Related Issue 2: To what extent should contemporary society respond to the legacies of historical globalization?
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Assignment
The origins of the current process of globalization can be found in the early contact and trade relationships of the thirteenth to nineteenth centuries. These early contacts and connections may have been welcomed by Indigenous peoples or imposed by Europeans who travelled to lands previously unknown to Europeans. In many situations other aspects of the relationship emerged as the two groups interacted. The world views underlying these relationships were factors in how well the two groups related with each other and the presence or lack of equality between them. Many of the Western European ideas about capitalism, industrialization, and society impacted the relationships and led to the establishment of imperialism in the lands of Indigenous peoples, and they created legacies of challenges to Indigenous cultures, identities, and citizenship.
These legacies will be the foundation of Related Issue 3, where you will examine the responses to the historical legacies of globalization and imperialism.