CULT 320: Globalization and Culture

CULT 320-005: Globalization and Culture
(Spring 2019)

04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W

Section Information for Spring 2019

We are told that we live in an age of globalization and that the world is becoming a global village. The interconnectedness of places and peoples is depicted as being somehow both new and natural, or at any rate inevitable. This course will show that such interconnectedness is neither new nor natural much less inevitable—although it is increasing, accelerating, and intensifying.

This course will cast a glance at the long histories of globalization. We will consider contemporary forms of globalization in some detail, especially the roles of media and new media, and digital technologies. We will try to come to a better understanding of how globalization is lived in everyday life and is experienced differentially across the globe. Lastly, we will consider the limits to globalization.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Examines cultures in globalization, with special attention to the role of technologies and new media. Provides historical and contemporary contexts for understanding the relationships among circuits of production and consumption; population flows; social inequalities and collective identities; globalizations from "above" and "below;" built and natural environments. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Global Understanding
Registration Restrictions:

Students with a class of Freshman may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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