Globalization Questions

Name:_Sofia Terife_____ Date:_Monday March 23, 2009_

Introduction to Globalization

1. What do most people think globalization is?

Some people think that globalization means that the world is turning into an American consuming colony like Mc Donalds or Coke.

2. What is the real definition of globalization?

The real definition of globalization is the way of buying goods from other countries and consuming them.

3. How is “Bhangra pop” in India an example of globalization?

“Bhangra pop” is like Jamaican Reggae but played in Indian instruments, this is an example because Indians are using a type of music from another country, but playing it with their own instruments.

4. What is positive or good about globalization?

I think that a good thing about globalization is that we can learn more things about other countries.

5. What is negative or bad about globalization?

I think that a bad thing about globalization is that we are loosing our own culture, and traditions, so we should learn other cultures, but not loose our own.

6. What are indigenous people?

Indigenous people are people that have been in the same place, and have not lost its culture over the years.

7. What do linguists estimate is happening every two weeks due to globalization?

Linguist estimate that every two weeks a language dies, taking with it the way of communication, cultures.

8. How did the images make you feel?

The images made me fell a bit sad, because all of the cultures are special in their own way, because they have different traditions, so when I watched some of the images, I thought that many of the cultures are loosing their traditions, for example there is a photo of some kids eating and on the wall there is Mickey mouse, so I think it is sad that they don’t have their traditional things.

9. What did the photographs teach you about indigenous people and/or globalization?

The pictures showed me that not all the cultures are the same, and that they live in different places. Another thing is that before all the cultures could find food and shelter by themselves, now they have to get help from other places.

10. In your opinion is globalization a good thing or a bad thing? Or some combination of the two? Explain.

I think that globalization is a combination of both, because we can learn and get details of the other cultures, but not go to extreme globalization, and change all your cultures, and traditions because you like better another tradition.