GLS 150: Global Issues and Trends Midterm Paper Assignment Globalization and capitalism are both strong forces for positive development in the world. However, one of the casualties of the expansion of the culture of capitalism is cultural diversity. In the course films we have explored two very different views on the cultural impacts of globalization and education. In this paper, use evidence from both films, A Small Act and Schooling the World to address both the positive and the negative consequences of education and development on indigenous communities. In your paper, use the following concepts from our readings and course discussions (i.e. hegemony, ethnocentrism, ahistoricism, depoliticisation, uncomplicated solutions, and paternalism). The following questions will help you compare and contrast the films. ● What creates poverty? ● How come different lives have different value? ● How are these two things connected? ● What are the relationships between social groups that are over-exploited and social groups that are over-exploiting? ● How are these relationships maintained? ● How do people come to think and relate like this? ● What are the roles of schooling in the reproduction and contestation of inequalities in society? ● What possibilities and problems are created by different stories about what is real and ideal in society? ● When do institutionalized initiatives, such as education, the human rights declaration or military interventions, become helpful in promoting justice and when do they help reproduce the problems they are trying to address? ● If people believe in the power of education to promote human rights, does it mean they are good people and not part of the problem? ● How would people respond if they realized that bringing justice to others meant going against national/local interests? ● Why and for whose benefit are relationships among people framed through and mediated by the Nation States identified in their passports? Movie Links: https://tubitv.com/movies/312576/a_small_act https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/schooling-the-world-2010/