Entangled logics and grassroots imaginaries of Global Justice Networks

Spaces for Talk: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Genuine Dialogue in an International Advocacy Movement

“…Borras suggests a "sandwich strategy", combining global issue framing and initiatives with local and national campaigns that impact domestically (Borras 2008). The communication of shared experiences will motivate and inspire other movements (Routledge, Nativel et al 2006), while providing multiple opportunities for genuine dialogue. Establishing enabling technologies in the form of dynamic communication hubs, where grassroots activists can generate their own content and capture their own activities in digital formats for uploading to the World Wide Web, will require investment and training.…”

“…Paul Routledge, in his study of global justice networks, refers to key organisers as "imagineers" whose work in organising key events literally creates or produces the network itself (Routledge, Nativel et al 2006). The principle means of materialising the GCAR network has been through the La Via Campesina and Food First Information and Action Network (FIAN) web sites and a yahoo email list (Newell 2008), performative events including conferences, and global days of action.…”

Science and neoliberal globalization: a political sociological approach

“…Second, neoliberal public policies have been contested. Social movements, civil society organizations, socially responsible businesses, and some governments have articulated alternative visions of globalization, some of which call for a return to mid-twentieth century social liberalism and democratic socialism and point to the democracy deficit of global governance (Keck and Sikkink 1998;Della Porta and Tarrow 2005;Wood 2005;Routledge et al 2006;Smith and Bandy 2005;Gautney et al 2009). Alternative approaches to globalization can be found not only among grassroots anti-globalization movements but also among some of the prominent economists who were former insiders.…”

Acting in the Network: ANT and the Politics of Generating Associations

“…These free radicals and key contacts öwho must possess English language skills (the lingua franca of PGA Asia) and be computer literate (see also Juris, 2004a)öconstitute the`imagineers' of the network, who attempt to`ground' the concept or imaginary of the network (what it is, how it works, what it is attempting to achieve) within grassroots communities who make up the membership of the participant movements (Routledge et al, 2006). (5) The imagineers work to effect what Callon (discussed in Murdoch, 1997) terms the`moments' of translation: they problematize network functions (in order to effect solutions that enable the network to act more productively); they attempt to designate networked roles for actors (for example, by allotting key tasks for participant movement members and materials); they work to enroll other movements and materials into the network (such as visiting social (5) Juris (2004a) uses the term``activist-hackers'' to stress key activists' networking and information sharing and exchange.…”