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Journal articles on the topic "Globalisation and Glocalisation"
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ROBERTSON, ROLAND. "Globalisation or glocalisation?" Journal of International Communication 1, no. 1 (June 1994): 33–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13216597.1994.9751780.
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Robertson, Roland. "Globalisation or glocalisation?" Journal of International Communication 18, no. 2 (August 2012): 191–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13216597.2012.709925.
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Ingleby, Jonathan. "Globalisation, Glocalisation and Mission." Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies 23, no. 1 (January 2006): 49–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026537880602300107.
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Strawińska, Anetta Bogusława. "Glokalizacja. Próba kulturowej definicji zjawiska." Białostockie Archiwum Językowe, no. 20 (2020): 285–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.15290/baj.2020.20.22.
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The aim of presented article is to introduce the phenomenon of glocalisation, insufficiently studied, at least in Polish linguistics. This phenomenon belongs to the latest processes of modern entrepreneurship. Glocalisation has been shifted from economic to social studies. Works in the field of economics and broadly defined trade bring a thorough analysis of this issue. The author of this article attempts to systematise the understanding of glocalisation, as developed by scholars representing, apart from linguistics, such fields as: sociology, political science, and cultural anthropology. Including the works of scholars in a variety of disciplines is necessary in this case, due to the special features of the term glocalisation. It is representative of the latest professional vocabulary that has reached the Polish Language with a wave of borrowings associated with the globalisation processes. Some researchers treat glocalisation symbolically as the reverse of globalisation; glocalisation = globalisation + local. Nowadays, linguists increasingly frequently have to refer to the experiences and achievements of scholars from often very distant, seemingly disconnected, fields when describing new varieties of language and new phenomena. This type of extensive cooperation eventually allows achieving a broad research perspective, which is so often postulated in modern science.
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Swyngedouw, Erik. "Globalisation or ‘glocalisation’? Networks, territories and rescaling." Cambridge Review of International Affairs 17, no. 1 (April 2004): 25–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0955757042000203632.
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Wang, Ning. "Globalisation as glocalisation in China: a new perspective." Third World Quarterly 36, no. 11 (November 2, 2015): 2059–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2015.1068113.
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Offredi, Mariola. "The Changing Way of Life and Altered Values in the Mountain Villages of Himachal Pradesh. An Analysis of the Hindi Short Stories of S.R. Harnoṭ." Annali Sezione Orientale 79, no. 1-2 (May 16, 2019): 236–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/24685631-12340078.
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Abstract The article, based on the Hindi short stories of S.R. Harnoṭ, focuses on the transformation of villages in an age of globalisation. The setting of the stories is the mountain villages of Himachal Pradesh, and, in a few instances, Shimla, also a mountain location. The article is divided into two sections. The first is an overview of the stories, the second covers two main themes: the arrogance of power and the distortions generated from its abuse, and the effects of glocalisation and the end of the social produced by technological progress, which cuts off direct contact between human beings. The two themes merge in a single discussion in the conclusion through the unifying element of nature, an ever-present theme that is at times explicit, at times implied. Throughout the analysis three terms have been used to highlight the changes in village life: modernisation, glocalisation and globalisation.
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Katrina Gutierrez, Anna. "Mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang: A Tradition of Reconfiguring the Filipino Child." International Research in Children's Literature 2, no. 2 (December 2009): 159–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/e1755619809000672.
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This article explores the relationship between ‘glocalisation’ and the formation of national identity in Christine S. Bellen's picturebook retellings of four Philippine fairy tales from the Mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang [Tales of Grandmother Basyang] series by Severino Reyes. ‘Glocalisation’ is an effect of globalisation and exists in the dialectic between global phenomenon and local culture, resulting in a dynamic glocal identity. The choice to explore glocal phenomenon in Bellen's picture books comes from the likelihood of these being some of the child's first experiences of glocal literature as well as the fact that the tales carry on a tradition of appropriation and re-creation. Bellen's retellings shift the fairy tales from post-colonial texts to glocal texts and, by grounding global signs on local significance, give voice to the glocal Filipino child.
