sport as globalanguage
globalization is americanization. globalization is creolization. globlization unites. globalization divides. globalization is homogenization. globalization is heterogenization. such is how my research focus begins. in a effort to bring this philosophical debate to a sporting context, i am left to consider the role of sport in globalization. more specifically, it is the role of sport as globalanguage which lends itself to synthesis within the dimensions of globalization. globalization is more accurately an interpretation of the world around us.
ed. note -- it is worth noting that globalization as a process of our existence on this earth has been occuring since {insert whatever number here}. however, this process of 'globalization' now has a name, a truly zealous impact on our daily lives as well as plethora of really educated people 'reseraching' it. so while it has been around 'forever', as a (hyper)compression of space and time, it is accelerating.

much like the music i choose to enjoy or the garb i choose to wear, my interpretation(s) of globalization varies daily. i am also aware that any interpretation(s) can contain personal 'bias'. within every individual, it is as if there is a contextually finite number of interpretations for this infinite and abstract concept. research-wise, i find myself surfing the ripples of globalization, with little concern for direction and even less concern for how others intepret my technique. that being said, despite one's leanings, this accelerated nature of globalization is neither good nor bad. at the same time, it is both. this is not simply a pragmatic or western view of the phenemenon. it is what it is......

i interpret globalization as a process that eliminates cultural excess. it reduces mediocrity that exists for the sake of filling a cultural void. globalizaiton often privileges elements (aspects) of culture that represent identities rather than constrain them. not unlike a free-market supporter, i reject the notion that 'the (an)other' can dictate to me what my 'culture' is. i belong to a contextual collective of my own choosing. and in a globalizing world, these collectives are rarely static.
so if the assumption that globalization is dialectageous is accurate, please spare me the sales pitch or the sky is falling rhetoric. i am busy trying to intepret.
p.s. and please don't tell me how to surf.