This is acourse delivered in English and with a reflexive tone. The course is focused onthe current debates around globalization and its social and cultural impact.The subject proposes a theoretical approach to concepts such as ‘clash ofcivilizations’, ‘liquid society’, ‘postmodernity’, ‘post-nationalism’,‘consumer culture’ or ‘cosmopolitism’. The students develop on readings andcultural analysis (cinema and media productions) with a command on the conceptsand a list of authors. The students apply this knowledge on a range of essaysto be produced (writing and audiovisual outputs). This is a subject speciallyaddressed to students with research aims in the fields of culture and themedia, within an international context. English is the regular language forcommunications, deliveries, assignments and in-class contributions. Therefore,a good command of English (B2-C1) is expected to follow the course. The subjectalso presupposes some skills of media production including photo and shortvideo editing.