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Škvareninová, Oľga. "Globalisation and Glocalisation of the Slovak Language in the European Union." ISR-Forschungsberichte 42 (2017): 483–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1553/isr_fb042s483.
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Pascaru, Mihai, and Roxana Plesa. "Globalisation, Glocalisation and Community Uncertainties A Qualitative Research Study at Roşia Montană, Romania." European Scientific Journal, ESJ 12, no. 32 (November 30, 2016): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.19044/esj.2016.v12n32p20.
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The study examines Roşia Montană inhabitants' opinions, attitudes and the "mutations" of the representations generated by Roşia Montană Gold Corporations' retrenchment of economic activity. Our hypothesis is that the retrenchment of activities and the ensuing layoffs are the result of the wrong choice of globalisation strategy that the company attempted in 2013 rather than continuing the glocalisation strategy which proved successful up to that point. The study presents the main themes of a 2014 qualitative research survey namely: 1) the rift between the private and the public opinions on the merits of the mining project; 2) inhabitants' representations of the distinction between the classic (underground) mining methodology perceived as "true mining" and the modern open pit approach perceived as "fake mining"; 3) inhabitants' opinions on the sustainability v. jobs dichotomy; 4)representations on the need for temporary employment to fill the gap until the recommencement of mining activity; 5) the perceptions on the possibility of returning to previously owned properties should the project fail to ever launch again. The general conclusion is that a switchback to the glocalisation strategy would result in benefits for both the Roşia Montană Gold Corporation and for the local community which is at risk of becoming uncertain, already finding itself in a precarious quality-of-life situation.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Globalisation and Glocalisation"
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Huang, Chia-ping. "A framework for strategy deployment in the globalisation of manufacturing enterprises : specific workbook application in the IT components industry." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.273528.
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McDonald, Caitlin. "Belly dance and glocalisation : constructing gender in Egypt and on the global stage." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/119585.
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This thesis is an ethnography of the global belly dance community with particular reference to the transmission of dance paradigms from Cairo to the international dance community. Key words describing my topic include dance, gender, performance, group dynamics, social norms and resistance, public vs. private, tourism, and globalisation. I hypothesize that social dancing is used in many parts of the world as a space outside ordinary life in which to demonstrate compliance with or to challenge prevailing social paradigms. The examination of dance as a globalised unit of cultural capital is an emerging field. With this in mind I investigate the way this dance is employed in professional, semi-professional, and non-professional settings in Egypt and in other parts of the world, notably North America and Europe. Techniques included interviewing members of the international dance community who engage in dance tourism, travelling from their homes to Egypt or other destinations in order to take dance classes, get costumes, or in other ways seek to have an 'authentic' dance experience. I also explored connections dancers fostered with other members of the dance community both locally and in geographically distant locations by using online blogs, websites, listservs and social networking sites. I conducted the first part of my fieldwork in Cairo following this with fieldwork in belly dance communities in the United States and Britain.
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Jönsson, Jessica H. "Localised Globalities and Social Work : Contemporary Challenges." Doctoral thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för socialt arbete, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-21587.
