CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION

GNED 07| JD CAP-ATAN| CONTEMPORARY WORLD

INTRODUCTION
• Eastern Countries
• Western Countries
• What divides East and West?
WHERE IS THE DEMARCATION LINE?
• Jerusalem
JERUSALEM: THE CITY OF GOD
• In the old times, people believed
that Jerusalem was the center of
the flat world.
JERUSALEM: THE CITY OF GOD
• All lands east of Jerusalem is
“The East”
• All lands west of Jerusalem is
“The west”
THE WEST
• Europe
• America
THE EAST
• Asia
MIDDLE EAST AND FAR EAST
• Middle east
• Also called “Near East”
• The East that is near Jerusalem
THE FAR EAST
• Far East
• Also called “The Orient”
• The east that is far from the
Jerusalem
EASTERN CULTURE
• Also known as “Oriental Culture”
FACETS OF EASTERN CULTURE
• Clothing
• Music
• Arts
• Architecture
• Customs and Traditions
• Religion
• Cuisine
• Mentality
THE FAR EAST CULTURE
• China, Japan, Korea, Southeast
Asia (Thailand, Indochina)
• Heavenly influenced by Taoism,
Buddhism and Confucianism
• Belief in Feng Shui
THE FAR EAST CULTURE
• Writing and reading system is
from right to left
• Meekness is a Virtue
• Utmost respect for elders
• Close family ties
• Unique clothes
THE FAR EAST CULTURE
• Food: noodles raw fish. Kimchi,
maki
• Unique music and musical
instruments.
• Greeting: Bow
SOUTH ASIAN CULTURE
• India, Bangladesh, Pakistan
• Heavily influenced by Hinduism.
SOUTH ASIAN CULTURE
• Colorful Clothes
• Unique Music
• Unique Architecture
SOUTH ASIAN CULTURE
• Cuisine: spicy, curry
• Eating bare hand
• No beef diet
• Arranged Marriage
MIDDLE EAST CULTURE
• Arab World
• Heavily influenced by Islam
• Unique Clothes
• Beard for Men
MIDDLE EAST CULTURE
• No pork diet
• Greeting: Holy Kiss
WOMEN IN ASIA
• In general, eastern Culture is a
male-dominated culture.
• Women were treated lowly in
most parts of Asia
• It’s just recently that things are
changing.
WOMEN IN ASIA
• Only in the Philippines
• Concept of “Under the Saya”
THE WESTERN CULTURE
• North America and Europe
• Western Clothes (Independent)
• Unique music and Musical
Instruments.
THE WESTERN CULTURE
• Individualism
• Not so much family oriented
• Liberal views on sex and gender
• Materialism
THE WESTERN CULTURE
• Unique cuisine
• Greeting: Hand shake
THE WESTERN CULTURE: LATIN
AMERICA
• South America and Central
America (Spanish and Portuguese)
THE WESTERN CULTURE: LATIN
AMERICA
• Heavily influenced by
Catholicism
THE WESTERN CULTURE: LATIN
AMERICA
• Cuisine: Spicy food (Mexican)
• Unique Dance and Music
• Greeting: Beso-Beso
AGE OF COLONIALISM

• West Conquered East.

• Imposition of Political Power on
the Easterners.
• Economic Exploitation
• Western Culture Infiltrated the
east.
AGE OF COLONIALISM
• For Westerners, They think their
culture is superior
• Ex.
• The Spaniards imposed to us their
religion and culture.
AGE OF COLONIALISM
• For Westerners, They think their
culture is superior
• Ex.
• Western medicine is legitimate, while
eastern medicine is doubtful or
mythical
 AGE OF COLONIALISM
• For Westerners, They think their
culture is superior
• Ex.
• Colonial Mentality among Filipinos
• Preference for all things foreign over our
own.
GLOBALIZATION OF CULTURE
• The world is developing just one
culture
• Western Culture
RECENTLY…
• Eastern culture is somehow
gaining popularity
• Martial Arts movies
• Chinese new year celebration in
the US
• Yoga
• K-pop invasion
• Herbal medicine
CONCLUSION
• Whatwould
the “One world
culture” look
like?