• 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
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    • Case Study Guide

Globalization Seminar @ Davidson

Musings from Wildcats

What Would Petrini Say to “Farm to Robot to Table?”

October 25, 2016 By anbrockett

Farm to Robot to Table Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food Movement, first opposed McDonald’s opening in Italy by handing out plates of penne pasta to protesters. According to Alison Leitch, the Slow Food Movement is “an international consumer movement dedicated to the protection of ‘endangered foods'” (437). Not only does the Slow Food Movement seek … [Read more...]

Case Study for 10/25: The Slow Food Movement & The Food Industrial Complex

October 24, 2016 By ropolanco

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...]

HBO vs. Netflix: The Future of HBO and HBO Now

October 18, 2016 By anbrockett

HBO to Netflix The speculation around Viacom's disconcerting performance detailed in "Viacom is Having a Midlife Crisis" by Felix Gillette was especially eye-opening in relation to mass media and how I think about TV/entertainment today. I don't really watch TV or any of the "popular" networks under Viacom's umbrella. However, I do occasionally watch Friday Night Lights and … [Read more...]

IT, Cultural Creation or English Hegemony

October 4, 2016 By romarshall

The chapter that i read for today was Global/Indian Cultural Politics in the IT Workplace written by Smitha Radhakrishnan. In this chapter Radhakrishnan focuses on the idea of “The Global” a new kind of corporate culture “that is separate from either Indian culture or Western culture” (Blackwell 2015:470). The global is also indicative of the certain … [Read more...]

Developing a Global Consciousness in the Absence of Nation-States

October 4, 2016 By tochaisuesomboon

One of the most defining features of the world today is how interconnected we are. The global world is more familiar to us now than it has even been. However, there is some growing concern over the nature of human governance and our relation to the entire world. This is especially in reference to the citizenship of a nation-state. In "World Citizenship Defined" we see an … [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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