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Globalization: Impact on Peoples of the World

Keene State College Fourth Biennial World Affairs Symposium
November 3 – 5, 2005

We live in an era of instant global communication, of multi-national businesses and trans-national media, all part of the trend called "globalization." More attention has been paid to the advantages of the "global village" than to its detrimental effects. In this symposium, Keene State College attempts to balance the discussion by bringing together a diverse group of speakers and performers from many nations and backgrounds to explore the critical issues of global health, justice, the environment, education, and community development.

Led by such experts as Vandana Shiva, David Walton, and Amy Goodman, Symposium events will address the ethics of the global economy, particularly as it relates to the rights of workers and others in the developing world; the connection between the global economy and the spread and treatment of disease; an analysis of globalization in literature and film; and the impact of the global control of information on our thinking about current events and our identity as Americans and citizens of the world.

All members of the campus community and the public are warmly invited to engage in this exploration. All events are free and open to the public. For information or to request accommodations for a disability, please call 603-358-2578 or -2899.

To register for the teacher workshops or for Symposium meals, call Pauline Dionne at 603-358-2106 or e-mail pdionne@keene.edu. There is no charge, but space is limited.

Monday, October 31

4:30 p.m. – Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center

Special Symposium Kick-off Event
The Ibdaa Dance Troupe – The Children of Dheisheh
Ibdaa is a grassroots organization providing social, educational, and cultural programs for the children, youth, and women of Dheisheh refugee camp in Palestine. This Palestinian children's dance troupe has performed in 16 countries around the world. Through traditional folkloric dance and theatrical choreography, the troupe of 26 girls and boys depict Palestinian refugees' history and aspirations.


Thursday, November 3

10 – 10:30 a.m. – Alumni Recital Hall, Redfern Arts Center

Welcome Performance
Drummers from Putney


10:30 – 10:45 a.m. – Alumni Recital Hall, Redfern Arts Center

Welcome Address
Dr. Helen Giles-Gee, President of Keene State College


10:45 – 11:30 a.m. – Alumni Recital Hall, Redfern Arts Center

Globalization: Impact on Peoples of the World
Janaki Natarajan Tschannerl, Keene State College


11:30 a.m.– 1 p.m. – Alumni Recital Hall, Redfern Arts Center

The Struggle for Human and Worker Rights in the Global Economy: The Next Great Civil Rights Movement of our Era
Charles Kernaghan, Executive Director of the National Labor Committee


1 – 2:30 p.m.

Brown bag lunch


2:30 – 4 p.m.

Concurrent Teach-in sessions:

Mountain View Room, Young Student Center

Session I: Globalization and Environment
Barry Rock, University of New Hampshire; JoBeth Mullens, Keene State College


Madison Street Lounge, Young Student Center

Session II: Globalization and Gender
Jean Grossholtz, Mount Holyoke College; Carime Bersh, Keene State College


4:30 – 6 p.m. – Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center

Tracking Militarism: A Feminist Strategy for Making Sense of Globalization
Cynthia Enloe, Clark University


6– 7:15 p.m. – Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center

Banquet – registration required.


7:30 – 9:00 p.m. – Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center

Creating an Earth Democracy
Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology, Navdanya


Friday, November 4

9 – 9:45 a.m. – Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center

Opening dance performance: Would you like some propaganda with your freedom fries?
Val Snowdon and Keene State College dancers

9:50 - 10:05 a.m. – Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center

Introduction
Dr. Dottie Morris, Antioch New England Graduate School


10:05 -11:30 a.m. – Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center

Your money or your life: Is health care an inalienable right?
Asiya S. Tschannerl, St. Georges Medical School; Rene Théberge, R.Théberge and Associates


11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center

Brown bag lunch and People’s Movements: Think globally, act locally
Keene and regional community groups


1 – 2:15 p.m. – Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center

Globalization and the rights of indigenous peoples of Africa
Moringe ole Parkipuny, Maasai Environmental Resource Coalition


2:15 – 3:45 p.m. – Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center

Coexistence or competition? People, wildlife, researchers and tourists
Ludwig Siefert, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda


4 – 5:45 p.m. – Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center

James D. Ewing World Affairs Lecture
Medicine and Social Justice

David Walton, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Partners in Health


6 – 7:15 p.m. – Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center

Banquet – registration required.


7:30 – 9:00 p.m. – Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center

Media, corporations, and governments
Amy Goodman, News Anchor for Democracy Now!


Saturday, November 5

8:30 – 9 a.m. – Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center

Coffee and registration required.


9 – 10 a.m. – Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center

Introduction
Susan Théberge, Keene State College


10 a.m. – Noon

Concurrent Teacher Workshops:

Madison Street Lounge, Young Student Center

Workshop I: World within our classroom
Deborah Black, Ravi Kumar and Judy Reed, Keene State College


Student Center Room 309

Workshop II: Global Media and Everyday Culture
Jiwon Ahn and Marianne Salcetti, Keene State College


Lantern room, Young Student Center

Workshop III: Who are the modern slaves?
Patricia Pedroza, Keene State College


Mountain View Room, Young Student Center

Workshop IV: Militarism, Recruitment and Diplomacy Ann Wright, Colonel and former US diplomat and Susan Théberge, Keene State College


Noon – 1:30 p.m.

Lunch


1:30 – 3 p.m. – Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center

Plan Colombia - a visual exploration of globalization and militarism in Latin America
The Beehive Collective


3:15 – 5:30 p.m. – Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center

Teaching media literacy and criticism in an increasingly globalized world
Sut Jhally, University of Massachusetts, Media Education Foundation




Updated: October 27, 2005

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