The Making of ‘World Society’: Transnational Practices and Global Patterns

The Making of ‘World Society’: Transnational Practices and Global Patterns

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Organised by the Graduiertenkolleg "World Concepts and Global Patterns" and the Institute for World Society Studies at Bielefeld University
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Location
Bielefeld
Country
Germany
From - Until
24.11.2005 - 25.11.2005
Deadline
05.11.2005
By
Gerharz, Eva

Thursday, 24th November

Welcome
11.00 – 11.15h
Conference Organizers

Opening Session
11.15 – 12.45h
Petra Dannecker, Bielefeld (chair)
Luis Eduardo Guarnizo, Davis
Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka, Bielefeld
Thomas Faist, Bielefeld

Lunch 12.45 – 13.45h

Keynote
13.45 – 14.15h
R. Cheran, Toronto
Open Borders and Closed Societies: National-ism, Transnationalism and Multiculturalism in North America

Transnationalism and Development
14.15 – 16.15h
R. Cheran, Toronto (Discussant)

Eva Kristin Gerharz, Bielefeld
Transnational Dimensions of Post-War-Reconstruction in Northern Sri Lanka

Stephanie Loddo, Paris
Palestinian Transnational Actors and the Con-struction of the Homeland

Gilberto Rescher, Bielefeld
Transnational Citizenship, Local Politics and Development: The Case of a Rural Community in Central Mexico

Coffee Break 16.15 – 16.45h

Implications of ICT Usage for
Transnational Populations’ Everyday Life
16.45 – 19.15h

Luis Eduardo Guarnizo, Davis (Discussant)

Olga Davydova, Joensuu
Transnational Russian Finnishness / Finnish Russianness

Urmila Goel, Frankfurt/Oder
Imagining Transnationality:
The Internet Portal theinder.net

Magdalena Nowicka, München
A Question of Quality. ICTs and Their Role in Global Social Networks

Heike Monika Greschke, Bielefeld
Does it Matter Where You Are? The Meaning of Co-presence in Internet based Global
Cohabitation

Dinner 20.00h

Friday, 25th November

Keynote
09.00 – 09.30h
Keith Hart, London

Transnational Practices and New Social Formations in Europe
09.30 – 12.00h
Keith Hart, London (Discussant)

Besim Can Zirh, Ankara
Euro-Alevis: From Gastarbeiter to Transnational Community

Michael Janoschka, Frankfurt
Transnational Democracy through Daily Prac-tices: Political Participation of the North-European Diaspora on the Mediterranean Coastal Strip

Germana D’Ottavio, Italy
Mobility Strategies in the Enlarged Europe: A Case-study on Polish Women in an Italian Prov-ince.

Remus Anghel, Bielefeld
Irregularity and Risks in Europe: Illegal Status, Labour Markets and Transnational Practices among Romanian Transmigrants in Milan

Lunch 12.00 – 13.00h

Transnationalism and Local
Marketplaces
13.00 – 15.30h

Thomas Faist, Bielefeld (Discussant)

Alexandra Lindenthal, Bremen
The Emergence of Industry-Spanning Practices. Theoretical Backgrounds and Preliminary Em-pirical Findings Concerning the Transnational
Management of Hazardous Chemicals

Stephanie Hering, Basel
A Global City-State of Finance – The Staging of Singapore as a Financial Hub Between Global and Local Rhetoric

Sascha Wisotzki, Bayreuth
Transnational Trade Networks of the Indian and Arabic Diaspora on Zanzibar

Sven Kleinekathöfer, Bielefeld
Local Marketplaces and Global Scope of the ‚Oriental Plaza’ (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Coffee Break 15.30 – 16.00h

Closing Keynote
16.00 – 16.30h
Monika Salzbrunn, Paris

Further Information:
http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/soz/iw/index.html
Conference Fee: € 25,-

VENUE:
Jugendgästehaus
Hermann-Kleinewächter-Str.1
33602 Bielefeld
0049 521 522 05 -0

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Contact (announcement)

Eva Kristin Gerharz
eva.gerharz@uni-bielefeld.de
0049 521 106 – 423100
49 179 4091183 (mobil)

Heike Monika Greschke
heike.greschke@uni-bielefeld.de
0049 521 106 - 4327

http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/soz/iw/index.html
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29.10.2005
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