Globalization Week 4 Notes

GGR111 Class Notes Week 4 Notes (Pg 66-80) Geopolitics of Outer Space Orbital Space ● Orbital space is the Earth and how the planets revolve in outer space (i think) ● Orbital debris refers to the material circulating in Earth’s orbits. Public space ● Earth’s orbits are a “vertical public space,” (Parks 2013), which by treaty belong to all humankind. ● They mark a global environment that begins in the disputed zone above where sovereign airspace ends and outer space begins Global Commons ● Many of the issues at play in the geopolitics of orbital space are tied to the fact that orbital space is a global commons ● A global commons is a resource, in theory that is available to all… like air Cultural Particularism ● The focus on individual locations and their unique cultural identities ○ Ex. day of the dead in mexico, oktoberfest in germany, ramadan to muslims ● It’s a focus on individual locations and their unique cultural identities. ● Cultural particularism emphasizes the unique qualities and characteristics of individual cultures without trying to generalize or fit them into a universal framework. GGR111 Class Notes Cultural Hybridization ● The blending and mixing of cultures due to an increase in globalization? ● A blend of 2 or more cultures and their traits ○ Ex. Christmas in Western countries is mixed with Western values (ex. Santa) and Christmas values (ex. Christ) Cultural Homogenization ● The idea that all cultures are merging into one global culture ● Integration of cultures into one big culture ● A big mush or cultures around the world Cultural Dimensions of Globalization ● the themes generally overlap with the sub-field of social geography Westernization: McDonaldization: Westernization refers to the adoption of McDonaldization, on the other hand, is a Western cultural, social, and economic concept coined by sociologist George practices by societies around the world. Ritzer to describe the process by which societies adopt the characteristics of fast-food restaurant chains, particularly exemplified by McDonald's. GGR111 Class Notes Questions ● The negative impact of not allowing people who are certified to practice their trade in the west without having to start over. ● Western medicine dominates over more traditional forms of healthcare; worrisome due to losing some more specific or wholistic knowledge ■ Since there's so much debris and most of the travel is done by private entities or powerful countries power restricts access to space in general in addition to the use of its space for technology and the like GGR111 Class Notes ■ Countries that are economically powerful and stable have more dominance and ownership of objects in the orbital space because satellite projects take resources and funding; less powerful countries don’t have that privilege ■ Countries with strong economic power can afford to put their satellites into that geostationary orbit. Almost dominating that area. Thus flexing their powers. ● ● ● ● They are being surveilled. Privacy Countries like Russia… America is watching from geostationary orbit Earthquake and disaster management ● They see us moving towards a shared cosmopolitan culture ● I think they would be proponents of it, as they strive for a more unified culture under a global market. Allowing for the market to control global media seems to fit their opinions ● May increase manufacturing ● Perhaps the hyperglobalists view this as good! Let the powerful and able global media channels that have the ability to reach the masses do that! ● They might argue that these large corporations, driven by profit motives, are responding to the demands of a global audience. In their view, the global media landscape reflects the efficiency and effectiveness of a market-driven system, where powerful corporations dominate due to their ability to reach and cater to a massive, international audience.