Archive: Globalization Column
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Utilizing Technologies in Development Organizations
I would like to think that in development we are witnessing a context shift, a change in institutional frameworks that has been facilitated both by new technologies and innovative new organizations. T
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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The Creativity Conundrum
What Antonio says (transcript from the animation): Let's talk a little about creativity. The kind of creativity that is written about all over the internet, best-selling books and business magazines.
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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Modernity on the Wings of Morality
On Wednesday, October 19, Jurgen Habermas traversed the Atlantic to deliver a lecture on myth and ritual as a part of Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs lecture series.
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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Occupying the Dream
Posted up in a makeshift hamlet in a neighborhood park in Lower Manhattan, the 99 percent have mobilized in opposition to “the man” and his oppressive capitalist regime. The suits peer down from high
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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On Democracy and "Seasonal" Uprisings
There are many ways to model communication flows: There is the Two-Step Model, which relies on opinion leaders to spread a message, monologic flows of communication that are uni-directional and top-d
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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Exploring Intercultural Identity: Four Voices: Oh, Diversity!
For this entry, I was greatly educated and inspired by the book "Multiculturalism & Intergroup Relations: Psychological implications for democracy in a global context" by Fathali M. Moghaddam. Americ
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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Exploring Intercultural Identity: Four Voices
The term ‘identity’ finds itself in a perpetual dialectic: it is caught up in a tug of war of appropriation between the collective and the individual. Our understanding of the self, too, is mediated
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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Through a Cloud, Clearly
In the medical literature, the vocal “cord” is a mere “fold,” a piece of gristle that strives to reach out and touch its twin, thus producing the possibility of sound effects. But I feel that there m
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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Blind Development?
Over the weekend I watched an award winning documentary, Blindsight, which “follows the gripping adventure of six Tibetan teenagers on their journey to climb a mountain in the shadow of Everest.” While all of the reviews featured on the website state that the film is “captivating, inspiring, and breathtaking,” I honestly felt none of those emotions while watching it.
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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Interdisciplinarity Anyone? Part Deux.
In my last blog post, I discussed President Obama’s State of the Union and America’s current treatment of international students in relation to Jane Jacobs’ book, he Death and Life of Great American Cities. The focus of the post was the idea that, much like the city planners in Jacobs’ book who wanted to clear people from city streets due to an unsubstantiated fear that busy streets meant danger, the powers that be here in America have erroneously instilled a belief that allowing international students to remain in the USA will somehow damage our way of life.
Categories: Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog