homogenization and differentiation are two of the hallmarks of capitalism and globalization, cosmopolitanism has a massive and deeply contested literature behind it as a term and as a practice, the simultaneous transformation in the extent to which diverse peoples engage in global travel while others remain relatively close to or always return to home - and the wholly imperfect disconnect between travel and cosmopolitanism - are exciting and interesting topics... but this interminable exchange is neither exciting nor interesting... I think/hope we can do better
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net>wrote:
> At 06:59 AM 7/21/2009, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> Five hundred languages, each spoken only by one
>>> sub-section of the ppulation, simply gives you the equivalent of 500
>>> midwestern villages all gathered on the same ground.
>>>
>>
>> No it doesn't. People living next to each other have to interact and
>> create fresh cultures.
>>
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> Right. There's a million things that go into that interaction besides
> spoken language. In practically every restaurant or grocery store I go into
> the people bussing tables or bagging groceries are from Mexico or Central
> America, whether the owners hail from Korea, Vietnam, or Brazil. They all
> communicate to get things done and over time they might learn something of
> the other's language, but not necessarily. That goes for learning English
> too. Lots of people, and the numbers are growing, live in the U.S. for
> decades without learning English.
>
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