Education and Globalization
Mass schooling has resulted in an education system which largely ignores cultural relativism and instills attributes such as nationalism and discipline to make individuals better citizens in our neoliberal capitalist world. Because of this, standards for being considered “educated” our consolidated with assumed Western superiority, with English set as capitalism’s “universal” … [Read more...]
Food and Stuff
The slow food movement is an interesting one, for a lack of better words. I understand the movement as a resistance to the neo-liberal, consumerist McDonalds [plural] of the world, but, in the US, it definitely had a suburban/quinoa-and-avocados feel to it - “convivia and heritage pork!” Especially the Leitch article, the movement reminded me of a previous discussion on how the … [Read more...]
Case Study for 10/18: Viacom & Culture-Ideology of Consumerism
Culture-Ideology of Consumerism: Viacom media practices influencing consumerist worldview Viacom is the world’s 5th largest media company; its enterprise value clocks in at $21.17 billion. It owns major cable channels, such as MTV, BET, Logo, and Nick, as well as film companies like Paramount Pictures. As the media landscape diversifies, Viacom is actually struggling to keep … [Read more...]
Global Identity and the WSA
I read a bit about the World Service Authority after reading their definition of world citizen in the conveniently named World Citizenship Defined article. While I really enjoyed the article itself, it’s coming from a very idealistic place that I don’t completely agree with (there is no particularly rational argument to back up my disagreement – I acknowledge it stems … [Read more...]
