GLOBALIZATION, DIFFERENCE, AND HUMAN SECURITY March 12-14, 2008 10am-6pm Osaka University Nakanoshima Center, 10th floor Organized by Global COE “A Research Base for Conflict Studies in the Humanities”, and Global Collaboration Center (GLOCOL) Osaka University |
||
|
Conference Proposal List of Presenters and Paper Titles Conference Program Access Map Related Links Conference Proposal Human Security (HS) discourses have entered a globalized world of connectivity and difference largely silenced under the comforting gaze of the national imaginary and its attendant homogenization of space and identity. Drawn from economistic readings of the ‘vital core’ of human lives, developmentalist thinking has marginalized the cultural constitution of societal relations and the symbolic universe of agents under threat. The rearticulation of space and time produces new challenges for HS by redefining social relations, disrupting life-worlds, but it also presents new opportunities for reconstituting identities. Globalizing trends bring to center-stage the question of difference, not as a residual feature of the human material condition, subordinated to physical, economic, political or environmental phenomena, but a nodal point of ‘human’ security. Globalization entails both the intensification of scalar connections and their disintegrating effects on community, identity and forms of life. The most recognizable effect of globalization-from-above is the diminishing capacity of the State in much of the Global South in favor of managerial forms of top-down governance and the widening gulf between the privileged and the destitute. Ravages of intra-state wars, displacements of populations, and the reproduction of ‘societies of war’ have taken an unprecedented toll on human lives. Less visible in the widening compass of human insecurity is a diminution in cultural capacity, the ability to provide the minimum conditions of coherent and integrated meaning in a rapidly changing social world. These developments necessitate the reinvigoration of the conversation on HS by reframing its conceptual interior in two principal ways: (1) an appreciation of the shifting terrain of globalization with an emphasis on difference; and (2) by recognizing new forms, modes, and sources of ‘meaning’ for vulnerable populations. While the former would allow a study of the mixed and separate effects of globalization, the latter would shift the foci of HS to the perspective of agents and their habitus. The disintegration of meaning-making resources under the impact of globalization-from-above necessitates a strategic shift in the conception of HS. On this view, HS cannot be divorced from the capacity of agents to produce new symbolic universes that allow sufficient depth to absorb the pressures of rapid and potentially disorienting change. Conference Theme Organized under the auspices of GLOCOL and a Global COE Program at Osaka University, this international conference on Globalization, Difference, and Human Security seeks to advance HS Studies by reframing the concept of human security. How does the notion of ‘difference’ offer new avenues to capture human insecurity on a world scale? What are the interconnections between cultural disintegration and new registers of ethnic, religious, or sectarian conflicts? What are the contradictory effects of top-down globalization and the emergence of transcultural identities? Is multiculturalism an adequate framework to cope with the erosion of homogenizing impulses? Can new capacities be created in the context of globalizing processes that mitigate conflict? What is the impact of social connectedness on a world scale on the emergence of transcultural modalities of identity formation and identity management? Can the processes of economic and political transition under conditions of time-space compression fruitfully permit individuals and communities to avoid cultural involution or homogenization? These questions underpin the conference theme, necessitating an interdisciplinary conversation in the humanities. Sub-Themes To deepen the conversation, the conference will explore three interlinked sub-themes: (1) Globalization and Difference; (2) The Nature of Human Security in a world of globalizing connectivity and fracture; (3) The Limits and Strengths of Multiculturalism and Transculturalism. These sub-themes challenge the positivist inclination to reduce HS to a statistical artifact, but also compel recognition of the question of difference in any meaningful understanding of the ‘vital core.’ The discussion of the nexus between globalization and transculturalism is not one of semantics, but substantive and strategic importance. Globalization, at least in its dominant version, suggests homogenization and the rise of a ‘flat’ world. Conversely, it suggests resistance of particularism to universalism. In both instances, the complexity and contradictory nature of globalization is not captured as a totality. The language of ‘difference’ suggests an alternative, but is this an adequate alternative? An examination of this question may suggest new pathways to understand the character of HS in the context of increased global interconnectedness. Participants The participants in this international conference are drawn from a variety of disciplines in the humanities to preserve interdisciplinarity, but also to appreciate the heterodox character of a conversation based on a confluence of multiple geo-epistemological sites. The conference promises to break new ground in the arena of HS Studies through shared knowledge amongst the leading scholars in the social sciences, based in Japan and in several key cultural zones elsewhere. List of Presenters and Paper Titles 1. Professor Anna M. AGATHANGELOU York University, Canada Neoliberal and Terror-Necrotic Regimes and the New World War Order: Sacrifice Economies, Insecurities and Eurasia 2. Professor Pinar BILGIN Bilkent University, Turkey Globalization of World Politics, Transformation of “Traditional” Societies and Persistence of Human Insecurities 3. Professor David CHANDLER University of Westminster, UK Human Security: The Dog That Didn’t Bark 4. Professor Matt DAVIES Newcastle University, UK Culture and Globalization Revisited: Transculturality, Creative Practice, or Oeuvre? A Critique of Neo-Smithian Conceptions 5. Professor Siba N’Zatioula GROVOGUI John Hopkins University, USA Timbuktu Was Never Far Away: The Rule of Law, Transhumance, and Citizenship after September 11, 2001 6. Professor Sandra HALPERIN Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Globalization, Nationality, and Human Insecurity: Reflections on Local and World History 7. Professor Noriko HATAYA Sophia University, Japan Resource Mobilization under Extreme Conditions: Community-Based Local Development and Peace-Initiative in Colombia 8. Professor Eiichi HOSHINO University of the Ryukyus, Japan Human Security in Okinawa 9. Professor Branwen Gruffydd JONES Goldsmith College, University of London, UK Human (In) Security in the Neoliberal City: A Postcolonial Perspective 10. Professor Junji KOIZUMI Osaka University, Japan Human Security and Interpretive Approach 11. Professor Eisei KURIMOTO Osaka University, Japan Human (In)Security under War Situation: The Case of Southern Sudan 12. Professor Yoichi MINE Osaka University, Japan Human Security: A Conceptual Exploration 13. Professor Kuniko MIYANAGA Tama University, Japan Globalization and Identity 14. Professor Craig N. MURPHY Harvard University, USA Can the Human Security Paradigm Inform an International Relations that Accepts Difference? 15. Professor Jan NEDERVEEN PIETERSE University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Global Multiculture: Cultures, Transnational Cultures, Deep Culture 16. Professor Claudio Gonzalez PARRA Universidad de Concepcion, Chile Different Indigenous Identities in a Semi-Globalized Context: Symbolization and Cultural Recognition 17. Professor Mustapha Kamal PASHA University of Aberdeen, UK Islam, Nihilism, and Human Insecurity 18. Professor Vanessa PUPAVAC Nottingham University, UK Human Security and the International Crisis of Meaning 19. Professor Anca PUSCA University of Birmingham, UK Space and Human Insecurity: The Case of Transitioning Central and Eastern Europe 20. Professor Sherene RAZACK University of Toronto, Canada Gender, Race, and the Casting Out of Muslims from Political Community: The Psychic Foundations of Human (In) Security 21. Professor