ANTH 2 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Unequal Exchange, Syncretism, World-Systems Theory
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Globalization: the contemporary widening scale of cross cultural interactions owing to the rapid movement of money, people ,goods, images and ideas within nations. Humans have always moved around - establishing contact with members of other groups are deeply rooted in human evolutionary history. Diffusionists: cultural characteristics result from either internal historical dynamism or a spread of cultural attributes from one society to another. Globalization doesn"t mean everyone in the world is participating in the changes. Communication: advancement in technologies allow more frequent communication between people anywhere in the world. Migration: movement of people through migrants, immigrants, refugees, or exiles bring people in contact with one another. Finance: the rapid movement of money across national boundaries allowed corporations to move factories from one country to another. Globalization promotes focus on winners, arguing that greater economic integration brings unprecedented prosperity to millions. Critics focus on losers, invoking images of sweatshops and poverty. Bigger gap between rich and poor countries.
