Module 1

• Globalization


  The expansion and intensification of social relations and consciousness across world-time and across world-space
• Globalization


  • Expansion refers to both the creation of new social networks and the multiplication of existing connections that cut across traditional political, economic, cultural, and geographic boundaries
• Globalism


  A widespread belief among powerful people that the global integration of economic markets is beneficial for everyone, since it spreads freedom and democracy across the world
• Ethnoscape


  The global movement of people
• Mediascape


  The flow of culture
• Technoscape


  The circulation of mechanical goods and software
• Financescape


  The global circulation of money
• Ideoscape


  The realm where political ideas move around
• Globalization is a complex phenomenon that occurs at multiple levels
• Globalization is an uneven process that affects people differently
• Globalization can be defined as the increased interconnectedness and interdependence of people and countries
• Types of globalization

  • Economic
  • Financial
  • Cultural
  • Political
  • Sociological
  • Technological
  • Geographic
  • Ecological
• Isabelle Lafleche: 'Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up'
• Financescape


  A relatively new term in human geography that refers to the spatial organization and movement of financial activities and capital flows. Encompasses the infrastructure, institutions, and actors involved in financial transactions and highlights the interconnections between financial systems and the broader social, economic, and political landscape.