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Creating intentional spaces for sustainable development in the Indian trans-Himalaya: reconceptualizing globalization from below.
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Intercultural Education . Oct2014, Vol. 25 Issue 5, p362-376. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- In an era of globalization, multifaceted and complex changes have increasingly interconnected geographically dispersed places. A central question of globalization studies concerns whether top-down forces of globalization are forging a global culture or whether processes of globalization from below are able to push back against homogenization by appropriating global forces rather than simply being overwhelmed by them. In this paper, I develop the concept of intentional spaces to show how ideas move globally and how local communities appropriate these ideas, revealing the actual practices that happen in the middle of top-down and bottom-up processes of globalization. I identify three types of ‘intentional spaces’ – physical, pedagogical, and ideological – to document the middle: where top down global forces meet local responses, and how these processes unfold. These intentional spaces enable processes of globalization from below, particularly the development of a mode of critical education that is both political and anti-hegemonic. This critical education empowers local people to adapt global/Western perspectives and influences to indigenous perspectives and practices, creating its own discourses of globalization. I use the context of the trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh to consider how national and international forces intersect with the local, and how local communities re-envision their participation in a modern, global economy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14675986
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Intercultural Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 99712498
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14675986.2014.972610