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This posting is directed to upper division undergraduate and graduate
students interested in participating in a virtual seminar on Global
Cities & Social Movements. Faculty are welcome to contact me for more
details.
The fifth offering of the Virtual Seminar in Global Political Economy (GPE)
is an experiment in research and education, mediated through computer
networks, electronic mail, and electronic archiving of materials. It
seeks to create an international dialogue among students and scholars
in various countries on several continents, creating for students a
global forum in which they may and are expected to participate on an
equal basis. In the process, discussions and an exchange of ideas on the
course theme and topics among scholars and students from other cultures
and societies will vastly enrich the learning experience.
The GPE is academically rigorous. Participation will require or foster
computer networking and analytical skills, and will impart an
appreciation of the complexities and subtleties of the existing
discourse on Global Political Economy by both academics and practioners.
The central theme of the GPE course for this term is Global Cities and
Social Movements with a dual focus on (i) the nature and logic of global
capital in the late 20th century in creating centers of capital
accumulation and (ii) the various forms of resistance and struggles of
popular sector groups, organizations, and classes in formulating both
survival strategies and seeking viable alternatives to the dominance of
capital in the Global City.
The GPE is hosted at Communications for a Sustainable Future.
Please visit the course site or write me for further information.
Lev Gonick
GPE Faculty Coordinator
lev.gonick@csf.colorado.edu