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LOCAL Announcement :: Globalization

'Alternative Globalizations': Global Studies Association to Meet at Depaul, May 12-14

[This is the full schedule for this year's GSA conference, to be held here in Chicago this time. GSA has over 300 members in North America, plus another branch in the UK with members across the globe. If you're up for some fairly high level discussion and debate on all theory, policy and strategic matters pertaining to globalization and how to deal with it, this is the place to be. If you're into 'Less Talk, More Action' and don't care much for academic discussion, save your money. -- CarlD.]
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ALTERNATIVE GLOBALIZATIONS

5th Annual Conference
Global Studies Association / North America

May 12 –14, 2006

DePaul University
Schmitt Academic Center,
2320 North Kenmore Avenue,
Chicago, IL

Co-Sponsor:
DePaul University International Studies Program

Open to the Public
for those who Join or Register

www.net4dem.org/mayglobal/conferences.html

Schedule of Events:

Friday:

12:00PM: Registration Begins

3:00PM to 5:00PM: Workshops

1. World Social Forum in Venezuela

Chair: Lauren Langman, Loyola University

with Peter Hudis, Mel Rothenberg, Mary Beth Noble, Jackie Smith, and Jan Nederveen Pieterse

*****

2. Tradition, Migrations and Globalization: Real/Screen Faces/Voices of India

Chair: Rini Bhattacharya Mehta, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Nation and Its Outcasts:
Marginal Figures in on the Indian Screen

by Reshmi Mukherjee

Bride and Immigration:
the Problem of the Idealized Expatriate

by Rini Bhattacharya Mehta

Who am I? Diglossia of Identities in popular Cinema

by Rajeshwari Pandharipande

*****

3. Media and Globalization

Chair: Bill Pelz

Media Capital: The Cultural Geography of Global Communication

by Michael Curtin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Director of Global Studies

Torture in US Popular Culture and Media

by Julie Shackford-Bradley, California State University at Monterey Bay, Global Studies

Venevision, Telesur, and the Bolivarian Revolution

by Lee Artz, Purdue University Calumet, Communication Department

*****

4. Africa, Crisis and Development

Chair: Gail Presbey, University of Detroit Mercy

The Crisis in Darfur/Sudan, Race, Gender, Oil and Weapons: What Can’t We Do?

by Amal Madibbo, University. of Toronto, Sociology and Equity Studies in Education

The Colonial Goal of Creating a Docile Labor Force in Southern Africa: Its Impact on Development Today

by Gail Presbey, University of Detroit Mercy

Mapping Alternate Legalities in Post apartheid South African Fisheries

by Ken Salo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

*****

5. Women and Globalization

Chair: Ann Ferguson, University of Massachusetts/Amherst, Philosophy and Women's Studies
Women Shopping and Women Sweatshopping: Consumerism as a Moral Dilemma

by Lisa Cassidy, Ramapo College, New Jersey

Women, Globalization and Global Justice

by Ann Ferguson, University of Massachusetts/Amherst, Philosophy and Women's Studies

*****

6. The Impact of Globalization on Education and Pedagogy

Chair: Deepanwita Dasgupta

Globalization and Pedagogy, or a View from Below: Towards Collaborative Social Relations of Educational Situations

by Juha Suoranta, University of Minnesota, Visiting Professor of Finnish Studies and Sociology, University of Tampere, Finland, Professor of Adult Education

Experiential Education Projects for Global Citizenship

by Aaron Dziubinskyj, DePauw University of Indiana, Coordinator of Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Why Global Studies? Plotting an Intellectual Jailbreak

by Edward Kolodziej, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Director of Center for Global Studies

Ideology, Globalization, and Educational Policy

by Dale R. Howard, Northwest Arkansas Community College, Sociology

*****

7. The Environmental Challenge

Chair: Jim Davis, DePaul University

Globalization and the Environment

by Jim Davis, DePaul University

Alternative Globalizations or Alternative Localizations? Anarchist and Ecologist Antiglobalisms from a Comparative Perspective

by Rafal Soborski, University of Surrey, UK

Society of Cities, Regions and Borderlands: A Roadmap to the Ibero American Dream

by Manuel Freire Barcia

Alternative to Global Capital: Global South as an Ecological Creditor

by Robina Bhatti, California State University at Monterey Bay

5:00PM to 6:00PM: Reception

6:00PM to 8:00PM: Keynote Speakers

Alternative Globalization in Latin America

Speakers:

Martin Sanchez: Chicago Consul General of Venezuela

Mark Weisbrot: Center for Economic and Policy Research



Saturday:

8:30AM to 9:15AM: Coffee

9:15AM to 11:00AM: Keynote Speakers

China: Market Socialism or Capitalism

Speakers:

