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Being the global truths we speak: Articulating global identities through anti-globalization activism

Posted on:2006-08-23Degree:M.AType:Thesis
University:York University (Canada)Candidate:Lawrence, Matthew CharlesFull Text:PDF
GTID:2450390008955906Subject:Anthropology
Abstract/Summary:
This is a study of the ways in which anti-globalization activists articulate global identities, rather than identities rooted in national, ethnic or other candidates for identification referents. From May to October of 2001, I conducted ethnographic research with a grassroots anti-globalization organization in Toronto, Canada with online research taking place concurrently. My study explores the roles of participation with social movement organizations, online activism, and situatedness within activist networks as three coactive contexts that produce activist identities that are rooted in the scale of the global.
Keywords/Search Tags:Global, Identities
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