Globalization and Industrialization CHY4U Unit 4, Activity 4 Ms. G

'Remembering': Wewei's installation at the House of Art in Munich, southern Germany, is 100 meters long, 10m high and made of 9,000 backpacks to remember those killed in the earthquake of Sichuan in 2008 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/mo slive/article-2292669/Ai-Weiwei- Chinas-famous-dissident-artist-opens- ordeal.html#ixzz4gX8n54c8 

Through one's own efforts and hard work make the country strong build the homeland, 1964, by Weng Yizh. Collection of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto. http://www.utac.utoronto.ca/inde x.php/past-exhibitions/217- workforce

With a red heart always loyal to the collective, working as one striving for a bumper harvest. While this propaganda poster seems to focus on the happiness of farmers and China’s food production, it is also about literacy. Notice the People’s Daily newspaper hidden behind the wheat on the right, which is a reference to China’s growing literacy rates. Circa 1960. http://magazine.utoronto.ca/leading- edge/labour-days-chinese-propaganda-posters- elizabeth-parke-scott-anderson/

This photo depicts starving children in Shanghai, 1958-1962 This photo depicts starving children in Shanghai, 1958-1962. Photograph: TopFoto Photograph: Topography/ TopFoto. https://www.theguardian.com/world /2013/jan/01/china-great-famine- book-tombstone

http://russiapedia.rt.com/of-russian- origin/kolkhoz/ Kolkhoz at work. 1930. A Kolkhoz was a collective farm in the Soviet Union. This propaganda painting is a pastoral, a depiction of an idealized countryside. Notice the volume of the wheat depicted, which stretches well into the background. http://russiapedia.rt.com/of-russian- origin/kolkhoz/

Ai Wei Wei Sunflower Seeds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PueYyw pkJW8

Smoke of chimneys is the breath of Soviet Russia, 1917 - 1921 Smoke of chimneys is the breath of Soviet Russia, 1917 - 1921. Soviet propaganda of the 1920s and 1930s was characterized by a limited colour palette (often including red) and strong lines. In fact, there are many similarities in style found in this kind of propaganda and modern advertising. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi a/commons/6/62/Smoke_of_chimneys _is_the_breath_of_Soviet_Russia.jpg

Questions What do these propaganda posters and images reveal about life in a 20th century communist dictatorship? What impacts did this form of industrialization have on these societies?

Follow-Up Questions Is industrialization and globalization creating a better world? Who is experiencing progress? Who is experiencing decline? What policies are needed to address the issues created by globalization and industrialization?

Trends and patterns in income inequality, 2013 http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archiv e/2013/09/mapping-chinas-income- inequality/279637/

Shenzhen, China, a fast growing city of over 10. 8 million people Shenzhen, China, a fast growing city of over 10.8 million people. In the 1970s it was home to only 30 000 people. https://www.forbes.com/sites/falguni desai/2016/05/07/innovators-find- internet-of-things-paradise-in- shenzhen/#4e5aa27e2530 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asi a-jan-june07-china_06-25/  (first 3:32 are useful) Listen to this podcast.