Glocal
- Created by: Joseph Timoney-Smith
- Created on: 25-04-15 11:55
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- Glocal
- Concepts
- Global Village
- The theory that the world has been smaller due to technology which transgresses boundaries thus making more people connected so is seemingly smaller
- Cultural Authenticity
- Homogenisation
- Where culture has become uniform
- Heterogeneity
- A sociey that contains a variety of ethnic groups, languages, foods, etc
- Differentiation
- Local communities can and do select what they take on and which aspects they leave out (Harris)
- Similar to localisation where products are translated for the local community
- Cultural identity is the product of globalisation (Wang)
- Local communities can and do select what they take on and which aspects they leave out (Harris)
- Global Village
- How does it happen?
- Glocal is applying local knowledge to global issues but can also be the other way around (such as climate change where we should think globally and act locally)
- Hybrid Identity
- The mixing of two cultures to create a new one such as Chinese Canadians
- This results in both cultural and biological hybridity)
- Is a person who solely identifies with black aesthetics and culture but is of both Native American and African American descent a hybrid or just African American
- Can a person be said to have a hybrid identity if they only identity with one culture? (Sandset)
- The mixing of two cultures to create a new one such as Chinese Canadians
- Concepts
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