Globalisation of culture Cartoon 2
Friday, August 8, 2008
This image also shows globalisation. We can see from the cartoon that this is an English department that also speaks Spanish evident from the English and Spanish writing on the door. This is an indication of integration of different cultures. There are both advantages and disadvantages from this assimilation of culture. The first is mentioned before in my earlier post that with the assimilation of different cultures, peace and understanding is promoted between different cultures. Hence, respect for each other is developed. In this case, this allows people, like the lady in the picture to immediately understand the writing on the door. Non-English speaking Spanish people and non-spanish speaking English people can both understand what their translation in the other language is like. Hence this shows how globalisation has allowed people from different nationalities to communicate with each other. However, there is also a negative effect brought about from this which is the destruction of local culture. For example, with English continuing to be the most dominant language in the world, it results in the loss of local languages, as different cultures switch to speaking English rather than their traditional languages. This results in a loss of languages all over the world. Currently, languages are being lost at a rate of 1 language every fortnight. From the cartoon above, Spanish too may be in danger of being lost if the English language continues its dominance. This would cause the Spanish culture to be soon forgotten and be lost and this reduces the diversity of human culture. Hence, this shows how the globalisation of the English language results in the reduction of diversity. Manaswi
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