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Recent global and structural transformations, a West-centric development agenda and the triumph of neoliberal politics have led to destructive consequences for many local communities and individual life chances. The global dominance of the West-centric development agenda, with its roots in the colonial past, has created uneven developments and an unjust world in which Western countries continue to gain advantages and increase their prosperity. Although a minority elite in many non-Western countries share the same interests as Western countries and their global organs, the majority of people in these countries are suffering from increasing socioeconomic inequalities. As a result of the dogmatic belief in a singular and West-centric modernity and its practices, many problems are considered to be the result of non-Western countries’ inabilities to complete the project of modernity in accordance with Western blueprints. This has also influenced social work as a global and modern profession. Social problems are often individualised and the reasons behind many inequalities are increasingly related to non-Western people’s individual shortcomings and traditional cultural backgrounds. In Western and non-Western countries equally are the neoliberal structural and institutional transformations ignored and social problems of individuals and families defined as a matter of wrong and deviant actions and choices. The main objective of the dissertation, which is constituted of four articles and an overall introduction and summary, is to examine the consequences of recent neoliberal globalisation based on the belief in a single and West-centric modernity and development agenda and their consequences for social work facing increasing global inequalities. The following research questions have guided the work: ‘How can social work play an effective role in combating social problems and otherisation, marginalisation and increasing inequalities in a globalised world?’, ‘How does the global development agenda function within the local arenas of social work?’, ‘Are development projects improving people’s life chances in local communities in non-Western countries?’, ‘How informed and responsive are social workers towards the global context of local problems?’ The work is based on a qualitative design using qualitative content analysis for analysing data collected through interviews, participant observations and official documents. The results show that irrespective of where and in which context social problems are appearing, since local problems often have global roots, a global perspective to local problems should be included in every practices of social work in order to develop new methods of practices in an increasingly globalised field of work. Destruction of local communities, forced migration from non-Western countries, and marginalisation of people with immigrant background in Western countries should not be considered only as local problems, but also as problems with their roots in global structural inequalities which reproduces global social problems with local consequences. It is argued that social work should consider the dilemmas and problems connected to the taken for granted West-centric theories, understandings and practices of social work in order to develop new methods of practices for combating social problems, marginalisation and increasing inequalities in a globalised world. Such a position includes practicing multilevel social work, social work in global alliances beyond the division of East and West, and mobilisation against neoliberalism and the retreat of the welfare state. This requires critical standpoints against the relationship between the global context of the neoliberal ideology and practices in a Western-dominated and postcolonial world and the daily practices of social work.Localised Globalities and Social Work: Contemporary Challenges
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Özatalay, Cem. "Diversité des consciences ouvrières à l'ère des pragmatismes : L'ouvrier de l'État-nation versus l'ouvrier de la Glocalisation. Une étude sur le cas des ouvriers d'Isdemir, de Petkim et de la TTK en Turquie." Phd thesis, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), 2010. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00629276.
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Cette thèse de sociologie porte sur la mise en relief des dynamiques spécifiques de pluralisation et de fragmentation qui traversent les subjectivités ouvrières à la lumière du processus sui generis de néolibéralisation en Turquie. Il s'agit d'étudier, à travers les données recueillies lors de la réalisation de l'enquête de terrain auprès des mineurs de Zonguldak, des ouvriers de pétrochimie de Petkim et des ouvriers de la sidérurgie d'Isdemir, les différends qui opposent l'ouvrier de l'État-nation et l'ouvrier de la glocalisation. Tout au long de la première partie, on aborde en premier lieu les différents moments de la néolibéralisation dans le contexte de la Turquie et la " lutte de classes " qui s'est déroulée autour des privatisations après 2000 entre le mouvement de marché - représenté largement par l'entreprenariat " musulman " en essor tourné vers l'exportation - et le contre-mouvement de régulation - représenté principalement par le Grand corps de l'État ainsi que par le grand Capital. L'objectif de ces chapitres est de montrer comment rivalisent en Turquie le Héros et le Marchand pendant le tournant du XXIe siècle et quelles sont les conséquences idéologico-politiques de cette lutte sur l'espace sociale. Enfin, le dernier chapitre de cette partie est consacré aux attitudes variées des syndicats d'ouvrier vis-à-vis de ce processus même : d'une part, le rapprochement entre le syndicalisme nationaliste et le syndicalisme de contestation et leur opposition en bloc au syndicalisme de la glocalisation, d'autre part. Dans la partie consacrée à l'étude de terrain, l'espace ouvrier est d'abord décrit en s'appuyant sur les affects antagonistes éprouvés par les ouvriers enquêtés, face à la fois à la marche de la société et à la transformation des conditions de travail : l'espoir, la déception, la sécurité et la désespoir se révèlent comme quatre affects que les ouvriers ressentent durant le processus de néolibéralisation en Turquie. Le second et dernier chapitre de la deuxième partie est réservé à l'étude de plus près des affects dominants de deux idéaux-types ouvriers : est d'abord analysé l'affect de déception de l'ouvrier de l'État-nation qui le conduit ou à se positionner aux côtés du Héros ou bien à verser dans le défaitisme, puis l'affect d'espoir de l'ouvrier de la glocalisation qui le rapproche de plus en plus du Marchand tout en maintenant toujours diverses sources de crainte censées menacer la réalisation de ses espérances. Enfin, ce travail ayant pour but de montrer les clivages ouvrières veut aussi aboutir à la conclusion suivante : l'ouvrier de la glocalisation est autant " acteur " pendant la construction de la société contemporaine que le fut à l'époque, l'ouvrier de l'État-nation, mais aussi l'ouvrier de l'État-nation fut autant " subordonné " dans la société d'antan que l'ouvrier de la Glocalisation l'est aujourd'hui.
