The San Culture And Globalization

The San culture with a simplistic view of life; no material objects, food provided by the land along with the simple beliefs of being humble, sharing and family bonds. This way of life sounds like a difficult life to live; hunting for meat and the gathering of plant forms to feed their band sounds like a full time job, with little time to play but the opposite is true for the San Culture. The culture sustained through an egalitarian culture, everyone of equal status, each individual playing a life sustaining role the band they live in an inclusion of outside bands that may join temporarily during a hap or planned meeting, either being accepted and open to feed, house and sing as a long time family member has come home. A close knit culture

more modern and more suitable for use at the present time”. Globalization is “the fact that different cultures and economic systems around the world are becoming connected and similar to each other because of the influence of large multinational companies and of improved communication”. What does this mean for our society? How will this affect our culture? There is no easy transformation into modernization or globalization; the joining of ideas, values, religions and beliefs, unless approached with an open mind and without prejudice is being met in the US with resistance and intolerance. The idea is not to change the total belief system or ones values but to find the common dominators and integrate them. With products being sent to other countries to manufacture, and foreign companies investing in the United States, there is turmoil over one’s own needs with in an economy that was once a power house for product, not only for own society but for countries around the world. New ideals, combining families of different cultures is bringing the United States to new struggles of new beliefs, values and ways of living. The effect on the United States is of struggle, the need to move into a new form of acceptance is challenged with the ideals of the past. According to Roald Robertson, there are “four core unites—societies, international system, individual selves, humankind…a conduction of different forms of life”. Joining many cultures into the mindset of one is set up for resistance and of struggle; this is seen throughout our world at this time, with in religious acts of violence, borders being opened to yet take form of another society, and forcing nations to become open minded to the acceptance of other