Official Course Description
At the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2023, there was repeated critical, but perhaps not too late, debate about the de-globalization and fragmentation of the current world order, voiced primarily by the global North: Is this the end for Western civilization and the rise for other parts of the world? Glocalization: from West-Asia to West-Europe points to the ascent of an era that we are witnessing as active and passive participants, and which is strongly manifested through transnational migration, natural disasters, everyday socio-cultural connections and divisions, among others. This seminar will focus on two regional interdependent geographies that are strongly shaped by, among other things, political, linguistic, political-economic, and civilizational parameters: West-Asia and West-Europe. In between of these two continents are many nation-states that will be partly discussed in this seminar. Glocalization might be therefore one of the most interesting ideas, considerations, and urgent responses to our current history, its sustainability and a hopefully more calculable future. This seminar is an approach to the idea of Glocalization!
At the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2023, there was repeated critical, but perhaps not too late, debate about the de-globalization and fragmentation of the current world order, voiced primarily by the global North: Is this the end for Western civilization and the rise for other parts of the world? Glocalization: from West-Asia to West-Europe points to the ascent of an era that we are witnessing as active and passive participants, and which is strongly manifested through transnational migration, natural disasters, everyday socio-cultural connections and divisions, among others. This seminar will focus on two regional interdependent geographies that are strongly shaped by, among other things, political, linguistic, political-economic, and civilizational parameters: West-Asia and West-Europe. In between of these two continents are many nation-states that will be partly discussed in this seminar. Glocalization might be therefore one of the most interesting ideas, considerations, and urgent responses to our current history, its sustainability and a hopefully more calculable future. This seminar is an approach to the idea of Glocalization!
- Lehrende: Homayun Alam
Semester: ST 2023