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Roupcová, Michaela. "Fenomén jihokorejské kulturní vlny v kontextu globalizace." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-203978.
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The master thesis analyses the South Korean culture wave (known as Hallyu) in the context of globalisation and Internet development. The theoretical part defines key terms in the area of globalisation, focusing on cultural globalisation and the role of Internet. This part further explains the origins and the spread of Korean popular culture with focus on its glocalization and the role of social media and the benefits of the wave for its country. The practical part of this master thesis deals with the presence of Korean wave in the Czech Republic. Included is also own research aimed at Czech fans of Korean culture. The final part includes the research evaluation, interpretation of the findings and the results obtained.
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Begum, Taslima. "A postcolonial critique of industrial design : a critical evaluation of the relationship of culture and hegemony to design practice and education since the late 20th century." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/3410.
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This thesis specifically focuses on the professional practices and training of Western industrial designers using postcolonial theory to inform working practices in a complex global ecology. It investigates the culturally hegemonic construction of design solutions in man-made products. By adopting key ideas from postcolonial and cultural studies as a lens to evaluate fields of industrial design discourse, practice and pedagogy, the work proceeds from the premise that design is not intrinsic to a product but the result of a myriad different forces and factors acting on it externally including hegemonic potencies. By reinterpreting technological formations in light of research emerging from post-colonial studies, it attempts to broaden our intellectual understanding of how product design in theory, practice and education can often rely upon western [hegemonic] aesthetic and deep cultural archetypes. The purpose of this enquiry is to highlight the potentials that exist to explore a synergy between east and west in industrial design with a prospective vision for global, trans-cultural design. The research claims that current design practice often leads to culturally determined - rather than universal - conceptions in design and it attempts to re-conceptualise design as practice within a necessarily hegemonic culture. This hegemony needs to be acknowledged and redressed via increased awareness and changes to the intellectual heritage and autonomy of West European and American industrial design, in its dialogue, practice and education. As an epistemological project to identify knowledge within this discourse, it suggests new methodological and strategic approaches to engage with the crisis the discipline faces in light of globalisation so as to open up future discussions in design discourse and give a voice to the many silences that make up the noise of the world. It attempts to: • Further understand the trajectory of hegemony and globalisation in relation to design, technology and culture. • Critically engage with cross- and trans-cultural, global and social design implications. • Address the discrepancies between designers’ culture and users’ culture, to expose the necessity for more culturally-cognizant design practice and pedagogic provision. The research was initiated by identifying a number of questions that designers and users may consciously or subconsciously confront when faced with products that problematise the imagined universal values of designed products in terms of gender and culture. It explores how certain design solutions produced and developed in the west and their diffusion into global, international markets and foreign cultures could affect those cultures by asking in what ways the usability, aesthetic and symbolic characteristics of these artefacts often unwittingly contribute to the privilege or marginalisation of people from particular socio-cultural backgrounds. The thesis intervention is that product designers are neither explicitly trained to comprehend nor surmount their respective cultural constraints and design education both nationally and internationally is not sufficiently equipped with the tools to acknowledge and confront this. The key arguments presented in this thesis are: 1. Products can often be deconstructed to identify cultural connotations or omissions in their design. 2. Global, a-cultural design and universal usability are fallacies that frequently deny the existence of an underlying cultural hegemony at play. 3. Mass-produced products can gradually homogenise and eradicate cultural diversity contributing to the negative effects of colonialist attitudes and/or globalisation. 4. Academia and educational institutions have the potential to extend awareness in this field to inform and train future designers and graduates to better advance design obligations in global, trans-cultural, cross-cultural and multicultural contexts.
