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Article: Introductory notes: dialogues on globalization and indigenous cultures.
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- January 1, 2003
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Globalization both as a concept and as an empirical process has caused seemingly endless debate. What is globalization? When did it begin? What is the impact of globalization on local economic, societal, and cultural structures and identities? None of these questions have or will have definite answers. There are four divergent views of globalization. With some critics globalization is a myth, an ideology, for nation-states and different nation-state situations still constitute the universal reality of the world. Some critics argue that globalization is nothing new, for as Rick Wolf contends in Europe and the People without History, the process of globalization began with ...