GE21001 Dynamic Human WorldsLecture 5

Globalisation, Inequality and Space (Part 2)

Dr. Susan P. Mains

Geography

Lecture Outline

•Forms of Globalisation (contd.):• Lect 4: Economic (Maquiladoras)• Lect 5: Cultural &Political

• music

Shifting economic geographies

• Agriculture

• Manufacturing

• Service

• Information/Knowledge Based– Entertainment, music, arts

Defining Globalisation

Cultural Globalisation:•increases social mobility•language, ethnicity, religion, art, music•impacts of US icons and industries (McDonalds, KFC, Starbucks)•cultural hegemony/imperialism

Readings (see MyDundee for more details):

Dittmer, J. ‘Captain America’Mains, S.P. ‘Cultural Imperialism’

Cultural Globalisation

Cultural Globalisation

Cultural Globalisation

•Music industry: generates significant revenues

•Music ‘travels’

•International collaborations

•Reflects and influences cultures in multiple places

•Adapts to economic/social/political landscapes

Cultural Globalisation

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/23/global-music-sales

Cultural Globalisation

Cultural Globalisation

Cultural Globalisation

Cultural Globalisation

http://reggaeeurope.com/

Cultural Globalisation

Protest Songs:

Redemption Song- Bob Marley- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrcA6j-GRE8&feature=related

The Internationale- Billy Bragg- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk69e1Vcmvg

Freedom-Soweto Soleil- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJBEEDNV1BA&feature=related

Scale Down- Rising Appalachia- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmr5rdaemYk

Defining Globalisation

Cultural Globalisation:

•local and global identities reterritorialize

•global and regional identities co-exist and overlap

•e.g., recognition of local and “national” dialects in media

Defining Globalisation

Political Globalisation:

•Changing role and power of nation-states

•Increasingly financially oriented

•Supranational organizations:

WTO, World Bank, IMF

•International Political Organizations:

•UN, G8 also Red Cross, Amnesty International

Defining Globalisation

Political Globalisation:

•Increasing government centralisation internationally (e.g., around political intervention—conflicts, wars, immigration, trade policy), but also importance of regions

  e.g., EU and devolution of UK government.