Monoculture

production is fairly low but it can match demand. If the demand increases, then increasing the supply will be a long term operation, which will be quite expensive. Such a disadvantage is still preventing the use of biofuels from becoming more popular. Monoculture refers to practice of producing same crops year after year, rather than producing various crops through a farmer’s fields over time. While, this might be economically attractive for farmers but growing same crop every year may deprive…

Globalization, McDonaldization, and the Movement of Culture Mass media infiltrates into every aspect of society and has become impossible to ignore. It is easy to integrate the media into our everyday lives. It becomes a habit and we don’t even think twice when we “thumbprint” into our phones. Many sociologists argue that mass media has deeper meanings and influences in our lives. Before media had become the entity that it is today Gans argued, “All mass media in the end alienate people from…

ABSTRACT Literature is the art of life. It is fundamentally an expression of life through the medium of language. Literature reflects an interest in the world of reality as well as imagination. Hari Mohan Nath Kunzru is an Indian author and one of the best known Diastolic writers in Indian English Literature. His novels mostly deal with multiculturalism, globalization, technology, political and social problems, terrorism, diaspora and cultural identity. His second novel “Transmission” is one of…

Gallegos examines Campbell and Bourdieu’s respective theories of taste at the beginning of her article. Bourdieu discussed taste regarding social hierarchy and class division – Gallegos utilizes Coveney (1996, p.50), who argued that cuisine is about “positioning people in accordance with their class expectations and their collective consciousness”. Campbell saw taste as a reflection of the psychological; hedonism defines modern consumption, created by longings for pleasures via daydreaming.…

In the 19th century, some powerful European countries expanded their countries to new territories, known as "colonialism." Both colonialism and contemporary globalization can lead to inter-state relations. In this article, I will compare Colonialism and contemporary globalization. Colonialism is defined as a policy or practice of "full or partial political control over another country, its occupation of settlers and its economic exploitation". Globalization means the integration of economy,…

Pesticide resistant GMOs, and their effects on the wellbeing of the planet In an event as influential as the asteroid that ended the Cretaceous period, Homo-Sapiens began their work terraforming their world around them. They annihilated species while promoting other. They destroyed landscapes to fulfill their wants. They mixed and meddled into everything imaginable. Over the course of their actions they slowly tapped into the promoting force of life itself… Evolution. At first they bred animals…

As the turn of the twentieth century approached, millions of slaves continued to suffer under Brazil’s plantation economy and would not receive full emancipatory rights until 1888. The entrenchment of slavery in Brazilian society, is due in large part to the rise and consolidation of its plantation economy. The slave plantation system first emerged in the Canary Islands in the 1450’s. The Portuguese had previously colonized the Atlantic Islands in order to consolidate their expansion into…

Censorship, defined as the “suppression of ideas and information that certain persons— individuals, groups or government officials—find objectionable or dangerous,” by the American Library Association, occurs every day. Many people think of censorship as a tool utilized by governments to control their citizens, but it occurs much more frequently than that. What people never realize is that the everyday scrutiny and judgement that we place on each other and our ideas is just as if not more…

Gonzaga’s TESL program, and I also participated in the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) survey. This survey evaluates intercultural competency and it determined that my perspectives are classified as an Intercultural Mindset rather than a Monoculture Mindset. I also volunteered with a program called Global Conversations which helped international students at Gonzaga improve their spoken language skills. My time with these international students revealed the culturally specific aspects…

The Effects of Growth Management on Housing Affordability Urban planners have theorized and advocated for the practice of various growth management techniques in order to employ smart growth and curb urban sprawl. Growth management frameworks include urban containment methods that restrict where development may occur, impact fees which require developers to cover environmental and infrastructural costs, and design guidelines that promote higher densities and more diverse development types and…