Archive: Globalization Column

• International Trade of Cultural Products: It's Complicated

  By ErinColeman October 13, 2012

  A potent fear of cultural loss, homogenization, and hegemonic dominance has been a key concern for governments, civil society organizations, and ordinary citizens in recent years, in light of what ha

  Categories: 2012, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog Tags: American cultural dominance, American cultural values, American culture, American soft power, audiovisual sector, comparative advantage, cultural diversity, cultural effects of globalization, cultural exception, cultural homogenization, cultural protectionism, economies of scale, international trade, trade in services, trade liberalization, Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity

• Preventing the Rebuilding of Babel: The Challenge of Minority Language Preservation in the European Union

  By ErinColeman September 23, 2012

  Due to its widely publicized financial crises of late, it’s easy to forget the utterly revolutionary nature of the European Union.  Before the economic collapse of Portugal, Ireland, and Greece, the

  Categories: 2012, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog Tags: cultural homogenization, cultural identity, EU, eurobarometer, Europe, European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, european union, eurozone, Jean Monnet, linguistic diversity, minority language preservation, pan-European identity, regionalism

• The Internet is…: Globalizing Adolescence & Adolescent Globalization

  By MRazavi April 25, 2012

  This essay shamelessly attempts one of the most common fads of our time: that is, taking the Internet and stuffing it into one singular box with one singular framework and thus one singular effect.  M

  Categories: 2012, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog Tags: academia, adolescence, culture, development, ethnography, generation y, globalization, identity, identity construction, internet, internet use, sociology of culture

• The "Globalization" of the Study Abroad Experience

  By ErinColeman March 21, 2012

  Georgetown is a school that rightly prides itself on its study abroad statistics.  While nationally a measly 1% of American students participate in international education programs, Georgetown underg

  Categories: 2012, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog Tags: digitization, fulbright program, fulbright scholar, Georgetown University, global citizenship, globalization, globalization of study abroad, Institute of International Education, international education, junior year abroad network, School Year Abroad, social media, State Department, study abroad, virtual study abroad

• Contested Development

  By brittany.t.coombs@gmail.com March 20, 2012

  This blog arrives in response to fellow gnoviser Colleen Valentine's insightful post about the relationship between Western culture and female reproductive rights. At the end of her blog, Colleen won

  Categories: 2012, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog Tags: america, developed country, developing country, development, economics, first world, GDP, income, nationhood, third world, U.S., wealth

• Immigration & America, part 2

  By colleen.valentine@gmail.com March 16, 2012

  Last year I blogged about the controversial Alabama immigration law, HB 56. Today, that law is set to be reviewed by the Alabama legislature. While many have argued that the law has been successful in

  Categories: 2012, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog Tags: alabama review hb56, alabama strictest immigration laws in the country, arrests of high profile car executives in alabama, immigrant friendly city, potential solutions to immigrants, welcome to dayton, welcome to dayton and immigrant friendly city, what can be done about illegal immigrants

• Weighing the Costs of the World Cup

  By JohnBoles February 22, 2012

  The FIFA World Cup, along with the Olympic Games, is one of the few truly global entertainment events, with the largest worldwide viewing audience for a sporting event and over 200 countries from eve

  Categories: 2012, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog Tags: culture, economics, FIFA, football, identity, soccer, World Cup

• The Euro Crisis

  By colleen.valentine@gmail.com January 30, 2012

  Cities are unique entities in that drive economic growth and development. As Jane Jacobs notes in Cities and The Wealth of Nations, “cities are unique in their abilities to shape and reshape the econo

  Categories: 2012, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog Tags: bernard connelly, currency and cities, euro crisis, euro doomsayer, Jane Jacobs, role of currency

• Poked, Prodded, Fried and Foamed: How Fancy Food Distracts Us from Reality

  By Relliott November 24, 2011

  Food. Some of us eat too much of it, and many more do not have enough to adequately survive.  The relationship between food and culture throughout history is incredibly complex, and even today is stu

  Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog Tags: Africa, celebrity, chef, cooking, famine, food, Food Network, hunger, reality, top chef

• Planning for Unpredictability

  By SInman November 22, 2011

  How good are we at predicting the future?  Much of economics is about reducing risks, and you reduce risks by planning for the future. We invest in innovative infrastructure in preparation for the fu

  Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog Tags: douglass north, Financial Post, Haiti, individualism, institutions, natural disasters, predictions, Probe International, property rights, sovereignty, The Property and Environment Research Center, World Cup octopus