In Arjun Appaduraiʼs “Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy” he discusses various overlapping culture flows. Some of them include “ethnoscapes… moving groups and …
E-Sports
Electronic Sports, also known as e-Sports, is a term used to describe the activity of playing video games in a competitive atmosphere. E-Sports consist of …
How do you handle prostitution?
Human trafficking represents perhaps the worst form of labor exploitation and can be regarded as one of the dark sides of globalization. As per the …
Gender equality
The first time that gender equality was taken to the international scale was in 1946, although before this date, it was the subject of many …
Bubby Dinner
What is a “Bubby Dinner”? On September 29th, 2010, billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates talked with some of China’s richest people …
U.S. Military
Introduction As my plane landed in Tokyo’s Narita Airport, I began to panic. It hit me – I’m on my own now, there’s no hand …
Dagongmei
Dagongmei iPHONE GIRL The 2008 hype about iPhone girl (pictured above) is a telling signal of the varied and dynamic transmissions being sent around the …
Jewel in the Palace
Jewel in the Palace (Dae Jang Geum 대장금) is a well-known melodrama created in South Korea in 2003. Melodrama, can be referred to the dramatic …
laowai
Interpretations of the Word Laowai is one of the many terms in Chinese that may be used to call someone a “foreigner” (Wikipedia). Although the …
Oil
The relationship between Sudan and China started before the Asian-African Conference. The Bandung conference in 1955 brought African and Asian countries together for the first …
Mudang
A mudang in ritual dress. Behind her are portraits of the various spirits and deities that she may channel during a ritual. Photo from http://hancoms.tistory.com/273, …
Pax Mongolica
The Term Pax Mongolica is representative of the Great Eurasian Empire which spread across the Eurasian Landmass from the reaches of The Pacific Ocean …
Самбо
Sambo is an eclectic martial art of Russia. Most people I meet have never heard of it until I bring it up. Sambo is also a racial …
Ayurveda
The word ayurveda ( आयुर्वेद ) consist of two other Sanskrit words: āyus, meaning longevity or life, and veda, meaning knowledge, science or wisdom. It …
GeoScapes
But when I search for a similar image of the hospital where I was born in Nagpur, India, all I can find are blurry satellite …
BJP
The BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party or Indian People’s Party) is a now-minority political party in India that, through the past half century of identity-shaping political time, …
Ships
As inspiration for your keyword entries, I offer this painting, Ships Carry Ideas, created by Seattle area artist Donald Fels and South Indian signboard collaborator …
The Asia Foundation
The Asia Foundation For a description of what The Asia Foundation is, it is a non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to the development of a peaceful, …