• Syllabus
  • Handouts
    • Writing for the Web
    • Using WordPress
    • Proposal Handout
    • Group Case Study Handout
    • Inforgaphic 411
  • Schedule
  • Case Studies
    • Old Case Studies
  • Topics
    • Political Globalization
    • Economic Globalization
    • Religion and Globalization
    • Experiencing Globalization
    • Environment
    • Global People
    • Global Things
    • Popular Culture
    • Resisting Globalization
  • About the Course
    • Fuji Lozada
    • Moodle (need password)
    • Case Study Guide

Globalization Seminar @ Davidson

Musings from Wildcats

Disseminating Ecological Sensibility: Trash Island and Underground Home

September 13, 2016 By Violet Degnan

Part X of our Globalization Reader sounded the alarm regarding environmental issues and degradation of our world's finite resources. In an 1987 report from the World Commission on Environment and Development, they make a salient point especially clear: the time is now to effectively manage environment resources and create a sustainable future to ensure human progress and … [Read more...]

Pics or didn’t happen, and even if it did, do I really care?

September 13, 2016 By chpowell

Paul Wagner’s article about the organization Greenpeace talked about their way of affecting political affairs without being directly involved in politics. They seek to address various ecological problems around the world by bringing attention to the general public, and hoping that once they see what is truly happening they will be moved to action. Greenpeace still participates … [Read more...]

Recovery of the Ozone Hole

September 12, 2016 By ropolanco

The work that is done by ozone in the stratospheric layer of the atmosphere is vital to the survival of life on earth. It wasn't until the Antarctic ozone hole was discovered that a majority of countries around the globe became determined to control the use of CFC's and other chemicals breaking down the ozone in the stratosphere, as the authors in the "Ozone Depletion" article … [Read more...]

Activism and Infrastructure Needed to Drive Social Change

September 11, 2016 By ingupta

The Rio Declaration was produced at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) with the goal of “establishing a new and equitable global partnership through the creation of new levels of cooperation among States, key sectors of societies and people, working towards international agreements which respect the interests of all and protect the … [Read more...]

When Disguised Egocentrism Attacks: Effects of Subsidies on Developing Countries

September 6, 2016 By ropolanco

In his piece "Globalism's Discontent," Joseph Stiglitz writes about how the unfair trade-liberalization agenda has put developing countries at a disadvantage when competing against superpowers such as the U.S. and Europe. More specifically, highly subsidized American and European agriculture has left developing countries with very little room to compete. According to the … [Read more...]

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ANT 341 examines recent theories of globalization from an anthropological perspective, with an emphasis on the transnational political, economic, and cultural structures that are transforming local societies throughout the world. Topics include transnational religions, popular culture, and global capitalism. Special attention is devoted to debates regarding power and cultural imperialism, popular culture, the impact of science and technology transfer, and diaspora ethnicity.


Eriberto P. Lozada Jr. is a Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies, and Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. more...
Fall 2016 Office Hours:
MWF 9:30-10:30am
TR 9:00-10:00am

office: Chambers B12
tel. 704-894-2035
erlozada [at] davidson.edu

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