Makoto SATO Ritsumeikan University, Japan Human Security and Japanese Perception 22. Professor Yasunobu SATO University of Tokyo, Japan The Rule of Law, but Whose Law? Law and Judicial Reform Assistance in Peace-building in Asia 23. Professor Sanjay SETH Goldsmith College, University of London, UK Globalization as the End of Difference? A Postcolonial Dissent 24. Professor Giorgiandrea SHANI Ritsumeikan University, Japan Towards a Critical Human Security Paradigm: Globalization, Human In/Security and Cultural Diversity 25. Professor Timothy M. SHAW University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago Africa and Elusive ‘Human Security’ in the 21st Century: Insights from a ‘Problematic’ ‘Liberal Peace’ in Uganda 26. Professor Robbie SHILLIAM Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand The "Human" as Interpolated Subject: Maori Struggles In New Zealand and the Antinomies of "Human Security" as a Concept 27. Professor Angharad Closs STEPHENS Durham University, UK Time, Community, and Human Security 28. Professor Seira TAMANG Centre for Social Research and Development, Nepal Gender, Citizenship and Human Insecurity 29. Professor Yumiko TOKITA-TANABE Osaka University, Japan Recognizing Ontological Equality: Rethinking the Cultural Resources for Negotiating Differences in Orissa, India 30. Professor Hiroyuki TOSA Kobe University, Japan "New Wars" under Neo-liberal Global Governance: Beyond Absolute Antagonism 31. Professor Peter VALE Rhodes University, South Africa Human Security and the Chimera of Globalization 32. Professor Heloise WEBER University of Queensland, Australia Cultural Politics of Globalization and Human (In) Securities 33. Professor Martin WEBER University of Queensland, Australia The Fantastic Social World of Human Security through Global Governance: Notes Towards a Critique Conference Program Wednesday, March 12, 2008 0900-1000 Registration 1000-1010 Welcome: Professor Eisei KURIMOTO, Osaka University, Japan Director GLOCOL 1010-1020 Opening Address: Professor Kiyokazu WASHIDA President of Osaka University, Japan 1020-1045 Conference Theme: Professors Eisei KURIMOTO, Yoichi MINE & Mustapha Kamal PASHA (Co-conveners) 1045-1200 SESSION I Rethinking Human Security: Conceptual and Historical Possibilities Chair: Professor Sandra HALPERIN, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Presenters: Professor David CHANDLER, Westminster University, UK Human Security: the Dog That Didn’t Bark Professor Craig N. MURPHY, Harvard University, USA Can the Human Security Paradigm Inform an International Relations that Accepts Difference? Professor Heloise WEBER, University of Queensland, Australia Cultural Politics of Globalization and Human (In) Securities Professor Giorgiandrea SHANI, Ritsumeikan University, Japan Towards a Critical Human Security Paradigm: Globalization, Human In/Security and Cultural Diversity 1200-1400 LUNCH 1400-1545 SESSION II The National Imaginary, Globalization, and Human Security Chair: Professor Yoichi MINE, Osaka University, Japan Presenters: Professor Jan NEDERVEEN PIETERSE, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, USA Global Multiculture: Cultures, Transnational Culture, Deep Culture Professor Kuniko MIYANAGA, Tama University, Japan Globalization and Identity Professor Matt DAVIES, Newcastle University, UK Culture and Globalization Revisited: Transculturality, Creative Practice, or Oeuvre? A Critique of Neo-Smithian Conceptions Professor Sanjay SETH, Goldsmith College, University of London, UK Globalization as the End of Difference? A Postcolonial Dissent 1545-1600 TEA/COFFEE BREAK 1600-1800 SESSION III Neoliberal Governance and Difference after 9/11 & 7/7 Chair: Mustapha Kamal PASHA, University of Aberdeen, UK Presenters: Professor Sherene RAZACK, University of Toronto, Canada Gender, Race, and the Casting Out of Muslims from Political Community Professor Hiroyuki TOSA, Kobe University, Japan “New Wars” under Neoliberal Governance: Beyond Absolute Antagonism Professor Angharad Closs STEPHENS, Durham University, UK Time, Community, and Human Security Professor Siba N’Zatioula GROVOGUI, John Hopkins University, USA Timbuktu Was Never Far Away: the Rule of Law, Transhumance, and Citizenship after