Globalization Practicum
The Dutch Surinamese Indian writer and journalist Anil Ramdas said that the 3000 articles written each year in academic journals, plus the 900 international seminars, and the 500 books about globalization make it a "monster" that we need to deconstruct. The Globalization Practicum aims to makes sense of both the theory and the practice of globalization through critical analysis, the deconstruction of received assumptions, and the reconstruction of new perspectives from alternative political-economic and cultural-historical vantage points. During the course of the seminar, theoretically informed critiques and case studies will be complemented by engaging the work of specific practitioners, including those from global financial and economic organizations, CEOs, NGOs, and journalists. The course will combine sessions led by seminar leaders with presentations by visiting scholars and by international practitioners who work in government, business, and the third sector. Illustrative topics include the international economics of development and underdevelopment; the globalization of disasporas and marginalities; the practice and pretense of radical enlightenment; the new imperialisms; and alter - native forms of violence, governmentality, and resilience. Practitioners, public intellectuals, and academic scholars will contribute their experience, reflections and analyses help members of the seminar illuminate the presumptions and possibilities of a "passe-partout" world.