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1 Anthropology and Globalization HSB4M

2 Anthropological Interpretations Sidetracking Diffusion Americanization –What do these all have in common? –Give an example of each from China. –Give an example from the globalization images.

3 Cultural Costs of Globalization Cultural Costs, pages 329-331: Consequences of internationalization of cultures –Cultural losses Young people’s sense of _____________ as they lose touch with their traditional culture (e.g., Inuit) __________ (e.g., Quebec can be overwhelmed by English culture) ____________ (e.g., when building hydroelectric dams in the Amazon) –Changing of cultural norms –“izations” Homogenization (________ of cultures) Deterritorialization (when one culture is not physically attached to one ________, often because of migration, immigration) Westernization/Americanization Industrialization

4 You Are the Anthropologist HSBC taxi ad –http://www.youtube.com/user/HSBC?ob=0&fe ature=results_mainhttp://www.youtube.com/user/HSBC?ob=0&fe ature=results_main –What questions would an anthropologist ask as he/she travelled in the taxi?

5 Beijing Development Beijing hutong (traditional courtyard neighbourhood) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GASqYeog6_4&feature=re latedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GASqYeog6_4&feature=re lated Contrast with Beijing skyline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcHhaUdedEU Time: Beijing’s Changing Skyline (up to 2008 Olympics) http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,16633 92,00.html Travel China Now. (2012). Attraction guide: Beijing hutong. Retrieved April 15, 2012 from http://www.travelchinanow.com/attraction/beijing/beijing-hutong/http://www.travelchinanow.com/attraction/beijing/beijing-hutong/

6 Hutong Destruction Benson, H. (2008, July 8). Michael Meyer documents old Beijing districts. Retrieved April 15, 2012 from http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-http://www.sfgate.com/cgi- bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/07/DDQE11DRM5.DTL&ao=all

7 Old vs. New Global Heritage Network. (2010, August 4). Development pressures at Beijing hutongs. Retrieved April 15, 2012 from http://globalheritagenetwork.ning.com/photo/development-pressures-at?context=featured

8 Economic Costs of Globalization (330, 332) Costa Rica –Cash crops = crops grown for sale, usually export Profit goes to the __________ where the products are exported and sold or fully processed –Loss of independent decision-making –Social programs are things like welfare, health care – social safety net programs where government intervenes in the economy to protect people Costa Rica had them but ___________ them when it wanted to get more involved in the global economy. To make itself more attractive to foreign investors and to be in a position to receive IMF and WB loans, it needed to have low _________ and ______.

9 Anthropological Theories of Globalization Notes on 5 anthropological theories of globalization, 332-333. –Modernization theory –Dependency theory –World-system theory –Neo-Marxian theory –***Globalization theory

10 Amazon The Nature of Things: The Real Avatar http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/natureoft hings/2011/peru/http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/natureoft hings/2011/peru/ –Peruvian Amazon – how indigenous peoples are being affected by resource development and extraction in their regions http://walrusmagazine.com/articles/2010.03- field-notes-law-of-the-jungle/

11 Resource Extraction Mining company Rio Tinto –http://www.youtube.com/user/RioTintoVideoshttp://www.youtube.com/user/RioTintoVideos –Canadian recruiting ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9A5en5zK14&l ist=UUgFbKCoyKdwayoIOJzSZzXQ&index=4&feat ure=plcphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9A5en5zK14&l ist=UUgFbKCoyKdwayoIOJzSZzXQ&index=4&feat ure=plcp Oil Sands in Alberta –Fort Chippewyan – downstream impacts

12 Turquoise Hill Oyu Tolgoi: –http://www.ivanhoemines.com/i/Oyu_Video.ht mlhttp://www.ivanhoemines.com/i/Oyu_Video.ht ml


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