Globalization from Below, Puerto Rico

CFP: ASA 2012: Globa­li­za­tion from Below Loca­tion: Puerto Rico Date Submit­ted: 2012–01–10 Announ­ce­ment ID: 191200 The incre­a­sed move­ment of popu­la­ti­ons, goods, and servi­ces across borders has preci­pi­ta­ted new commit­ments and kins­hips that coun­ter the self-aggran­di­zing, tota­li­zing tenden­cies of top-down globa­li­za­tion. The recent Occupy move­ment has illu­mi­na­ted the criti­cal role of globa­li­za­tion engen­de­red by subna­ti­o­nal, grass­ro­ots trajec­to­ries in thought and action. I am accep­ting propo­sals for a panel that explo­res the ways in which indi­vi­du­als and commu­ni­ties enact globa­li­za­tion from below, and the poten­tial of these acts and visi­ons to create legi­ti­mate models for global cons­ti­tu­en­cies. Possi­ble topics include but are not limi­ted to: legal and poli­ti­cal challen­ges to neoli­be­ral ideo­logy and poli­cies; the use of infor­ma­tion tech­no­lo­gies to create coun­ter­nar­ra­ti­ves; local and global acti­vist respon­ses such as the WTO protests in Seattle or the global Occupy Move­ment; move­ments for race, gender, and class equa­lity; resis­tance to IMF, World Bank, and WTO prac­ti­ces; alter­na­tive social forms such as NGOs and TANS; the globa­li­za­tion of know­ledge and peda­gogy from below; lite­rary and visual inter­ven­ti­ons; labor unions and envi­ron­men­tal justice move­ments; and new forms of cosmo­po­li­ta­nism, such as what John Tomlin­son calls “ethi­cal gloca­lism.” Please submit a 250-word abstract and 1-pg CV to Penny Vlago­pou­los pigi [ punto ] vlago­pou­lostamiu [ punto ] edu (pigi[dot]vlago­pou­los[at]tamiu[dot]edu) by Friday, Janu­ary 20. Penny Vlago­pou­los Texas A&M Inter­na­ti­o­nal Univer­sity Email: pigi [ punto ] vlago­pou­lostamiu [ punto ] edu (pigi[dot]vlago­pou­los[at]tamiu[dot]edu)