Globalization and Its

Metaphors
 Learning Outcomes:

a. Define globalization;
b. Discuss the metaphors of Globalization;
c. Appreciate the concept of globalization through collage making
Globalization
 Globalization
 It the process of world shrinkage, of distances getting shorter, things
moving closer. It pertains to the increasing ease with which somebody on
one side of the world interact, to mutual benefit with somebody on the
other side of the world.

--Thomas Larsson
 Metaphors of Globalization
1. Solid. It refers to the barriers that prevent or make difficult the movement of
things, people, and information.

2. Liquid. It refers to the increasing ease of movement of people, things,

information, and places in the contemporary world.

3. Flows. Are the movement of people, things, information, and places, brought
by the growing “porosity” of global limitations.
 Examples of Solid
 West Philippine Sea Issue
 The prohibition of using facebook in China
 Cultural belief
 Monopoly
 Examples of Liquid
 Technological Innovation
 Posting of information through social media
 The creation of railways
 Enlightenment period
 Scientific Revolution
 Examples of Flow/s
 Circulation of ideas or posts on social media
 Trading
 Travel
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