David Schweickart, Loyola University

Yiching Wu, University of Chicago

11:15AM to 1:00PM: Workshops

1. The General Effects of Globalisation, Neo Liberalism and Imperialism within Chicano and Latino Context: The Struggle for an Alternative Perspective

Chair: Jose Moreno, Oxnard College and CSU, Channel Islands

with Luis Moreno, CSU Northridge and Ernesto Bustillos, Activist Scholar

*****

2. Exploring Spaces of Resistance to Neo-Liberal Globalization

Chair: Ligaya McGovern, Indiana University at Kokomo

Beyond Bourgeois Democracy and Masochistic Conformity

by Karen Bettez Halnon, Pennsylvania State University

Education, Work and Globalization

by William Mello, Indiana University

What’s Haunting Globalization? Globalization!

by Alan Spector, Purdue University, Calumet

A Critical Analysis of the Current Philippine Government’s Crackdown on Progressive Elements in the Context of Neo-Liberal Globalization and the Dialectics of Resistance

by Ligaya McGovern, Indiana University

Organizing Against the Limits of the Law: Filipino Im/Migrant Women's Transnational Struggles

by Robyn Rodriguez, Rutgers University

*****

3. Cultivating Alternatives: Identity, culture and multitude.

Chair: Scott Byrd, University of California at Irvine

The spaces between: Alternative globalizations as radically restructured social relations

by Scott Byrd, University of California at Irvine

The non-reflective fiction that created friction: Anti-WTO protest and media coverage in Seattle

by Bobby Chen, University of California at Irvine

From Hawaii to the world: The Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement’s connection to a globalized world

by James Stobaugh, University of California at Irvine

Informalization revisited: Transnational migration and managed globalization

by Ryan Pearce, University of California at Irvine

*****

4. Globalization and Social Theory

Chair: Manjur Karim

Imperialist Violence and Terrorism: The Debate between Camus and Sartre:

by Ron Aronson, Wayne State, Michigan

Discipline and Produce! A Foucaultian Analysis of Coercion and Globalization

by Gerard Kuperus, DePaul University

Achieving Outcomes through Framing: An Analysis of the Role and Effect of Framing Process in International Political Outcomes

by Marcus Holmes, Georgetown University

Waveforms: The Influences of Global Events and the Effects upon Members of the Currently Forming Global Society ‘Symbolic Interaction’

by Gregorio Morales, San Diego State University

*****

5. Global Capitalism, Trade and Poverty

Chair: Bill Pelz

Globalizing Capitalism: the Transnational Neoliberal Network in Action

by Jackie Smith, Notre Dame University

The Impact of WTO Export Subsidy Commitments on International Food Aid

by Matias E. Margulis, Former adviser and delegate to the WTO, OECD, and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization

Implications of Economic Externalities for Globalization

by Subbu Kumarappan, Michigan State

*****

6. State, Class and Globalization

Chair: Jerry Harris

Competing Transnationalisms: Transnational Capitalist Class vs. Transnational Co-ethnics

by Rubin Patterson, University of Toledo, Ohio

A Retreat to Statism? The Debate Over Alternatives To Neo-Liberalism in the Movement Against Global Capital

by Peter Hudis, Oakton Community College, Illinois

Counter Hegemony in the State, Market and Civil Society

by Jerry Harris, DeVry University, Chicago

Privatization of the Military

by Joy Hylton: University of California, Santa Barbara

*****

7. Sexual Identity and Globalization

Chair: Turgay Bayindir, Purdue University, Department of English

The Emergence of ‘Gay’ Identity as a Product of Recent Globalization in Turkey

by Turgay Bayindir, Purdue University

Queer Tourism in Rio: A Queer Utopia?

by Simone Cavalcante DaSilva, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Sexual Paradise/Sexual Pariah, Imagining Jamaica in the Age of Globalization

by Natalie Bennet, DePaul University

*****

8. Open Roundtable and Discussion on Global Studies Programs

Discussion convener Kirk Shaffer, Pennsylvania State University

1:00PM to 2:30PM: Lunch and Student Meeting

2:30PM to 4:00PM: Keynote Speakers

Alternative Globalizations: Autonomous Movements or State Power

Speakers:

Fred Rosen, Editor NACLA (North American Congress on Latin America)

Graciela Monteagudo, Argentina Automista Project

4:15PM to 5:45PM: Workshops

1. Transnationalism from the Middle

Chair: Jan Nederveen Pieterse, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Deploying the Global Obsession: the Dynamics of Neoliberal Governance on the Ground

by David Wilson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Geography

The Role of Intermediaries in Migration: Questions and Suggestions

by Satomi Yamamoto, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Sociology

The Tale of the Toxic Paprika: The Hungarian Taste of Euro-Globalization

by Zsuzsa Gille, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Sociology

Approaching Neo-liberalism as Financial Hegemony: The Case of South Korea

by Jin-Ho Jang, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

*****

2.The Political Economy of Neo-Liberalism

Chair: Mel Rothenberg

Not trade but VADE (Value Added Destined for Export): issues in measuring openness and its economic impact

by Mehrene Larudee, DePaul University

The International Trade and Unequal Exchange

by Ron Baiman, University of Illinois, Chicago

Neo-liberalism to neo-imperialism

by Mel Rothenberg, University of Chicago

Neo-liberalism in Latin America

by Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy Research

*****

3. The Emergence of China

Chair: Peter Hudis

Post-Mao Intellectuals in Cyberspace: Reading Reincarnations of Chinese Literary Classics Under Globalization

by Hui Xiao, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

The Struggle of China: From Social Revolution to Market Experimentation

by Ning Wang, Arizona State University, School of Global Studies

Nostalgia and Nationalism: Social and Cultural Change in post-Revolutionary China.

by Victor Lang, DePaul University, International Studies Program

Biospheric Limits to Chinese Hegemonic Succession

by John Gulick, University of Tennessee

*****

4. Africa: The Struggle of Global Insertion

Chair: Gail Presbey

Grassroots Resistance to Global Capitalism: Reflections on South Africa’s Anti-Eviction Campaign

by Faranak Miraftab, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Department of Urban and Regional Planning

The Significance of African Culture in Socio-Economic Development

by John Otieno Ouko, Michigan State University, Department of Philosophy

Namibia’s Economy in Transition

by Mona Aburmishan, DePaul University, International Studies

The Gentrification of Africa in the Contemporary Capitalist World-System

by Paul Mocombe, Florida Atlanta University

*****

5. The Environmental Resource Crisis and Civil Conflict

Chair: Stephanie Farmer

The effect of deforestation on indigenous cultures: The case of the Mbyá Guaraní of Argentina.
by Penny Seymoure and Sarah Stampfl, Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Globalization, Water and Civil Society: Lessons from Bolivia

by Kathleen A. Tobin, Latin American Studies, Purdue University, Calumet

Competing Coalitions and Corporate Privatization of Municipal Water Supply

by Stephen P. Gasteyer, Human and Community Development, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

An Unwanted World: The Processes of Global Warming, Global Dimming, and Global Cooling as an Alternative Globalization

by Timothy W. Luke, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Political Science

*****

6. Resistance Politics

Chair: Carl Davidson

Gramscian Strategy and the Anti-War Movement

by Carl Davidson; Networking for Democracy, Chicago

On the relevance of Gramsci: community, politics, and hegemony in struggles for alternative globalizations.

by Justin Paulson, University of California, Santa Cruz

The European Anti-Capitalist Left Conference: Toward a New Political Force?

by John O’Connor, Central Connecticut State University

Manipulating Discontent: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism

by Aniruddha Mitra, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

*****

7. The Contours of Globalization and Empire

Chair: Ganesh K. Trichur, St. Lawrence University, New York, Department of Global Studies

The Politics of Absent Multitudes: Uneven Alternative Globalisation on the European Semiperiphery

by Istvan Adorjan, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, Sociology and Social Anthropology

The Two Gulfs: Perceptions and Lessons from the Privatization of Disaster

by Ganesh K. Trichur, St. Lawrence University, New York, Department of Global Studies

Shifting Sands: An Alternative Globalization Found Among the Ruins of the Silk Road

by Allison Witt, Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Multifunctional Agriculture in the Doha Development Round: Resistance or Reflexive Liberalization?

by Martin Lenihan, Pennsylvania State, Rural Sociology Program

*****

8. Human Rights

Chair: Brian Orend, University of Waterloo, Canada

Integration of the Honor Culture and the Ideology of Human Rights as Alternative Globalization

by Gordana Yovanovich, University of Guelph, Canada

Health as a Human Right in the Globalized World

by Brian Orend, University of Waterloo, Canada

The Importance of International Treaties: Is Ratification Necessary?
by Jeffrey L. Roberg, Carthage College, Wisconsin, Chair - Political Science

Translocal Community Formation as a Resolution to "the Refugee Problem": Implications for Theory from the Guatemalan Refugee Return Movement

by Stephanie J. Silverman, York University, Canada

6:30PM to 10:00PM: Banquet

Reza’s Restaurant on Ontario

Guest Speaker:

Dennis Brutus, 'Alternative Globalization, How Fares Africa?'



