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OVERVIEW AND EXAM PREP
From global events to local exams
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Today
Course Overview
The Exam
Writing for exams
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The Exam
Make sure you check for yourself!
The exam is three hours long
You are required to answer THREE questions from a selection of TEN
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What do you want to ask?
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What do I want?
The most important thing is to demonstrate a CRITICAL understanding of globalisation
Showing this understanding is much more important than remembering facts
e.g. ‘Social media, particularly Facebook, have revolutionised social relationships in the 21st century’ is equal to ‘Social media, especially Facebook which was created in 2004 and has 1.23 billion active users, have revolutionised social relationships in the 21st century’
Being critical requires you to evaluate different sides of an argument in order to develop your position, as well as integrating information from different parts of the module
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What I need…
I really want you to pass!
Succeeding in exams is often a matter of preparation and organisation
Turning up.
Studying the right things.
Writing the key things.
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Selecting questions
You must select three questions to answer, but I recommend that you prepare for five
Each of these questions requires extensive research and revision, so select questions and themes you are interested in
Key tip: See if you can choose areas that allow you to combine your research
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1. Introduction to globalisation
2. Global and the local
3. Capitalism
4. Media and globalisation
5. Cultural imperialism or cultural diversity
6. Family
7. Poverty
8. Climate change
9. Urbanisation
10. Terrorism and surveillance
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Using BlackBoard
All the slides are available on Blackboard
These slides can be used to orientate you to the main debates for each topic and the links provide examples of these discussions
It is very important for you to read beyond these links to strengthen your understanding
The Panopto recordings allows you to find lecture discussions
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Organising your study
Each lecture and each exam question is based upon a debate: to what extent…?
Once you have selected your topics, identify the main debates
What are the main arguments in response to these debates?
Read critically to expand your understanding of these debates
Work out what you think and why
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You need to read!
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Course Overview
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What is globalisation?
According to Giddens (1990, p.64), globalisation is:
“the intensification of worldwide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice versa”
We are being critical of the affect of global structures upon local agencies
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Our Questions
1. How do global structures affect our local interactions and vice versa?
2. How have changes in global structures been experienced by different peoples?
3. What are the future consequences and challenges of living in a more global world?
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Intensified connectiorns
Connections between peoples have intensified across time and space
More communication and influence outside of immediate environment (space)
Distance becomes less important in social relations
Quicker interactions between people separated by space (time)
The compression of time means that the time previous taken for social
interaction to occur has been reduced
These changes have led to a progressive deterritorisation, meaning that our location is less important
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The global village
The development of a global consciousness suggests both an increasingly interconnected society, but also a singular global sense of humanity
The question is whether this village is connected but diverse, or connected and increasingly homogenous
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Does globalisation mean a more similar global culture, or an increasing range of influences?
If there is increasing homogeneity, is this one culture imposing itself upon the others?
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The importance of the local
We discussed how nations are ‘imagined’ constructions that often define local identities
For many people nationhood is a defining attachment, particularly when there is a perceived threat
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Is the nation-state still relevant?
Whilst nationhood provides a powerful sense of identity for some and is the organising principle for many states, it has come under threat from a number of sources:
The emergence of global political and economic institutions
The spread of global cultures
The presence of multiple national identities within a nation-state
A return to localist politics
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Nation-state and national identity as primary organising structures
vs.
Has the intensification of global
connections made local identities and organisation irrelevant?
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What is capitalism?
Capitalism is the social system in which capital is allowed to be accumulated
Capital is owned by private individuals or conglomerations of private
individuals (shareholders)
Surplus from production is able to be accrued by private individuals
Commodities, including labour, are able to be purchased at a price set by the ‘market’
Individuals are presumed to act in their self-interests and make rational choices
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Globalisation as global capitalism
Capitalism is naturally expansive
In order to find places to invest money, the owners of capital are always searching for new markets and new consumers
Going in search of these markets, capitalism has expanded across the world through multi-national companies and global economic reform
We are living in an era of decreased poverty, increased inequality, as well as continued ‘exploitation’(?)
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The Debate
Supporters of free market capitalism argue that capitalist societies do have ‘winners’ and ‘losers’
The winners have achieved their success by being entrepreneurial and working hard
Marxist’s and other critics of capitalism suggest that wealth is accumulated through privilege and exploitation
Those who start with resources are able to employ workers who are paid less than the value they create
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Progress for the rich
vs.
