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Case Study for 10/25: The Slow Food Movement & The Food Industrial Complex
The Slow Food movement originally began in Italy in 1989. Representing not just a shift in the production of food, Italians wished to hold on to their cultural values of food. Slow food means everything from production to consumption, an idea that most developed countries are less in touch with than developing countries. Where developed countries must focus their food intake … [Read more...]
The Influence of Spongebob Squarepants
As a child, I always loved Spongebob. To this day, I still do. One memory that stands out the most, however, was going to the Dominican Republic and being able to watch Spongebob in Spanish. In Moran and Chung's article "Global or Local Identity? A theoretical analysis of the role of Viacom on identity formation among children in an international context," Moran and Chung … [Read more...]
Globalization’s Destruction of Small Farms: Monsanto and India
In response to "Ecological Balance in an Era of Globalization" by Vandana Shiva. To Shiva, " [the] seed is the first link in the food chain. It is also the first step toward freedom in food" (507). Globalization has given way to corporations such as Monsanto, who have made seeding into an monopolized industry and have put small scale farming at risk all around the world. … [Read more...]
Digital Media Activism: Anonymous
Responding to "The New Digital Media an Activist Networking within Anti-Corporate Globalization Movements" by Jeffrey Juris In his piece on digital media activism, Jeffrey Juris makes three points about anti-corporate globalization movements and their use of digital media networks: Movement networks are locally rooted, but global in scope. Anti-corporate … [Read more...]
