Cultural globaliztion

 

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Before argument about cultural globalizaion, what is culture? culture is not certain product or power. culture founds meaning of life. This meaning is related to human's existence. For example, shared story(narrative) show meaning about life in one culture. Some people think that culture globalization as capitalism's impact. It looks to culture is economy's part. But it is good to understand culture as potential impact about cultural existence.

Globalization have unifying character. deterritorialization implys cultural nature relation's loss in geographical or sociological territory. deterritorialization means significance of cultural location. Any more culture is not tied. Deterritorialization refer meeting between connectivity and locality in our everyday life. We can meet macdonalde, coca-cola, global food every where.

Also telemediazation changes our life. Developed medias like internet, tv are talked 'virtual travel'. telemediazation makes possibly instant access and changes our cultural values. These instant access alludes runaway speed. Argument about cultural globalization involves comprehension about runaway speed.

 

Mention of any new, interesting, or unusual items learned :

I interestingly read about cultural identity. This is part of test. "'identities' are aspects of the differentiating, institutionalizing and socially regulating nature of modern life." Identity first used in modern life. Identity means unique trait of individual. Identity have to naturally exist to person in previous period. By the way, why identity word represented in modern society? Modern society has feature 'telemediatiztion'. I read "telemediatization of culure is a key distinction in twenty first century life. (...) It seems to me, then, that one of the main challenges of global cultural analysis is to come to terms with the way in which telemediatization is shaping our lives." Telemediazation also effects identity. We can reach other culture, faith, value thogh internet, TV. It tells we recognize other identity and perform our personal identity.  

 

 

Discussion Point :

Processing culture globalizaion, we know about various culture. Besides shared culture and identity in own local community, we have different identity and like different culture. These various preferences increasingly are respected to one value. This view is interpreted as individualism or humanity(individualism and humanity are differ). In korea, individualism is one of foreign culture value. Also personal preference and identity are more significant in korea society. Almost people really regard their preference as significant meaning.

Though we believe own identity is unique, this trust is also effected from external culture. In fact, trust that person is unique is one of individualism from western faith. According to Michel Foucault, he argued that the gay identity didn't exist past, that was discussion point of view rather than nature of view in his writing 'Histoire de la Sexualite'. How we really feel own preference or identity?