The World Social Forum in Dakar: Towards New Universalisms?
Submitted by ThomasPonniah on Mon, 12/20/2010 - 5:25pm
Panel Abstract:
One of the key themes of the 2011 World Social Forum in Dakar concerned the quest for new universalisms in response to the crisis of civilization. The Forum aspired to developing alternative paradigms for the crisis of hegemonic civilization of modernity through de-coloniality and socialization of power, especially in the relations between state-market-society; the collective rights of peoples, the de-commodification of life and “development”; the emergence of alternative subjectivities and epistemologies that confront racism, Eurocentrism, patriarchy and anthropocentrism. This panel assesses the WSF's success in producing alternatives to the crisis of the hegemonic form of modern civilization.
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- Africa
- International
- Political and Social Movements
- L. Panel Session 5—Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
- Thomas Ponniah—International Council of the World Social Forum
- Approved
- Jerome Scott—League of Revolutionaries for a New America; National Planning Committee of the U.S. Social Forum
- Lauren Langman—Global Studies Association
- Teivo Teivainen—Network Institute for Global Democratization
- Walda Katz-Fishman—U.S. Social Forum, Howard University
- Harvard
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- E326
Panel Abstract:
One of the key themes of the 2011 World Social Forum in Dakar concerned the quest for new universalisms in response to the crisis of civilization. The Forum aspired to developing alternative paradigms for the crisis of hegemonic civilization of modernity through de-coloniality and socialization of power, especially in the relations between state-market-society; the collective rights of peoples, the de-commodification of life and “development”; the emergence of alternative subjectivities and epistemologies that confront racism, Eurocentrism, patriarchy and anthropocentrism. This panel assesses the WSF's success in producing alternatives to the crisis of the hegemonic form of modern civilization.
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