Valerie Steele is director and chief curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Updated August 21, 2011, 7:00 PM Globalization has had a profound impact on all aspects of the ...

The increasingly multicultural fabric of modern societies has given rise to many new issues and conflicts, as ethnic and national minorities demand recognition and support for their cultural identity.

Culture – the history, beliefs, customs, habits and values of a group of people – determines the ways in which we respond to the world around us, including the brands we buy. Local culture helps ...

Tommy Ton is a street fashion photographer. Updated August 21, 2011, 7:00 PM If anything, globalization is the reason street style is as prominent and relevant as it is today. We've witnessed the ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Over the last 50 years, research activities have become increasingly globalized. Although the advantages of global homogenization and standardization have been extensively discussed, ...

Last year, an anti-globalization group called the Turning Point Project bought a series of advertisements in The New York Times. One of them began this way: "A few decades ago, it was still possible ...

(Op-ed by José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as Executive Secretary of ECLAC, published in ECLAC Notes No. 22, May 2002.) In the economic sphere, the most recent phase of globalization is ...

Culture — the history, beliefs, customs, habits and values of a group of people — determines the way we respond to the world around us. Both nature and nurture play a role in ensuring that local ...