The Impacts of Cultural Globalization on Indigenous Cultures of Ethiopia: The Case of Finoteselam AdministrativeTown,West Gojjam Zone Amhara Regional State
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2020-08
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AAU
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This study was conducted to investigate cultural impacts of globalization on indigenous
cultural values and practices of Ethiopia in the case of Finoteselam administrative town.The
study employed ethnographic design and qualitative methods of data collection such as in- depth and key informant interviews, observation and focus group discussion. A total of 49
Participants of the study were recruited using purposive sampling from three kebelles of
Finoteselam administrative town community consisting of elders, youths and informed
individuals as well as experts of culture and tourism offices and departments. Descriptive
analysis was used to analyze the findings. The study found that there are various indigenous
socio-cultural values and practices unique to the study community related to marriage,
dressing, and feeding, play and conflict resolution. However, these are found to be
increasingly pushed to the edges as a result of internal urbanization and legalization
processes as well as external processes of globalization making the current society at risk of
their culture in the coming years and tension at present. Despite members of the community
have been responding towards this with individual family level measures to socialize and
restrict their children from negative impacts of globalization by creating awareness and
sometimes using force, it found to be inefficient as new social and mass media have become
out of their control.Likewise concerned bodies from federal to regional and local level need
to work consistently to rescue the generation with their own values by documenting these
values and creating awareness.
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globalization,indigenous culture,Finoteselam, rehabilitate, investigate