriend crashes in a French tunnel, riding in a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a Belgian who was high on Scottish whiskey, followed closely by Italian Paparazzi, on Japanese motorcycles, treated by an American doctor, using Brazilian medicines! And this is sent to you by an Indian, me , using Bill Gates' technology which he stole from the Japanese. And you are probably reading this on one of the IBM clones that use Taiwanese-made chips, and Korean-made monitors, assembled by Bangladeshi workers in a Singapore plant, transported by lorries driven by Indians, hijacked by Indonesians and finally sold to you!

Culture
Culture is the systems of knowledge shared by a relatively large group of people. Culture is a collective programming of the mind that distinguishes the members of one group or category of people from another. Culture is communication, communication is culture

Does Culture Matter for Globalisation?

Culture matters for globalisation in the obvious sense that it is an intrinsic aspect of the whole process of complex connectivity. However, it does not mean that culture is intrinsically more globalising on account of the ease of the stretching of the relations involved and the inherent mobility of the cultural forms and products.

Globalization Impact:Few Examples

Music Radio Television Food Chains Manufacturing

Cultural Awareness and Extent of Global Involvement

Psychological Impact of globalization 1.Hybrid Identity

Example :-Indian Youth

Respect to personal lives Preference for arrange Marriages Caring for parents

2.Confusion
Global ? Local?????????
Delocalisation & Displacement Depression Suicide

3.Self Selected Culture

Youth create their own culture \Examples: McDonalds Pizza Vacation at Disney world Blue Jeans & Nikes

Cultural Diversity:Factors affecting

Time : Use of mobiles in India 1992-2007 Space : During Conversation,Japan Vs USA Thinking : Japanese-hard working,Greeks- easy going,Indians-No respect for time Frame of reference : Dhoop Language : Hindi & English Body Language: Posture, Appearance :Malaysia Eye contact :confidence? Arrogance? Touching Behavior : Preferred in western countries

Final words
Culture is several layered.one needs to peel one layer to see other layer.e.g.:- Indians for foreigners. Our ways of doing things is not best,not worst than others,its just different!!!!!!!!!