Global and local: Rethinking citizenship in art and visual culture education
Abstract We are all familiar with global colonization by the world's dominant cultures, especially that of the U.S.: Burger King restaurants found from Helsinki to Seoul to Mexico City, US sit-coms and blockbuster films dubbed in Chinese, Estonian, and Hindi, Microsoft as the prevailing softwar...
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| Summary: | Abstract We are all familiar with global colonization by the world's dominant cultures, especially that of the U.S.: Burger King restaurants found from Helsinki to Seoul to Mexico City, US sit-coms and blockbuster films dubbed in Chinese, Estonian, and Hindi, Microsoft as the prevailing software in Ankara, Makarora, Nuuk, and Tierra del Fuego. Participatory democracy is threatened by globalization because international corporations are beyond the control of nation- states. Yet thinking of globalization as bad or the local as remedy is overly reductive. Societies and cultures are not only in a constant state of change, but influence each other continually-historically as well as currently. Cultures are varied, complex, and in constant flux. In education, it is up to us as teachers and theoreticians, to develop means to guide students in ways to understand, explore, and live in our globalized world. Based on these theoretical premises, five principles are provided as a basis for visual culture teaching practice committed to cultural and social diversity: identity; understanding beyond ourselves; class, race, and gender awareness; engaging as political subjects and participatory citizens; and engaging in transgression and play. Globalization We are all familiar with global colonization by the world's dominant cultures, especially that of the U.S.: Burger King restaurants found from Helsinki to Seoul to Mexico City, US sit-coms and blockbuster films dubbed in Chinese, Estonian, and Hindi; Microsoft as the prevailing software in Ankara, Makarora, Icheon, Nuuk, and Tierra del Fuego. "In Europe, Asia, and the Americas…markets have already eroded national sovereignty and given birth to 1 Correspondence concerning this paper can be sent to: |
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