“To what extent should globalization shape identity?”

ENSURE THAT YOU KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS:

Positives/negatives of global connection and globalization on people and the world.

Transnational Corporations – what they are and examples.

4 Forces of Globalization: know how they each impact globalization:

Trade

Transportation (containerization)

Communication technologies

Media and Identity (media convergence and media concentration)

Assimilation in relation to Residential Schools and colonialism

Cultural revitalization and the Metis

Individual and collective identities

Affirming identity

All dimensions of globalization and examples: Political, social, economic, environmental, and cultural

Role of media and technology on diversity

Universalization of pop culture

Hybridization

Shaping ideas and culture (news coverage, etc.)

Opportunities for Identities in a Globalized Word

Accommodation

Acculturation

Integration

Affirmation of identity

Cultural Revitalization

Hybridization

Cultural content laws

Cultural exchange

Challenges to Identities in a Globalized Word

Acculturation

Accommodation

Assimilation

Marginalization

Homogenization

Hybridization

Americanization

Universalization

Cultural appropriation

Efforts to Promote Language and Culture in a Globalized World:

Language laws (cultural content laws, CANCON)

Language rights

Characteristics of endangered languages

Other Key Terms:

Context

Role model

Collective identity

Individual identity

Biodiversity

Homogenization

Acculturation

Accommodation

Assimilation

Cultural revitalization

Transnational/Multinational corporations

Containerization

Media Concentration

Media Convergence

Economies of Scale

Digital divide in the world and in Canada

Techno-isolation

Global interdependence

Cultural diversity

Cultural uniformity

The APTN (The Aboriginal People’s Television Network) and how they affirm identity