UCSB Reads
Change begins with learning . . .
What we're reading:
Pietra Rivoli, The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: an Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade
Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2005
Share your opinions, thoughts, and questions about The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy or on globalization issues in general.
Globalization is a topic found in every major news source. Many of the issues are strongly debated and some are highly controversial. We would like to use these conversations, listed below, or the discussion board to talk more about these issues as a community.
How does globalization impact cultural diversity, women, democracy, the environment, American workers, or the U.S. economy? What do you think? . . . We hope you'll take part in the discussions.
Wednesday, February 13, Noon
UCSB Davidson Library
Discussion led by:
Prof. Eileen Boris, Hull Professor and Chair, UCSB Women's Studies Program,
Women and labor studies
Nadege Clitandre, Researcher, UCSB Black Studies Dept., Globalization issues
and Haiti
Prof. Aashish Mehta, UCSB Global & International Studies, Globalization and
employment in developing economies
Prof. Michael Stohl, Chair, UCSB Communication Dept., Political communication
and global relations
Tuesday, February 19, 7 pm
Carpinteria Public Library
Discussion led by:
Nicole Bassett, Social Responsibility Manager, Patagonia Company
Prof. Robert Deacon, UCSB Economics Dept., Environmental economics
Prof. Peter Haslund, Program Director, SBCC International & Global Studies
Prof. Ernst Von Weizsäcker, Dean, UCSB Donald Bren School of Environmental
Science and Management, Global environmental policy
Wednesday, February 20, 7 pm
Montecito Public Library
Discussion led by:
Prof. Rich Appelbaum, Director, UCSB MA in Global & International Studies;
Co-Director, Center for Global Studies
Prof. Peter Haslund, Program Director, SBCC International & Global Studies
Prof. Oran Young, UCSB Donald Bren School of Environmental Science &
Management, International environmental governance
Thursday, February 21, Noon
UCSB Davidson Library
Discussion led by:
John Greathouse, Lecturer, UCSB Technology Management Program,
Helped launch Computer Motion and Expertcity (aka Citrix Online)
Mary O'Connor, UCSB Research Anthropologist, Economic globalization
and transnational migration between Mexico and the US
Prof. Ernst Von Weizsäcker, Dean, UCSB Donald Bren School of Environmental
Science and Management, Global environmental policy
Prof. John Woolley, UCSB Political Science, U.S. government and
regulatory policy and the economy
Thursday, February 21, 7 pm
Goleta Public Library
Discussion led by:
Nicole Bassett, Social Responsibility Manager, Patagonia
Prof. David Cleveland, UCSB Environmental Studies, Diversity in
agricultural systems and the environment
Prof. Francesca Degiuli, Faculty Fellow, UCSB Global & International Studies
Program, Gender, globalization, immigration and work
Wednesday, February 27, 1pm
Women's Center Conference Room
Panel and Discussion: The Gendered Economies of Globalization
Discussion led by:
Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Francesca Degiuli, and Molly Talcott
- In coordination with the UCSB Reads focus this year on issues of globalization and Peitra Rivoli's The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy as the selected Read, the Women's Center presents a panel on gender and globalization featuring Professor Kum-Kum Bhavnani (Sociology and Global Studies), Faculty Fellow Francesca Degiuli (Global Studies), and graduate student Molly Talcott (Sociology). Bhavnani, Degiuli and Talcott will discuss their research about agriculture, migration, labor and organizing in a variety of national and transnational locations in order to address the complex links between globalization, gender, and ethnic and racial identity.
Wednesday, February 27, 7 pm
Solvang Public Library
Discussion led by:
Prof. Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval, UCSB Chican@ Studies, Globalization, labor,
social movements and Latin America
Prof. David Carr, UCSB Geography Dept., Population and food systems in
context of global environmental change
Prof. Kenneth Harwood, Adjunct Professor, UCSB Communication Dept.
Ethics of media and media economics including the Web
Aaron Petersen, Chair, Solvang City Planning Commission and Solvang
business owner
Thursday, February 28, 5:30 pm
Santa Barbara Downtown Public Library
Discussion led by:
Prof. Kum-Kum Bhavnani, UCSB Sociology Dept., Women and international
development
Marty Blum, Mayor, Santa Barbara
Prof. Jerry Cohen, UCSB Political Science, International political economy
Prof. Mark Juergensmeyer, Director, UCSB Orfalea Center for Global &
International Studies
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02/26/08