(The Turkish Online Journal of Design, Art and Communication, 2013-04) Küçük, Berna; kahyaoğlu, İrem; TR44534
It’s a well-known fact that “globalization” is one of the most important concepts of our time.
This concept can be defined as a notion uniting different people and cultures around the
world. Globalization contains others concepts for completing itself. The most important
concept from these concepts is “localization”. Globalization and localization that complete
each other, to appear suddenly in front of individuals by using daily life, politics or art and
also influence individuals in many ways. In this study, the cultural signs used in the cinema
of Ferzan Özpetek –turkish and also italian director- will be analyzed in the context of
globalization and localization.
