What does this show about globalisation?

What is Globalisation?

• It describes the way in which places and people are becoming ever more closely linked.

• This is good as wealth is spreading and cultures are mixing more (benefit of different foods, music, etc.)

• This is bad as it means people can be exploited, the environment is being ignored and migration is not good for everyone.

• The process by which people, their cultures, money, goods and information can be transferred between countries with relatively few or no barriers.

• OR

• The connections between people and environments across the world.

What is Globalisation?

• The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) definition of globalisation is: ‘the growing economic interdependence of countries worldwide through increasing volume and variety of cross border transactions in goods and services, freer international capital flows, and more rapid and widespread diffusion of technology.’

What is Globalisation?

The global laptop

History of Globalisation

Pre 1990Geographerstalked about the globaleconomy, but there wasa growing recognitionthat economic changeswere accompanied byother important changesat an ever acceleratingrate…

Columbus – 1492

Transport and trade links with The Americas…

British Empire – 18th and 19th Century

Controlled one quarter of the world and it’s people…

Post War - Cooperation

New international organisations ie UN…

Turn to p89 in your text books

Globalisation

Length of global connections

e.g. How connected are you to Australia or Morocco?

How connected are they to us?

Globalisation

Depth of global connections

e.g. How deeply rooted is Australia culture in our society?

Global Connectionsit is almost impossible not to be connected to other people and places

p89

A Globalised world e.g. cars

So, what is Globalisation?rising petrol prices, food from the ‘global village’ the latest

gadgets

the global ‘war on terror’, Millennium Development Goals, ‘Live 8’

global music, art and fashion

new migrations of people

global climate change, biodiversity hotspots

Over to you…

Using one side of A4 outline the benefits and problems associated with globalisation,

using the Disney case study in the Parrot Text book p66-7

Positives Negatives

GLOBAL DISNEY

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Homework

• How far back do you think Globalisation really goes?

• Watch The Frankincense Trail video, episode one here – shared on twitter @SHSGeog