What is globalization?

What is globalization?

1. Globalization is increasing global connectivity and increasing an idea that the world is one and I’m the person of the world not only of my country. 2. Globalization should focus on 4 things, is same founding purpose of U.N. (United Nations organization). The 4 things are nation-states, world politics, individuals, and human right. Actually I don’t understand clearly this part about UN so I’d like to reference another friend’s posting. 3. Globalization is consisted of 4 dimensions: culture, economy, social, and politic. Those dimensions are give and take influence complexly. So that’s why we can’t explain definitely separated facet of globalization.

The history of globalization is long. Since started trade in 13century or more long time ago, globalization has processing. Globalization is inevitable owing to human nature such as desire of conquer, curious. And that combined with internet and other high technology, the world looks like already reached perfect globalization. In this situation, despite of many dark side of globalization, critical analyses of globalization are inappropriate. We should find the way much more people in the world get a benefit of globalization. After finish this class, I’m expecting to have an answer that how can we make positive globalization.

World system theory

This theory is explanation about unequal trade relation between core country and periphery country.  After globalization, the gap between the rich and poor was more extreme. I always wonder why, and this theory gives me an idea why globalization makes bigger gap.

It reminds me some scene of documentary I’ve seen. African workers are eating chocolates first time in their life. They said they pick lots of cacao bean, and make thousand chocolate every day. But they never knew the taste of the chocolate. Some of them were crying.

Natural resources are exploited thoughtlessly by core countries. And African workers take cheap pay. They might be satisfied with small money that makes them don’t need to starve anymore. But actually it’s unfair because they can’t even think of buying a chocolate. After they spent all of money and lose labor because of ill or old, they have nothing. In country also if they spent all natural resources like cacao bean, they are becoming more poor country. Contrastively, core countries are going to be rich more by using unfair profits.

Globalization is helpful to diverse of culture?

After globalization, we can easily get a many of culture from diverse country. But I’d like to focus on relation of power in Spread of culture. I think spread of culture is also under relation of power. In other words, the culture is spread to poor country from rich country.

Everyone wants to follow what stylish people do. For example, we put in wish list a sunglass that popular in America but we don’t think that wearing a sun cover some making of leaf popular in Africa is looks cool. I think it makes get rid of poor country’s culture. We already lose our traditional fashion because when people encounter western fashion it was not stylish anymore.

Recently I felt wired when I saw some TV program. It was about the project that making Korea traditional food to global food. People were having a discussion how to make global people like Bibim-bob. Their answer was let’s make more sweet and not spicy. I thought it’s only for western people not for global. If they consider to global, they could add some special spice for Indian, or Thailander. Or they could make hotter for Mexican.

I’m concern that we are going to lose diverse culture and everyone in global world dress like Hollywood star, and eat like western people.