Choose one of Appadurai’s five dimensions of global cultural flows, according to Ritzer and explain its significance on globalization as a whole.
What will be an ideal response?
Students will choose one of the five scapes and an example. A technoscape example may look like the following: Technoscapes refer to the “global configuration . . . of technology and the fact that technology, both high and low, both mechanical and informational, now moves at high speeds across” previously impermeable corporate and national boundaries (ibid.:34). Technologies are now bought and sold and moved across borders at an unprecedented rate. For instance, an automobile plant in the United States may be using parts and technologies imported from Mexico, Japan, and Germany.
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Persons with the _____ perspective believe that to overcome adversity and oppression, the minority person needs to imitate the dominant White culture as much as possible
a. assimilation b. acculturalist c. cultural pluralism d. blending
Americans tend to blame poverty on the poor themselves, yet also think the
a. government spends too much on the poor. b. government spends too little on the poor. c. poor work too many jobs. d. poor have no control over their situation.
Daniel and Samantha fell in love and got married, even though they are from different religious traditions. Which term describes their relationship?
A. endogamous B. exogamous C. polyandrous D. cenogamous