An archaeology of the global era: constructing a belief

Abstract

Beliefs in the coming of the global era confuse our understanding of the complexity of contemporary processes of world integration. Absorption in the latest that high-tech IT has to offer is conjoined with the flourishing of mythologies that celebrate the virtues of techno-global networks. By resituating the planetary process of unification in the longue durée, we may escape a one-sided vision of the destiny of the so-called ‘great human family’. It is against this fatalism that the new social movements are presently mobilizing themselves.

Mapping International Film Trade: Network Analysis of International Film Trade Between 1996 and 2004

“…The importance of a country's market size in determining its position as film exporter has not diminished over the past decade. This study again supported the home market model (Hoskins & Mirus, 1988;Waterman, 1988;Wildman & Siwek, 1988) and validated the continuing importance of economic logic in the global film trade (Mattelart, 2002;Thussu, 2000Thussu, , 2007Tunstall, 2008). This is also consistent with results on the international flow of news (Kim & Barnett, 1996), which found the central role played by wealthy countries' news agencies among the world news makers.…”

“…Appadurai (2008) warned against ever-increasing imports from newly emerged cultural centers in neighboring countries, as they can be as much cause for concern as those from the West. Mattelart (2002) also urged us to remain critical of unequal relations and to ''question the processes whereby global flows are being appropriated by individual cultures and territories' ' (p. 594).…”

Plenary I. Global, Hybrid or Multiple? Global, Hybrid or Multiple?

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Hybridization as Global Cultural Production Strategy: A Case Study in Disney Animation

“…Roland Robertson proposes the concept that "the world is a single place" 4 . Ulf Hannerz also thinks a world culture exists now 5 .…”

“…Ulf Hannerz also thinks a world culture exists now 5 . Behind the pessimistic voice, many scholars think the globalization of economy does not bring the globalization of culture, and new cultural forms and connections produce in 4 Robertson, Roland. Globalization: Social theory and global culture.…”