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1 Globalization, Health and Communication One and All Arif Jinha, MA candidate Globalization and International Development University of Ottawa

2 Our task There is a responsibility for health care educators to create an environment that nurtures the development of a global perspective and awareness of oneself in relationship with the world and with others (Leuning, 2001). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86BPM1GV 8M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86BPM1GV 8M

3 Thesis – Globalization, Health and You Health matters because everything else (money, politics, sex, religion, human rights, culture, arts, music etc.) is insignificant unless one lives. Globalization matters because everybody (including you!) increasingly relates to one another in a single system that affects every determinant of health. Globalization Globalization Health Health You You

4 Globalization ?

5 Globalization = Transplanetary Social Relations Manifestations of Globality Communications Communications Travel Travel Production Production Markets, Money, Finance, Markets, Money, Finance, Organizations Organizations Military Military Ecology Ecology Health Health Law Law Consciousness Consciousness (Sholte, 2005) (Sholte, 2005) Mediated by Communications Technology Communications Technology Transborder migration Transborder migration Global financial system and progressive trade liberalization Global financial system and progressive trade liberalization Global knowledge commons Global knowledge commons System of international relations based on nation-states System of international relations based on nation-states Inter- and Intra-national Division of Labour Inter- and Intra-national Division of Labour Global Supply Chain of Production Global Supply Chain of Production (Jinha, 2008 – Smiths Falls in the World)

6 Remember! End of the cold war End of the cold war Start of Nuclear disarmament movement Start of Nuclear disarmament movement Global economic crisis Global economic crisis First Academic Journal First Academic Journal Internet invented Internet invented Start of WWI Start of WWI End of the Cold War End of the Cold War Discovery of N.A. by Europeans Discovery of N.A. by Europeans Millennium Summit Millennium Summit Invention of printing press Invention of printing press Founding of Bretton Woods institutions Founding of Bretton Woods institutions Russian Revolution Russian Revolution World Trade Organization started World Trade Organization started Asian economic crisis Asian economic crisis Kepler mission launched Kepler mission launched Telephone invented Telephone invented Peace of Westphalia Peace of Westphalia Copernican revolution Copernican revolution Boston Tea Party Boston Tea Party

7 Globalization quiz – Change and Continuity 1439 – Communications 1439 – Communications 1492 – Travel 1492 – Travel 1543 - Science 1543 - Science 1648 – International Relations 1648 – International Relations 1665 – Science/Communications 1665 – Science/Communications 1773 – Trade 1773 – Trade 1876 – Communications 1876 – Communications 1905 – International Relations 1905 – International Relations 1914 – Trade 1914 – Trade 1944 – Finance 1944 – Finance 1957 – Human Security 1957 – Human Security 1989 – International Relations 1989 – International Relations 1991 – Communications 1991 – Communications 1995 – Trade 1995 – Trade 1997 - Finance 1997 - Finance 2000 – Development 2000 – Development 2009 – Finance 2009 – Finance 2009 - Science 2009 - Science

8 Globalization Is it good or bad? What has it got to do with health? What should be done with it/about it? Be aware when things are out of balance. When rich speculators prosper while farmers lose their land; when government officials spend money on weapons instead of cures; when the upper class is extravagant and irresponsible while the poor have nowhere to turn, all this is robbery and chaos. (from the Tao Te Ching, circa 500 BC)

9 Global health A responsibility on whose shoulders? The ‘Tao’ thesis - A healthy society is a balanced society – is the globe balanced? The ‘Tao’ thesis - A healthy society is a balanced society – is the globe balanced? Global health problems as outcomes of imbalance in a global social system Global health problems as outcomes of imbalance in a global social system All of the terrible statistics of disparity learned in this course!! All of the terrible statistics of disparity learned in this course!! Concentration vs. decentralization - communication of knowledge as a determinant of social and health development Concentration vs. decentralization - communication of knowledge as a determinant of social and health development Knowledge for Development (K4D) Knowledge for Development (K4D) Knowledge as Power, self-determination Knowledge as Power, self-determination Scientific Impact of Nations (King,2004) - 31 countries responsible for 98% of top 2% cited literature, 8 countries - 84.5%. Scientific Impact of Nations (King,2004) - 31 countries responsible for 98% of top 2% cited literature, 8 countries - 84.5%. Brain Drain - human capital as a determinant of economic development Brain Drain - human capital as a determinant of economic development Our approach (Jinha, Diack) Our approach (Jinha, Diack) Access to knowledge and communication – a re-balancing of capacity – towards many more shoulders who can bear the weight solving global crises/problems, not just a privileged few Access to knowledge and communication – a re-balancing of capacity – towards many more shoulders who can bear the weight solving global crises/problems, not just a privileged few

10 Current Research – Learning and Knowledge in the 21 st Century The Development Equation (Jinha, Diack) The Development Equation (Jinha, Diack) The Development Equation The Development Equation Past Papers 2007-2008 Smiths Falls in the World - A study of Globalization in a rural Canadian Town - http://www.stratongina.net/sfalls http://www.stratongina.net/sfalls - Global economics - Asian economic crisis Asian economic crisis Asian economic crisis2006 Undergrad thesis – Stories of Students in a Globalized World Undergrad thesis – Stories of Students in a Globalized WorldStories of Students in a Globalized WorldStories of Students in a Globalized World

11 References Scholte, Jan Aarte (2005). Globalization: a Critical Introduction. Palgrave MacMillan. Scholte, Jan Aarte (2005). Globalization: a Critical Introduction. Palgrave MacMillan. King, David (2004). Scientific Impact of Nations. Nature: 430; 311-316 King, David (2004). Scientific Impact of Nations. Nature: 430; 311-316


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