CHAPTER 1

To what extent does globalization shape your identity?

Key Terms

Globalization

Collective vs. Individual Identity

Context

Key Questions

  1. What are some different understandings (dimensions) of globalization?
  2. How do individuals and collectives express who you are? What are some individual and collective aspects of identity? (23-25)
  3. How are people and the environment affected by globalization?

Case Studies

Struggle of the Lubicon Cree to affirm their identity (32-33)

Story of the Coltan Miners in DRC (36-37)

CHAPTER 2

To what extent do identity and the forces of globalization shape each other?

Key Terms

Transnational Corporation (45)

Media Concentration (49)

Media Convergence (49)

Economies of Scale (50)

Biodiversity (54)

Stereotyping

Homogenization (58)

Acculturation (58)

Accommodation (58)

Assimilation (58)

Integration

Cultural Revitalization (61)

Key Questions

  1. What are some forces of Globalization?
  2. Trade (44-45)
  3. Transportation (46)
  4. Communication Technology (47)
  5. Media (48-49)
  6. Define each dimension of globalization:
  7. Economic
  8. Political
  9. Environmental
  10. Social
  11. List 3 ways forces of globalization present challenges to identity?
  12. List 3 ways forces of globalization provide opportunities to affirm and promote identity?
  13. Draw the identity chart from the notes showing the paths to assimilation and acculturation.

Case Studies

Guillermo Touma and Workers Unions (p. 53)

The Story of the Banana Wars and how each dimension of globalization impacts nations (50-55)

The Cultural Revitalization of the Métis People

CHAPTER 3

To what extent is identity affected by communication technology and the media in a globalizing world?

Key Terms

Digital Divide (69)

Propaganda (73)

Techno-isolation (75)

Pop Culture (82)

Universalization of Pop Culture

Hybridization (83)

Key Questions

  1. How is identity affected by opportunities to communicate with people around the world?
  2. Who creates pop culture (also how is it created) and who spreads pop culture?
  3. Describe one way diversity is influenced by the media and communication technologies?
  4. Diversity and Global Media Concentration
  5. How is identity affected by media coverage of world events? (76-77)
  6. Describe one way diversity is affected by the dominance of American Media?

Case Studies

ONLP (69)

APTN (70-71)

Al-Jazeera (73)

September 11th (76-77)

Live 8 (80)

CHAPTER 4

To what extent can people respond to globalizing forces that affect identity?

Key Terms

Affirmation of identity

Cultural Content Laws (102)

Cultural Diversity (104)

CRTC

CBC

Public Broadcasting

Key Questions

  1. How do people affirm and promote their language in a globalizing world?
  2. Endangered Languages (91)
  3. How do people affirm and promote their culture in a globalizing world?
  4. Cultural Revitalization (96-97)
  5. How do international organizations affirm and promote languages and cultures in a globalizing world?
  6. UNESCO (104)
  7. La Francophonie (105)
  8. Assembly of First Nations (106)

Case Studies

The Story of the Ladakh Culture and its response to globalization(98-99)

Kanai People (100)

La Francophonie and The Assembly of First Nations (p.105-107)