Hello Everyone.
I mentioned to Rodney that I have been doing a number of courses with
globalization as a central focus. These include: Children's Lives, Women and
Social Change, Global Feminisms, and Weaving Solidarity: Fair Trade, Human
Rights, and Social Justice. The latter course has an off campus delegation
part that is conducted with my colleagues in Chiapas, Mexico. I am attaching
syllabi.
I have been working with the 350 person Mayan Women's Weaving cooperative,
Jolom Mayaetik, since 1998. I also work with a grassroots sister NGO there.
A local feminist network of activists and other human rights- economic
justice organizations are part of a large national, progressive social
movement in Chiapas separate from the Zapatistas.
Since they are weavers, I work with Jolom marketing their textiles
throughout the US( at their request). I also work on health and human rights
initiatives with them and have co-written grants for reproductive health
work and for medical clinic equipment in Chiapas. I am moving toward
creating a non-profit 501C3 organization this year(Weaving with One Heart).
The cooperative has its own oral history on the lives of many of the
weavers. I have just finished my book entitled, Weaving Transnational
Solidarity from the Catskills to Chiapas and Beyond(Brill Press)
forthcoming.
I am also very involved in grassroots youth organizing and have a non-profit
organization, OCAY-Oneonta Community Alliance for Youth and Oneonta Teen
Center.
I am very excited to work with you!
Kate
Katherine O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor, Sociology
Founder and President, OCAY-Oneonta Community Alliance for Youth and Oneonta
Teen Center
Founder, Weaving Solidarity Network (on facebook and myspace)
International Advisor, Jolom Mayaetik, Mayan Women's Weaving Cooperative,
Chiapas, MX
2006 Lynton National Award Recipient for the Scholarship of Faculty Outreach
and Civic Engagement
From: The Partners Project [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Coates, Rodney D. Dr.
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 10:47 AM
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Subject: We welcome Australia to Globalization, Social Justice, and Human
Rights
Dear Rodney
We are currently engaged in doing a bit of re-thinking of our sociology
program and so this caught my eye. One of my colleagues was interested as
well so I thought we'd write and say we are interested in exploring
possibilities.
I am in Mackay in Central Queensland - which is at the centre of the mining
boom - so its an old sugar town now dominated by multinational coal
companies (its mostly drive in and drive out so they work inland and live on
the coast). I have done work on future of the sugar industry and the
liveability of the region but we have quite a strong interest in
environmental issues. My interests are broadly political economic and
community development focused. The big issues facing the communities here
are ones of uneven development with a small number of working people doing
well which imposes costs (especially in terms of housing) on everyone else.
I am also president of a local 'social development' NGO.
My colleague Aminul has a background in development issues in his native
country of Bangladesh but presently is based on Rockhampton which is an old
cattle town but affected by the mining boom too.
In any case in terms of your list of topics I'm sure we can contribute in
some form:
1) Global and transnational monetary systems and national economies -
political economy of coal mining
2) Global and transnational corporations and immigration. - workers on
'temporary' workers visas
3) Globalization, human rights and social justice - uneven development
4) Globalization, transnational political systems and nation identity -
more generally in Australia - refugees are a divisive issue
5) Globalization, race, class and gender identity/relations. - the role
of gender in mining towns, domestic violence, women in Bangladesh
6) Globalization- conflict and world peace.
7) Globalization, environment, and sustainability. - we teach sociology
into the environmental science program - and of course coal mining, climate
change etc are key issues
We are just transferring over to Moodle as our online delivery platform if
that helps - and already teach the majority of our students on-line.
Look forward to hearing how this develops.
Regards
Shane
Shane Hopkinson PhD
Sociology Lecturer
Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences
CQ University
PO Box 5606
Mackay QLD 4741
Ph. 07 49 40 7836
I acknowledge the Yuibera people and their Ancestors past and present, whose
land on which I work.
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From: Coates, Rodney D. Dr. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, 22 October 2009 04:20 AM
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Subject: [PSN-CS] Globalization, Social Justice, and Human Rights-for School
year 2011
Sorry...I placed the wrong date before...excuse the double posting...but
this is for the school year of 2011
One of the new courses we are thinking about for our newly designed major
will feature a upper level course tentatively entitled Globalization, Social
Justice, and Human Rights. I am now seeing if there is any interest in
collaborating on the development of this course. Collaboration would
include the development of a comprehensive syllabus, development of a type
of virtual classroom for students from multiple universities, and the actual
teaching/supervision of said course at your respective university.
Specifically, I am looking for at least 6 or more partners from Outside of
the United States, and 6 or more partners within the U.S. While, both set
of partners are valuable, the very nature of this course depends upon
international collaborators.
Some possible topics:
8) Global and transnational monetary systems and national economies
9) Global and transnational corporations and immigration.
10) Globalization, human rights and social justice
11) Globalization, transnational political systems and nation identity
12) Globalization, race, class and gender identity/relations.
13) Globalization- conflict and world peace.
14) Globalization, environment, and sustainability.
These are just some ideas floating in my head, if any are interested, let me
know, and we can begin the process. Optimally, the envisioned course would
be offered in the spring semester of 2011. There would be costs associated
with this course, and students and faculty would be offering this as a
specific course within their own institutional setting. The novelty is that
we would link our respective courses, syllabi, and students into a type of
virtual class room.
Any takers, contact me directly.
Thanks
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Muhammad Ali
http://www.toddpowelson.com/Scmidty/Imagination.gif
Rodney D. Coates
Professor of Sociology
Miami University
U.S.A.
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