4/15

 Chapter 59 has a focus on IT jobs in India, and kind of gives insight on globalized “corporate culture”. I don't think this chapter necessarily tries to show that globalization is a good or bad thing, but more of how people experience it differently. One thing that stood out to me is about how the workers are in a way shaped to talk, or act certain ways to fit into this idea of a global workplace. This in my opinion seems wrong that workers are forced to fit in more than just be themselves. It kind of takes away the culture aspect of globalizing, and strictly focuses on maximizing profit. Although different workers see it differently, like ones who think that the corporate world is a way to kind of get away and escape from some cultural things and make their own new experiences. On the other hand some workers think that this limits them with the plan to make everyone the same. This kind of shows how globalization can get carried away and when it does it destroys the core values of the exchange of culture and acceptance of others' differences. 

The article from the e-reserves talks about how globalization and the idea of it making people closer isn't really what we see happening now. With the influence of international tensions, and economic unfairness pushes countries to care more about themselves than work with others. It kind of shows globalization as more of a competition between countries in a race to be “the best”. Countries still have economic connections, but are moving apart because of political and cultural beliefs. 

The NPR podcast was about the globalization of music, and brought up a lot about how new technology has really changed the game for this. They gave examples like how in the past people used to go to record stores and would go to one section to look at the music they enjoy. With the rise of streaming services this opened the door to the exchange of global music culture. We see today that people can easily exchange this through platforms like Youtube or Spotify. This spread of culture has opened doors to collaborations of music and culture that was never able to be done before. It also was interesting hearing how BTS has fans that love them so much they are willing to translate their work for free so people can understand and enjoy it all over the world.