SA 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cultural Imperialism, Sweatshop, Deterritorialization

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 101
• Professor: Bascom Guffin

Document Summary

Globalization = the reshaping of local conditions through global exchanges and connections on what seems to be an ever-intensifying scale (stern, 2016, p. 290) Elements of globalization present in our everyday lives. Anths want to know how cultural groups react to processes of globalization 0 how they negotiate or adapt global forces and in turn, effect global processes themselves. Progress implies a positive change from one state to another, a leaving behind of something outdated in order to embrace something new (k+s, Allow corporations to maximize profit margins and reduce operating costs contributing to the economy of wealthy nations. Multinational corporations provide employment ops and g&s into local communities but also have harmful social, economic, political, and environmental effects. Relied on low wages and uses undocumented workers (mostly women) as a pool of inexpensive labour for competitive advantage under neoliberalization and free trade.