Sunday:

8:30AM – 9:15AM: Coffee

9:15AM to 10:30AM: Global Studies Association Annual Business Meeting

10:45AM – 12:30PM: Workshops

1. The Solidarity Economy: High Road Economics

Chair: Dan Swinney, Center for Labor/Community Research, Chicago

Sustainable Economic Development as Political Strategy

by Dan Swinney, Center for Labor/Community Research, Chicago

The Italian Co-operative Movement

by Matt Hancock, University of Bologna, Italy

Resistance: Corporations and Ethics in the Global Market

by Isaias Rivera, Loyola University Chicago

*****

2. Transnational Networks of Migration

Chair: Lina Beydoun

Uncovering the Causes of Growth in Remittance-Sending Volume for Mexican Immigrants in the United States

by Stacie Steinke, DePaul University

Globalization and Transnational Communities: Latin American Indigenous Migrations to the United States and the Formation of Resistance Identities

by Cosme Perez, University of California, Santa Barbara

Examining Lebanese Migration within a Global Framework

by Lina Beydoun, Wayne State University, Michigan

The Economics of Migrant Labor

by Micaela Cayton Garrido, Notre Dame University

*****

3. India Faces Globalization

Chair: Deepanwita Dasgupta

All India Women Conference and Center for Women Development Studies 1990-2000

by Tripta Desai, Northern Kentucky University.

Ends of Modernity and the Alternative Science Debate in India

by Deepanwita Dasgupta, University of Minnesota, Department of Philosophy

Scripting Resistance: Coca-Cola and the struggle in Plachimada, India

by Shivali Tukdeo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

*****

4. Cultures and Identity

Chair: Bill Pelz

The Commodification of Everyday Life and Popular Culture

by Bill Pelz, Egin College, Chicago

Wrestling with Globalization: Sumo and Japanese Identities"

by R. Gerard Pontsioen, University of Guelph, Canada, Sociology and Anthropology

Global Enemies And Their Linguistic Representation In The Political Agenda

by Antonio Reyes-Rodríguez, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Beyond Pluralism: Toward a New Model of Global Religion

by Ian Muhlhauser, University of Chicago, Divinity School

*****

5. Globalization and Latin America

Chair: Harry Targ

How to Change the World by Taking State Power or Why the Peripheral State Still Matters: an Examination of Venezuela under Chavez.

by Stephanie Farmer; University of Binghamton, SUNY

Alcohol consumption patterns and the effects of globalization in an Indian Mexican Community

by Luis Berruecos, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco.

Political Economy of Precarious Classes Formation in Latin America & the Caribbean

by David R. Cormier, Institute for Labor Studies and Research, West Virginia University and Harry Targ, Purdue, Political Science.

Counter-hegemonic Movements and Globalization: The Case of Venezuela

by Trudie Coker, San Francisco State University

*****

6. Networks of Resistance in Civil Society

Chair: Manjur Karim

The Global Activist Network of Peoples Global Action

by Hermann Maiba, University of Illinois, Chicago

Problems of Democratization in Global Civil Society

by Javier Vazquez D'Elia, University of Pittsburgh, Political Science

Global Stage, Global Actor: Reframing Global Society Through NGO Networks

by Drew Woodley, York University, Canada

Globalization, Hegemony, and Resistance: A Narrative from Bangladesh

by Manjur Karim, Sociology and Political Science, Culver-Stockton College, Missouri

*****

7. The WTO Doha Development Round: Country Perspectives

Chair: Mehrene Larudee, DePaul University, International Studies

China and the Doha Development Round.
by Evan McKay

Indonesia and the Doha Development Round.
by Shaila Noronha

Haiti and the Doha Development Round.
by Dominique Charles

Mali and the Doha Development Round
by Jason Willhoite Bell

*****

8. The Virtual Struggle: Technology in Global Society

Chair: Lauren Langman, Loyola University, Sociology

CyberSpace Democracy: Hope or Hype?

by Lauren Langman, Loyola University, Sociology

Toward an Anthropology of Cyberspace: A New Field

by Scott Macleod, Pittsburg

American and Chinese Intellectual Copyright Law, Variants and Perspectives

by Richard J. Knecht, University of Toledo, Ohio and Dexin Tian, Bowling Green State University

Factors Influencing Elementary School Teachers Use of Technology: A Global Perspective

by Serhat Kurt, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Curriculum & Instruction

Adjournment

*****

Conference Registration:

Non-members $60.00
GSA Members $48.00
Students, Retired, and Unemployed $20.00

Banquet $40.00

GSA Membership:

Concessionary (student, retired, unemployed) $20.00
Senior Academic $50.00
Junior Academic $50.00
Institution $100.00

Special Offer:
GSA Membership and Conference Registration $88.00

Checks should be made payable to:

'Networking for Democracy'
with a memo on the bottom 'For Global Studies Association'.

Checks should be sent to:

Jerry Harris
GSA/North American Secretary
1250 North Wood Street
Chicago, Illinois 60622
USA

Or you can pay at the door.
 
 

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