I partially found myself choosing this picture because it is a humorous rendition of Mount Rushmore, the tourist hot spot of my residence, Rapid City, South Dakota.
But I also find that it puts an interesting perspective on the idea of globalization and how it can be affected by the different aspects of human civilization; each portion of the monument (in this photo-shopped picture) covers a different era from periods of human civilization.
The faces on this particular rendition of Mount Rushmore - The Egyptian Sphinx, Michelangelo's "David" sculpture, a pre-Columbian Olmec statue, and the head of the Liberty Statue in New York - are a good representation of the cultural globalization that occurs on a daily basis when we, as students, learn and are exposed to other cultures.
There is a sharing of knowledge that would not be possible if it were not for globalization, and it's "transnational circulation of ideas, language, or popular culture through acculturation" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization).
No comments:
Post a Comment