Progress for all
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Mediating the global village
The media ‘mediate’ communication between distant peoples
Consequently, how we understand the world around us is largely determined by how it is represented for us
The dynamics of this representation have been largely determined by the construction of a global communications system that has challenged the role of traditional local media
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Globalisation as a private sphere
The global communications system is primarily controlled by transnational media corporations
The explicit goal of these corporations is profit, rather than the public good
As Western corporate media becomes more dominant, there has been a fear that we are entering into a new stage of ‘cultural’ imperialism
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The Difficulty
Cultural imperialism, which includes the spread of Western values and the process of ‘McDonaldisation’ is based upon a mass consumption model of media
Cultures, people and media are highly differentiated and actors are locally situated and are active consumers of information
Moreover, the rise of the internet has allowed much more active participation in media
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The plurality of social media
Social, or new, media encourages and relies upon audience participation
Social media has redefined media participation and geographical boundaries
It may be corporate owned, but breaks with the major critique of corporate media: that media is a one-way form of communication
These forms of participative media give rise to the hope of a mediated ‘cultural pluralism’
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Diversity vs. sameness
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Globalising Socialising
Family is one of the most enduring aspects of the human condition across time and cultures
Families provide our initial mode of socialisation, turning individual bodies into social beings
There are, however, strong debates around the meaning of ‘family’ and the means through which it socialises us
Specifically, is the family a ‘natural’ and thus culturally universal element of human nature, or a cultural practice?
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The global family
Global processes have also challenged traditional family structures, provoking significant social anxiety
It was argued that economic industrialisation would favour the ‘nuclear family’ model
Yet, whilst globalisation has a clear affect on local cultures, many family formations and practices remain unchanged
The strongest changes appear to be the role of women, who are becoming less dependent upon men, with resultant drops in fertility and changes in labour patterns
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Family as universal
vs.
Family as culturally specifically
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The flat earth hypothesis
Poverty can be divided into two categories: absolute and relative
Absolute poverty has fallen substantially, leading to suggestions that we live in an ‘age of convergence’
Increased economic interconnectedness has led to the expansion of the benefits of capitalism and movements up the ‘development ladder’
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Inequality for all
Whilst global wealth has grown, inequality has expanded significantly during the same period
We in the West are also becoming affected by the same processes that are causing difficulties elsewhere
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Greater economic interconnectedness
Greater exploitation for many
Greater opportunities for all
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Climate change and globalisation
Climate change IS occurring on a global scale, but is felt locally
Emissions are produced locally, but go into a global ecological system
Action requires local changes to help distant areas for no particular benefit of the polluting locality
Climate change is thus a test of the power of global consciousness
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The end of the world
The world will not blow up, but it will make it significantly harder for some people to live in some places
Rising sea-levels will flood some areas
More regular natural disasters will make living in some places unviable
Rising temperatures will melt mountain snow, drying up rivers and ending vital sources of water
Rising temperatures will make growing crops in some areas impossible
The scarcity of resources leads to fears of increased conflict
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The Problem
If ending poverty requires an expansion of global production (capitalism) so that more people have more resources…
… and the climate change is stimulated by economic production
Then we have a direct contradiction between the needs of capitalism and the needs of the people
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Emissions need to be reduced
The developed world have produced the most
Emissions are rising most in the poorer areas of the world
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People movers
The 21st century is the first time that the world has been more urban than rural
Urbanisation is most identifiable in the ‘global’ cities of the Western world
These cities has allowed elite portions of humanity to flourish, bringing young and talented people together
Cities tend to have greater opportunities for employment, higher wages and higher productivity
They can also produce anxiety, alienation and isolation
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Slumming it
On the other hand, the majority of urbanisation is occurring outside of the Western world
These developments have formed mass slums and megacities
Urban areas provide a greater chance of work (if not employment) attracts a multitude of migrants
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Urban population density as civilised progress
vs.
Urban areas as the location for
human misery
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The End of History?
Human history is often thought of as a story of continuous struggle
The fall of communism at the end of the 20th Century suggested that the ‘End of History’ had arrived
American conservative political scientist Francis Fukuyama stated: "What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of post-war history, but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government."
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Maybe not…
The events of 9/11 suggested that clashes of ideology, or between civilisations, may not have ended
Security fears have come to dominate the Western world
The notion of ‘with or against us’ has revealed the precariousness of Western led globalisation
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Intensified cultural connections
Continued progress
Clash of civilisations
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From the start
Know where you are going: check out the room and how long it takes to get there
Give yourself a moment to orientate yourself to the room
Read the instructions and consider your questions
Smile and breath!
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Getting Started
The first thing you should do is select your essay questions and write down the key facts and outlines of your essays
Doing so will ensure that you will remember the key moments/evidence in your writing
It also takes the pressure off your remembering information at the end of the exam when your concentration is drained
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Focus on
1. Structure
2. Clarity
Writing for exams
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You have been asked a question: provide an answer as directly as possible
Make sure that your argument is very clearly structured
Focus on having very clear topic sentences and linking ideas together
Fundamentals of exam essay writing
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Clear writing is essential to help the marker understand your point
Know what you want to say before you begin
Shorter sentences and paragraphs are easier to understand: use them wisely
Make sure your hand writing is legible
Clarity
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One final hint…
Make sure I can read it!
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Almost final things
I am available to meet or over email, although the university is closed over Easter
If you have any opportunity to participate in my research, please do email me on [email protected]
Please complete the module evaluation survey
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Thanks!