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Digital Activism Meets the Food Justice Movement in NC Infographic
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Education and Globalization
Mass schooling has resulted in an education system which largely ignores cultural relativism and instills attributes such as nationalism and discipline to make individuals better citizens in our neoliberal capitalist world. Because of this, standards for being considered “educated” our consolidated with assumed Western superiority, with English set as capitalism’s “universal” … [Read more...]
Trump, TPP, and Globalization
For next class, Courtney, Evans, and I will be leading a discussion on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), as well as how Donald Trump’s opposition to the TPP is embedded in a broader anti-trade sentiment and his “America First” foreign policy. Please read the four attached articles and come prepared to discuss what a Trump presidency means for globalization: Globalization … [Read more...]
Social Media & Networked Social Movements: Kitchenware & Occupy Wall Street)
Annie Brockett, Violet Degnan and Sarah Mellin Here are the readings: Juris, Jeffrey S. "The New Digital Media and Activist Networking within Anti-Corporate Globalization Movements." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 597 (January 2005) Castells, Manuel. "Occupy Wall St: Harvesting the Salt of the Earth." Networks of Outrage and Hope: … [Read more...]