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Soldátová, Jana. "Hybridizace konceptu TV stanic na příkladu CNN Prima News." Master's thesis, 2021. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-448007.
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The diploma thesis deals with the origin and adaptation of the concept of CNN Prima NEWS on the Czech market and its possible hybridization. The expansion of global media corporations is a phenomenon of the 20th century that affects persisted till present. The television companies set up centers, branches or, through the sale of licenses, reach its audience through localized television stations. This thesis approaches the theory of globalization with a focus on the concepts of global culture, glocalization and hybridization. With standardization of successful patterns the companys strengthen the its positions in the global market, expand their influence and, last but not least, it is a profitable prosperous activity that does not require high costs. The thesis captures the arrival of the licensing concept of a global television station on Czech media market. The thesis develops connection of the global news brand CNN with Czech commercial television. These connections and deviations are elaborated and compared on the basis of three confrontable areas. At the same time, it is evaluated what creates this concept and what are its possible forms of hybridization.
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Vachová, Kateřina. "Globální televizní formáty a jejich adaptace v zemích střední Evropy." Master's thesis, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-348014.
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The aim of this diploma thesis is to describe how successfully are global television formats adapted in the region of Central Europe. Media systems in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia were considerably transformed after the fall of communism in the 1990s. Television markets started to be built within the new media systems. This thesis describes a globalization theory with focus on the concepts of cultural imperialism and cultural globalization. Emergence of the global television formats is one of the most visible processes within the globalization. There is a prevailing opinion presently that the global formats contributes in some ways to cultural heterogenization and pluralization. Local adaptations of global formats acquire meanings of national culture. The term glocalisation is connected with spreading of the global formats. This term is nowadays used more often than the term globalisation in relation to global formats. This diploma thesis is concerned with the adaptation of formats in the countries of Central Europe. Popularity of global formats in this region is compared on the basis of ratings. There is also evaluated which format has the most universal impact in the region and if audiences in these countries have similar cultural preferences. Afterwards, other trends typical...
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Chudárková, Adéla. "Adaptace zahraničních televizních formátů v České televizi od 90. let do současnosti." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-358032.
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Teoretickým východiskem této práce je fenomén globalizace, který pronikl do všech domén včetně mediální, jejíž součástí jsou právě televizní formáty, o kterých tato neboť v sobě mísí prvky globální a zároveň lokální kultury, kdy na základě zakoupení zahraniční licence vzniká celá řada lokálních verzí, jež jsou lokálními specifiky dané kultury. Jedná se o stále vzrůstající h počátků, spojených s formáty, rozštěpil mezi všechny žánry, včetně dramatické tvorby. Tato práce se soustředí na adaptace zahraničních televizních formátů v České televizi. Mapuje nejen vývoj tohoto trendu v jediném českém veřejnoprávním televizním médiu, ale taktéž se věnuje důvodům, které vedou ke koupi zahraničních licencí pro médium, jehož výsadou by měla být původní tvorba. Právě otázka veřejnoprávnosti a s ní se pojící specifika výběru obsahu pro toto médium jsou pilířem této diplom
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Simard, Eve-Line. "Regards des praticiens en design industriel sur les dimensions identitaires de la pratique du design au Québec." Thèse, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/11383.
