Introduction
The issues of globalization increasingly dominate the universe’s life. The concept of globalization according to Robertson (1992) refers to the narrowing of the world as incentives and increased our awareness of the world, namely the increasing global connections and our understanding of the connection. Globalization is a situation in which no boundaries between the people of the world and links communities in a country with people in another countries. Globalization departs from an idea to unite the nations which is expected to be a mutual agreement and guidelines for nations around the world. Globalization is able to waive the space and time constraints to get the interaction and communication between nations can be done
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For example, Apple. In the social field, the majority of Indonesian society begin to forget their identity as Indonesian nation, especially young people. It is due to they are so easily imitate the culture and lifestyle of another country. For example, korean pop or k-pop.
This essay discuses the relevance of culture for understanding globalization and cultural change taking place in Indonesia. The issue of globalization and cultural change has recently figured prominently in various discourses in Indonesia, especially in relation to the question of how Indonesia’s cultural identities should be maintained in the face of such a global process.
Globalization of Culture
Aart Scholte said globalization is a series of processes in which social relations become relative regardles of geographic region.
Domnique Wolton, Head of Research Center of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) Franch when visiting Indonesia on 13 December 2004 stated, “The world today will enter the new developments of globalization. Culture globalization comes after political and economic globalization. From the three globalization, cultural sector is the most difficult. Economy globalization is the most convenient.”
Edward Burnett Tylor’s defintion is best described the study of culture, which is the whole complex, which contains the knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, customs, and other capabilities from any person as a member of
For decades till today, the word of “Globalization” has been a controversial topic between the nations. Some people are against and the others are for it. In simple words, the meaning of globalization is the merging of all the world to become a small village, and that is surely will lead to more interaction between the people from different parts of the world.
Globalization is the process by which different societies and cultures integrate through a worldwide network of political ideas through transportation, communication, and trade. Generally, globalization has affected many nations in various ways; economically, politically, and socially. It is a term that refers to the fast integration and interdependence of various nations, which shapes the world affairs on a global level. Simply put; globalization is the world coming together. In this essay I will discuss multiple perspectives on globalization through the analysis of these three sources.
The identity to which Indonesia reformed is pluralism. The author does an analysis of national pluralism in two ways: one was with the Krakatau Steel workforce as one and at the same time an individual of mixed heritage (3607). For those folks who lived in Indonesia who were from a mixed heritage or non-Muslim, their
o Contemporary globalization is an on-going process of not just economic flows, but also cultural flows—the increasing flow of trade, finance, culture, ideas, and people brought about by the technology of communication and travel and by the worldwide spread of neoliberal capitalism… (7).
The national motto of ‘Bhinekka Tunggal Ika’ simply means ‘Unity in Diversity’ in Javanese language which refers to the variety of country’s composition. Despite all the differences in this multicultural society of Indonesia, there are still true sense of unity amongst the people in the country. Indonesia’s super diversity spreads throughout the archipelago consisting of approximately more than a population of 255 million individuals across 17,000 islands. Through these very impressive numbers, it tags along many significant differences in culture, ethnicity, religion, social and linguistic diversities existing within the Indonesian community – it ranges from Hindu rituals practiced on the island of Bali to the prevalence of Islamic Sharia law in Aceh of Sumatra. Previously before the existence of national frameworks in Indonesia, various regions had separate political and economic histories. Hence, the portrayal of various regional dynamics that are differently practiced and
Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology. This process has effects on the environment, on culture, on political systems, on economic development and prosperity, and on human physical well-being in societies around the world. In this essay I will use culture as reference to discuss the above question. I will look at the Globalists ( positive and the pessimistic globalists ), Inter-nationalists and the Transformationalists view points of how globalization affects our culture.
Alverdian, Indra. "Lesson 3 - Globalization and The Clash of Civilizations." Lecture, The Clash of Civilizations and Its International Implications, President University, Cikarang, Bekasi, Indonesia, 2016.
The purpose of this writings is to determine a suitable ethnic theory that best described about my own ethnic identity in which Malay ethnic identity is articulated. If the function of identity is on how we see ourselves or how other people see ourselves, then visual and verbal representations of ethnic identities are reflections of a people who share common similarities of self-perception while also shaping perceptions of their group by the outsiders. Finally I realize that my ethnic identity needs both primordialist and instrumentalist approach to exactly describe how it really is.
As the world becomes increasingly globalized, the propensity to manage internationally becomes imminent. This guide is intended to benefit the international manager in conducting operations in Indonesia. Its purpose is to provide the manager with a comprehensive background regarding cultural practices, as well as an interpretive lens and recommendations for best practice. Indonesia
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s Bureau of Strategic Planning (2004) reported that globalization has not only contributed to the greater exchanges of ideas and awareness of the uniqueness of individual cultures and societies, but has highlighted the fundamental differences that result from these unique characteristics. There are many advantages for societies and cultures as they become increasingly interconnected (Heimonen, 2012) through the process of globalization. Interconnectedness allows for the sharing of assets and information that can aid in the development of nation-states and communities and can promote the acceptance of cultural diversity and encouragement of “multicultural
Cultural globalization affects the culture of a country through different ways, such as mass media, Internet and traveling around. It affects the norms and values which is involved in the relationships between the people and their populations and cultural identities. It encourages the connection between different populations and cultures as well. Cultural globalization help diffusing one’s culture through cuisines such as American fast food.Therefore, Ritzer(2008) introduced a word “McDonaldization” which means ”a society adopts the characteristics of an American fast-food restaurant”. Cultural globalization leads to the appearance of hybridization and homogenization. Wang(2007) stated that it helped to bring people closer as globalization has been seen as a trend toward homogeneity that will eventually make human experience everywhere essentially the same. However, Berking(2003) argued that cultural globalization causes the reducing of the cultural diversity. People feel strange to their original cultures.This essay will discuss how cultural globalization affects cultures. The first section will give out China and North Korea as two countries example in order to show out how globalization affects them. Meanwhile, the second section will analyze the two examples and found out whether globalization affects the cultures of the countries in a positive or negative way. The future impact of this phenomenon has yet to be fully studied. This essay will begin such an analysis from a
In this paper I would like to discuss the concept of culture which evolves in the courses of the deliberation of the draft bill on culture and the implication of a certain concept toward the Indonesian cultural diversity. This analysis will also reveal how the state imagines and understands the Indonesian national culture and the response of the non-state actors toward the state imagination. The draft bill on culture as a form of cultural
The notion of multicultural society seems particularly attractive to the scholars who studying the Indonesian. As the multicultural nation-state, according to Geertz (1983; Watson, 2006), Indonesia has more 300 ethnics and the largest multicultural nation-state. By the Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity), the unity of Indonesia became a consensus for whole cultures which lived in Indonesia. Artificially, this unity was constructed by the main ethnic, Indonesia. Thus, the value of the nation state based on Javanese value. This artificial was imperishable by the New Order regime lead by Soeharto. As a Javanese, Soeharto develop the nation stability and also centralized its
Indonesia contains of 250 million populations which comprises 500 ethnic groups and 120 million people. (Colchester, 2003) explains that in Indonesia the term ‘indigenous people is commonly used to refer to those peoples who self-identify as ‘masyarakat adat’ to those whose rights in land are defined by custom rather than by statutory law. Among the total national population,
The main topic of his concern is the globalization process in today’s world. Globalization – is a process of international interaction and exchange of culture, values, business etiquette and other aspects which define the certain nation among the people, companies and governments of different nations. The process itself is driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology (Globalization101.org, 2015) According to Ghemawat (2012), people overestimate the real figures of different factors which altogether define the globalization process.