September 11, 2001 Professor Anna M. AGATHANGELOU, York University, Canada Neoliberal and Terror-Necrotic Regimes and the New World Order: Sacrifice Economies, Insecurities and Eurasia 1800 ADJOURNMENT Thursday, March 13, 2008 0900-1000 Registration 1000-1200 SESSION IV Human Security in a ‘Neoliberal’ Global Context Chair: Professor Eisei KURIMOTO, Osaka University, Japan Presenters: Professor Yasunobu SATO, University of Tokyo, Japan The Rule of Law, but Whose Law? Law and Judicial Reform Assistance in Peace-Building in Asia Professor Claudio Gonzalez PARRA, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile Different Indigenous Identities in a Semi-Globalized Context: Symbolization and Cultural Recognition Professor Noriko HATAYA, Sophia University, Japan Resource Mobilization under Extreme Conditions: Community-Based Local Development and Peace-Initiative in Colombia Professor Timothy M. SHAW, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago Africa and Elusive ‘Human Security’ in the 21st Century: Insights from a ‘Problematic’ ‘Liberal Peace’ in Uganda 1200-1400 LUNCH 1400-1545 SESSION V The Antinomies of Globalization and Human (In) Security Chair: Professor Junji KOIZUMI, Osaka University, Japan Presenters: Professor Sandra HALPERIN, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Globalization, Nationality, and Human Insecurity: Reflections on Local and World History Professor Peter VALE, Rhodes University, South Africa Human Security and the Chimera of Globalization Professor Branwen Gruffydd JONES, Goldsmith College, University of London, UK Human (In) Security in a Neoliberal City: A Postcolonial Perspective Professor Martin WEBER, University of Queensland, Australia The Fantastic Social World of Human Security through Global Governance: Notes Towards a Critique 1545-1600 TEA/COFFEE BREAK 1600-1800 SESSION VI Interpolation, Human Security, and the ‘Crisis of Meaning’ Chair: Professor David CHANDLER, Westminster University, UK Presenters: Professor Anca PUSCA, University of Birmingham, UK Space and Human Insecurity: The Case of Transitioning Central and Eastern Europe Professor Robbie SHILLIAM, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand The ‘Human’ as Interpolated Subject: Maori Struggles in New Zealand and the Antinomies of ‘Human Security’ as a Concept Professor Vanessa PUPAVAC, Nottingham University, UK Human Security and the International Crisis of Meaning Professor Mustapha Kamal PASHA, University of Aberdeen, UK Islam, Nihilism, and Human Insecurity 1800 ADJOURNMENT Friday, March 14, 2008 0900-1000 Registration 1000-1200 SESSION VII Non-Western Perspectives on Human Security Chair: Professor Craig N. MURPHY, Harvard University, USA Presenters: Professor Junji Koizumi, Osaka University, Japan Human Security and Interpretative Approach Professor Pinar BILGIN, Bilkent University, Turkey Globalization of World Politics, Transformation of “Traditional” Societies and Persistence of Human Insecurities Professor Makoto SATO, Ritsumeikan University, Japan Human Security and Japanese Perception Professor Yoichi MINE, Osaka University, Japan Human Security: A Conceptual Exploration 1200-1345 LUNCH 1345-1530 SESSION VIII Human Security in Global and Local Contexts Chair: Professor Siba N’Zatioula GROVOGUI, John Hopkins University, USA Presenters: Professor Eisei KURIMOTO, Osaka University, Japan Human (In) security under War Situation: The Case of Southern Sudan Professor Seira TAMANG, Centre for Social Research and Development, Nepal Gender, Citizenship, and Human Insecurity Professor Yumiko TOKITA-TANABE, Osaka University, Japan Recognizing Ontological Equality: Rethinking the Cultural Resources for Negotiating Differences in Orissa, India Professor Eiichi HOSHINO, University of the Ryukyus, Japan Human Security in Okinawa 1530-1600 TEA/COFFEE BREAK 1600-1800 SESSION IX Open Discussion Chair: Professor Junji KOIZUMI, Osaka University, Japan 1800 CLOSE Access Map Osaka University Nakanoshima Center [PDF file 915KB]  Related Links Global Collaboration Center (GLOCOL)  Rihga Grand Hotel 2-3-18, Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0005, Japan Phone: +81-(0)6-6202-1212 Fax: +81-(0)6-6227-5054  |
||
Copyright © 2009 Osaka University