Cultures unite?

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines ‘Homogeneous’ as “of the same or a similar kind or nature”. International culture and trade (in goods, research, economy and intelligence) has seen some of the steepest curves in the globalization-time curve over the last three hundred years. Yet most social groups that existed are persisting in their existence while new ones are continually popping up. The key to comprehending this argument is to understand that the same person can be a member of several social groups.

Purdue, for example, is a massive and diverse social community. It started out as a school; a lone community of intellectuals and student single-mindedly striving towards broadening the horizon of their wisdom. It has transformed over the years into an increasingly social community, comprising of over 900 smaller communities, each with its own ideology, thought process and rituals, each a culture in itself. A member of any one of these cultures was a member of one culture less, before they arrived at Purdue. And every member of anyone of these cultures is first a member of that community that was formed over a hundred and fifty years ago, the Boilermaker community.