Economic globalization, both top-down (as in the case of Multinational corporations) and from below (as in the case of “anti-globalization” activism), impacts our environment and ecology, both socially and in terms of natural resources and the climate around us. To respond, scholars must engage both locally and globally and work both with community and non-governmental organizations.
This cluster, co-facilitated by Radhika Gajjala (Communication) and Candace Archer (Political Science), is formed around research collaborations across geographical and cultural contexts. We seek to develop scholarship that will shed light on the socio-economic and political processes around globalization, labor movements, and the environment.
Drawing on existing connections that cluster participants have within and outside the United States, we plan to examine issues that connect globalization, place, culture, economics, politics, and the environment. Topics and issues discussed have ranged from industrial disasters, transnational activism, theorizing globalization, interrogating development projects, flows of bodies, and the rhetoric of human rights.
