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Information and globalisation

Information and globalisation. WSF Workshop July 3-5, 2006 - Nairobi Shiraz Durrani. Information is power; the power of information. “You don’t exist if you are not reported” Communication in “traditional” village and the global village The politics of information

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Information and globalisation

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  1. Information and globalisation WSF Workshop July 3-5, 2006 - Nairobi Shiraz Durrani

  2. Information is power; the power of information • “You don’t exist if you are not reported” • Communication in “traditional” village and the global village • The politics of information • Information in Africa’s liberation: Congo & Kenya – form and content • Lessons learnt: Vietnam; Mexico WSF Workshop Nairobi July 2006

  3. Globalisation • A stage of capitalism • Driven by corporate interests • Information-centred technological revolution • Global profit search: skills, resources, markets • “The microchip gives you a society with the global capitalist” WSF Workshop Nairobi July 2006

  4. Characteristics of globalisation • Interdependent world • Production anywhere in the world for consumption anywhere in the world • Capital and industries free to move to regions of cheap labour and resources • Restrictions on movement of labour, leading to “legal” & “illegal” refugees WSF Workshop Nairobi July 2006

  5. Globalisation and exclusion • “Information Society” is not neutral • It is bound up with forces that perpetuate & intensify exclusion [1] • While this aggressive phase of capitalism results in economic growth in some countries, millions of people remain excluded from growth WSF Workshop Nairobi July 2006

  6. Global contradictions • Age of the Internet, yet 80 per cent of the world’s population have not used a phone • Age of democracy, yet world’s richest three men own more than GDP of the 48 poorest nations*. • Possibilities for a better life for all, yet marginalisation and exclusion for the majority. WSF Workshop Nairobi July 2006

  7. Tools of globalisation • International organisations, WB,WTO • Privatisation & deregulation • “Divide and rule” • Attacks on organisations (inc. TUs) • Use of “home guards” & “contras” • Wars & dictators (Iraq) • Cultural wars; misinformation WSF Workshop Nairobi July 2006

  8. Results of globalisation • Economic exploitation • Social oppression based on race, gender, age, disability, religion • Unfavourable trade terms; corruption • National and international wars • Suppression of people’s cultures, technologies and industries WSF Workshop Nairobi July 2006

  9. Global resistance – “returning a stare” 1 • Struggles for power and liberation • Resistance confronts domination, • Combatants are peasants, workers, intellectuals, academics • Ideologies developed & disseminated • National & international forces unite • Uses ICT, traditional & oral media WSF Workshop Nairobi July 2006

  10. Background reading • “Returning a stare” • Ideas and issues (2005) • No. 1: Globalisation • No. 2: Information Society • Background reading for Module 1 WSF Workshop Nairobi July 2006

  11. Workshop • Assess the impact of globalisation in the last five years in your work and personal lives WSF Workshop Nairobi July 2006

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