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Survey of Departments (1994): What directions will anthropology take in the
next 25 years? (source: Kearney 1995)
- There will
be 'greater emphasis on the contemporary world and processes of global change.'
- Anthropology
will become more interdisciplinary
- 'Sociocultural
anthropology will find it increasingly necessary to involve its faculty
in programs of sustainable development, world ecology, environmental studies,
comparative global perspectives, global interdependence and internationalization.'
Working definition
of 'globalization' (adapted from Kearney 1995):
'Globalization'
refers to the social, economic, political, environmental, demographic and
cultural processes that take place within nations, but also transcend them,
such that attention limited to local processes, identities and units of analysis
yields incomplete understanding of the local.'
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'Globalization'
(words generated in class)
Themes:
- Unstoppable/juggernaut/unavoidable
- Disempowerment
- Diversity
of definitions
- isms
- Depends on
perspective
- Economism
- Good vs. evil/moralistic
tale
- Contradictory
- Vocabulary
of interaction and common destiny
Words:
- development
- superiority
- imperialism
- sovereignty
- imposition
- one
- communication
- technology
- trendy
- advertizing
- americanization
- free trade
- profit
- shrinking
- geography
- markets
- education
- homogeneity
- internet
- capitalism
- interconnection
- power structure
- solidarity
- non-democratic
- loss of culture
- Coca Cola
- place
- injustice
- ego
- opinion
- oppression
- cheap labor
- dependency
- freedom
- autonomy
- resistance
- visual
- environment
- transnational
- tourism
- military
- corporate
rule
- comfort zone
- evolution
- disease
- media
- global
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