5.2 Changing identities and cultures

Unit Contents

• 5.2.1 Global spectrum of cultural traits
• 5.2.2 Glocalization and cultural hybridity
• 5.2.3 Diasporas

5.2 Changing identities and cultures is part of the higher level extension — Global interactions (Paper 3). The geographic inquiry for this sub-topic is: how global interactions bring cultural influences and changes to places

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Geographic inquiry: How global interactions bring cultural influences and changes to places

• The global spectrum of cultural traits, ethnicities and identities, and ways in which the spectrum of diversity is widening or narrowing at different scales
• The effects of global interactions on cultural diversity in different places:
  • the diffusion of cultural traits, and cultural imperialism
  • glocalization of branded commodities, and cultural hybridity
  • cultural landscape changes in the built environment
• How diasporas influence cultural diversity and identity at both global and local scales
  • Case study of a global diaspora population and its cultures(s)

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