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Essay / The challenges of globalization on the national cultures of...
IntroductionThe challenges of globalization increasingly dominate the life of the universe. The concept of globalization according to Robertson (1992) refers to the shrinking of the world as an incentive and the increase in our awareness of the world, namely the increase in global connections and our understanding of connection. Globalization is a situation in which there are no boundaries between the people of the world and which connects communities in one country with people in another country. Globalization is moving away from the idea of uniting nations which should be a mutual agreement and guidelines for nations around the world. Globalization is capable of overcoming the constraints of space and time so that interaction and communication between nations can take place quickly. With the support of information and communication technologies, globalization has penetrated all sectors of life and exerted a significant influence on the global community. In the past, people only connected to local culture. However, hundreds of cultures around the world are now accessible. Indonesia, as a developing country in the world, is also experiencing the effects of rapid globalization. The influence of globalization on national cultures covering a variety of sectors such as cultural life which sooner or later will affect the principle of identity and the national culture of Indonesia itself. What is happening is that the opening of land for the expansion of Western culture product in Indonesia as a developing country. Southern culture is very difficult to penetrate into Western countries. From this point of view, the Indonesian market must absorb Western products. Furthermore, the culture of encouraging the use or purchase of domestic products has been eroded by the rise of foreign products. A large amount of product...... middle of paper ......by implementing this strategy, the state plays an important role for the country. However, the people remain the main actor. The state should provide tools that mediate between foreign identity and identity not directly included in community life. The device in the form of a preschool education program that teaches students the values of Indonesia's typical cultural identity and upholds the importance of globalization that protects the preservation of national identity. Moreover, the globalization of culture only aims to bring local culture to the surrounding cultures. the world as one unit. Like in a search engine, like Google, Yahoo, Msn, etc., where we can search for all kinds of events or trends, etc., with just a tap of our finger. Therefore, we do not need to accept the globalization of culture unnecessarily in the midst of personal culture..