SCA - HL Extension

key vocab

Delocalization

having a high global consiousness, but a weak connect to the place one lives

Global vs local culture

Global: A culture we leanr about and maybe adapt to through exposure to that culture

Based on the countries that drive globalization, such as the US. Individualism, free-market economies, democracy, openness to change, freedom of choice.

Local: The culture we grew up in that was/is shared with the people in the same enviroment

Globalization

The process of interaction among people of different nations and cultures

Bicultural identity

Combines both the local and global identities

Identity confusion

When adolescants are not able to develop their identity and end up with identity confusion

Marginalization

When a person experiences identity confusion as a result of losing faith in the local culture during exposure to globalization but feels excluded from the global culture at the same time