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"As the container shipping industry continues to boom, companies are adopting new technologies to move cargo faster and shifting to crewless ships. But it’s not all been smooth sailing and the future will see fewer players stay above water." Via Michael Miller 
Nancy Watson's curator insight,
March 2, 2018 7:38 AM
Unit 6
Laurie Ruggiero's curator insight,
May 29, 2018 4:07 PM
Unit 6
dustin colprit's curator insight,
September 29, 2018 11:38 PM
The use of shipping containers has provided many positive results. People receive access to goods and supplies from all around the globe thanks to shipping containers. Recently they've even been given other uses. People have begun modifying them into livable structures.
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"A former gang member from Long Beach, California, teaches break dancing to at-risk youths in Cambodia."
Katie Kershaw's curator insight,
April 17, 2018 11:27 PM
Today’s world is so globalized it’s pretty inevitable that cultural aspects are going to be exchanged. In this case, a man who grew up in the U.S. became a well known break dancer, but ended up being deported to Cambodia after being involved with a gang. What is interesting about his story is that he had never lived in Cambodia outside of infanthood, so he had to adjust to a whole new culture. He was approached by some kids who wanted him to teach them to break dance, which is an American form of dance, and he agreed. He has now been able to use breakdancing as a platform to help at risk kids in the city of Phnom Penh. Kids are able to attend school to learn technology, English, and breakdancing. He ensures that they avoid the negative experiences he had in a gang by teaching them about the dangers of drugs and HIV. It was neat to see Cambodian kids listening to American rap music and breakdancing. This just shows how something from one culture can be taken and used to help people in another culture. I think people often think that change and foreigness are negative, but as in this case, sometimes cultural diffusion is beneficial.
Corey Rogers's curator insight,
December 15, 2018 7:00 PM
It is a unique video that shows how a certain culture in the US can find a home in Cambodia thousands of miles away. It gives an insight of a man from California brings back to Cambodia what he learned from living in the United States. It is a great story of how one man looks to change Cambodia in a positive way.
Stevie-Rae Wood's curator insight,
December 17, 2018 12:58 PM
As crazy as it seems dancing is trying to help kids. A former gang member from Long Beach, California teaches dancing to children at risk in Cambodia. He got deported after being charged with a felony to a country he has never been before. However, he is changing his life around to help change the lives of todays youth through methods that he learned in the states.
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"It’s not just a sausage in a bun; it’s a beautiful blank canvas. It’s a hot dog, which is a foodstuff eaten worldwide. Here are 40 distinctive varieties from around the globe — from iconic NYC 'dirty water dogs' to fully loaded South American street-cart dogs to Japanese octo-dogs. There is a tubesteak out there for every craving that ever was."
Jose Soto's curator insight,
August 5, 2015 9:50 PM
The 4th of July is the day of Coney Island's Hot Dog eating contest and the quintessential day to have a barbeque in the United States. Some see the hot dog as a mere symbol of the uniformity of globalized culture in the 21st century that diffused out from the United States. There is much more to be seen in the globalization of food. Yes, the global goes to the whole world, but distinct places make this global cultural trait intensely local. For example the hot dogs in Cincinnati are famous for being topped with chili and an obscene quantity of cheese, but in Costa Rica, I learned to love eating hot dogs deep fried, topped with cabbage, mayo and ketchup, just like the Ticos. Food is but one example of this phenomena known as glocalization, where diffusion and divergence keep the world both global and local.
Tags: food, culture, diffusion, globalization, consumption. 
Adrian Bahan (MNPS)'s curator insight,
March 14, 2016 8:10 PM
The 4th of July is the day of Coney Island's Hot Dog eating contest and the quintessential day to have a barbeque in the United States. Some see the hot dog as a mere symbol of the uniformity of globalized culture in the 21st century that diffused out from the United States. There is much more to be seen in the globalization of food. Yes, the global goes to the whole world, but distinct places make this global cultural trait intensely local. For example the hot dogs in Cincinnati are famous for being topped with chili and an obscene quantity of cheese, but in Costa Rica, I learned to love eating hot dogs deep fried, topped with cabbage, mayo and ketchup, just like the Ticos. Food is but one example of this phenomena known as glocalization, where diffusion and divergence keep the world both global and local. Tags: food, culture, diffusion, globalization, consumption. 
Colleen Blankenship's curator insight,
February 14, 2019 12:03 PM
What are the cultural connections of the hot dogs, toppings, and buns with the areas with which they are associated?
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Brought to Europe from the New World by Spanish explorers, the lowly potato gave rise to modern industrial agriculture
Kaitlin Young's curator insight,
December 13, 2014 12:57 PM
Potatoes are one of the most widespread foods in the world, due to its resiliency to harsh weather conditions and its ability to grow to large sizes. Potatoes can also be traced to show the beginning forces of globalization. Before modern communication and transportation technology, globalization occurred at a much slower rate. Globalization spread through trade routes in the forms of foods, resources, and therefore cultures and people. 
BrianCaldwell7's curator insight,
March 16, 2016 3:52 PM
The Colombian Exchange is a term that describes the most dramatic biologic transfer in history. European explorers brought animals and agricultural items from the Old World to the New and subsequently brought back items from the New World back to the Old. This exchange profoundly reshaped many societies as agricultural diffusion of the potato lead to the changes across northern Europe.
Tags: agriculture, food production, diffusion, historical, colonialism, Europe. |
