Cultural Gloalization

1.     Summary:

Globalization is a multidimensional process, taking place within the field of the economy, of politics, of technological developments at the same time. Globalization refers to the rapidly developing network of interconnections and interdependencies that characterize material, social, economic and cultural life in the modern world. Use of communications technologies such as mobile phones, computers, e-mail and etc increases connectivity. Globalization is a generalized process of increasing connectivity.

There is some opinion that is about the globalization process is that it will lead to a single global culture. Karl Marx’s representation of society provides the most vivid imagination of a global culture. Marx and Engels who are communist present. Explained that communist society is a world with a universal language, a world literature and integrated cosmopolitan cultural tastes

Globalization is rapidly changing our experience of locality. Globalization causes deterritorialization. Deterritorialization means that is the loss of the natural relation of culture to geographical and social domains. Deterritorialization is not simply the loss of the experience of a local culture. Deterritorialization is not simply the loss of the experience of a local culture. it is not as though localities, and the particularities, nuances and differences they generate, suddenly and entirely disappear. Localities, on the contrary, thrive in globalization. Deterritorialization that is aspect of globalization is felt in very ordinary everyday practices. For example, we can eat and buy easily some foreign food such as Japanese and Mexican food in our local market, and we can use internet to see some foreign programs in the real time. Deterritorialization is not simple phenomenon, but complex phenomenon that is set of economic, political and technological factors.

Globalization progress more and more in the world, There is a dilemma that is choice between Universal human rights and cultural identity(autonomy). But, the crucial mistake of those who regard globalization as a threat to cultural identity is to confuse this Western modern form of cultural imagination with a universal of human experience. The both that are global human rights and cultural autonomy are important

1.     What was interesting/what did you learn:

I am interested in dilemma that is choice between Universal human rights and cultural identity(autonomy). I think that many people has experience to think that. So do I. For example, do you know hijab? Muslim women wear hijab for religious reasons. In this aspect, hijab is cultural identity and cultural autonomy. But In the aspect of women’s rights, wearing hijab can be wrongful habit of clothing. When I read this article, I can think example of dilemma.

 I am also interested in deterritorialization because I haven't heard concept of deterritorialization before. So reading this article, I can know that Deterritorialization means that is the loss of the natural relation of culture to geographical and social domains and this concept is not simply the loss of the experience of a local culture and it is not simply the loss of the experience of a local culture. it is not as though localities, and the particularities, nuances and differences they generate, suddenly and entirely disappear. In other words. I can know that I haven't know this concept, but there are always deterritorialization in my life.

2.     Discussion Point:

As noted above, I am interested in dilemma that is choice between Universal human rights and cultural identity(autonomy) and I give an example of hijab. So I want discuss about this point. Recently, France make a law that is prohibition of burquini that is swimsuit of Muslim women. In some aspect, wearing burquini is cultural identity and cultural autonomy. But In the aspect of women’s rights, wearing burquini can infringe on woman's rights. In the France, the French government has opinion that wearing burquini is bad thing on woman's rights. But is this morally right? It can be another invasion of liberty. So I want to discuss about this dilemma with students.