Abstract
Whereas globalization and urbanization are historical and gradual social processes, migration, and that of human in particular, is an event that takes place at a certain time and space. The above three terms have though different connotations and discrete sociological and historical interpretations, but their implications in social science in general and anthropology in particular, have made them complementary to each other. Today, world over, large-scale urbanization and human migration are but the result of rapid globalization. Hundreds of references of books and articles could be found in the internet and elsewhere, relating to different facets of globalization, such as, economic globalization, political globalization, neo-liberal globalization, cultural globalization, architectural globalization, ideological globalization, technological globalization, social globalization, and so on and so forth; but one seldom comes across a precise reference that succinctly explains “why globalization “ ? Or, “globalization is the result of what”? Globalization, Urbanization, and Migration are not new phenomena; rather, the process of the trio began ever since man appeared on earth. The bridge between them has been ‘technology.’ It is the ever developing technological advancement by mankind that has linked them together, and will continue to do so for ever. The anthropological dimensions of the trends and impacts of the above could be understood only by examining how the technological advancement by man vis-à-vis economic development has been instrumental in bringing about urbanization, large scale human migration, and eventually, what we call today, globalization.
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