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Cette recherche pose un regard sur l’articulation des changements sociétaux émergeant de la négociation entre les mondes globaux et locaux et leurs impacts sur la sphère professionnelle du design industriel au Québec. Nous proposons de mettre en lumière les dimensions identitaires qui caractérisent la pratique du design industriel. Nous référons aux théories de l’identité, aux théories de la globalisation et au contexte particulier de la pratique du design québécois à travers ses aspects socioculturel, politique et économique. Le concept d’identité nous permet d’explorer l’interprétation des designers de leur pratique professionnelle dans un contexte désormais glocal (Robertson, 1995). Suivant une démarche qualitative basée sur les entretiens en profondeur, nous explorons l’interprétation du caractère identitaire de l’activité professionnelle auprès de trois générations de designers. Nous examinons également le sens qu’ils prêtent au concept de communauté du design, à leur système de valeurs et à l’avenir du design industriel québécois.The following research examines societal changes that have emerged as the result of the negotiation between global and local influences on the profession of industrial design in Quebec. The study attempts to articulate these changes by analyzing theories and processes of identity and globalization. By reviewing current literature on the socio-cultural, political and economic dimensions of design, we will complete a portrait and highlight the complexities of the current state of industrial design in the province. Through qualitative interviews of nine practicing designers, divided into three generations, we will present an actual overview of the practice of industrial design in Quebec. In doing so, we will investigate the multidimensional aspects of their practice as well as explore their professional community and the value systems that influence their actions. This will provide a critique from the designers perspective of their practice, as well as their view of the future of design in Quebec.
Books on the topic "Globalisation and Glocalisation"
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Hobelsberger, Hans. Social Glocalisation and Education. Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3224/84742371.
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This book discusses the local effects of globalisation, especially in the context of social work, health and practical theology, as well as the challenges of higher education in a troubled world. The more globalised the world becomes, the more important local identities are. The global becomes effective in the local sphere. This phenomenon, called ‘glocalisation’ since the 1990s, poses many challenges to people and to the social structures in which they operate.
Book chapters on the topic "Globalisation and Glocalisation"
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Babu, B. Ramesh. "Globalisation, ‘Glocalisation’ and South Asian Insecurity." In The Politics and Culture of Globalisation, 315–33. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315148656-21.
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Wang, Ning. "Globalisation as glocalisation in China: a new perspective." In China’s Contingencies and Globalization, 75–90. Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315232225-5.
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Többe-Schukalla, Monika. "The welfare state in the European process of integration and globalisation – social work in new regulatory structures:." In Social Glocalisation and Education, 95–96. Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1bvnf0h.11.
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Krstić, Igor. "Slums on and off Screen." In Slums on Screen. Edinburgh University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474406864.003.0002.
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Taking vital clues from the ‘spatial turn’ in the humanities and social sciences, the chapter discusses slums both off and on screen, as urban as well as cinematic (or represented) spaces. It provides in that way an interdisciplinary discourse on some of the book’s larger conceptual frames: the ‘planet of slums’, the ‘cinematic city’, ‘representation’ and the notion of ‘world cinema’. The author suggests that it is important to take critical voices into consideration that explain the ‘mass production of slums’ (Davis) as an effect of global capitalism (Castells et. al.). However, in accordance with recent empirical research, particularly with UN-HABITAT’s global report The Challenge of Slums (2003), the author suggests to also acknowledge the diversity of slums. This double-perspective – acknowledging diversity while also considering the historical dynamics of globalisation – is also useful when approaching world cinema. The author conceives world cinema consequently in terms of global-local exchanges (or ‘glocalisation’): employing the riverine / maritime metaphors used by film and globalisation scholars alike, the author proposes to look at representative examples via their local historical contexts as well as through considering the larger global flows (currents or waves) of documentary and realist styles in world cinema.