Genel Nicko C.

Resuena Contemporary World

BSED - SCIE 1-A Aug. 13, 2023

ACTIVITY 2
THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON LOCAL CULTURES

Have you ever known that the Filipinos in the past had their own way of writing,

cooking, and even their own alphabet? Our ancestors had their own way of living in the

past; we have a traditional way of cooking; we are cooking in a pot called a palayok. We

also have our own writing system and alphabet from the past; it is called baybayin. In fact,

our ancestors wrote their words on stone, leaves, and even trees to convey their message.

Those things change when foreigners come to our country, and they bring big changes to

our norms. When the time goes by, many things happen to our lives, and every year there

are changes to our community and innovations in things around us. All of those changes

are because of globalization.

Globalization is the process of increasing the interconnection among different

countries and people around the world. It is the way to exchange goods, information, ideas,

and even culture around the globe. Our country is one of the countries that receives a big

impact because of globalization. Many things have changed in terms of communication,

technology, the flow of the economy, and even socialization in different countries. On the

bright side, globalization has a positive impact on our country; it helps us grow and make

ourselves competent in our neighboring country.

But on the other hand, it has a negative impact on us. First is the cultural erosion

because of the fast exchanging of ideas among different countries, which can affect the

local culture of one country. The adaptation of culture from other countries has the

possibility of making us forget our own identity, which is really happening in the present

time. Another negative aspect of it is that the environment changes in particular places. For

example, in our country, before we were one of the green countries around the world, but
because of globalization, where we are exporting investors from another country, we need

to give them space to establish their buildings, so we need to destroy our nature. If we

cannot manage our own resources, it can lead to environmental degradation, and if it

happens, many people can be affected.

To conclude this idea, globalization has good and bad impacts on our local culture

and environment as well. It helps us innovate, help our economy grow, and establish

connections with different countries around the world. But we need to look back to our roots

and never forget where we are from.