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Spatialities of transnational resistance to globalization: the maps of grievance of the Inter-Continental Caravan.

Authors :
Featherstone, David
Source :
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers; 2003, Vol. 28 Issue 4, p404-421, 18p
Publication Year :
2003

Abstract

This paper explores the spatialities constructed through resistances to globalization. It focuses on the Inter-Continental Caravan, an ambitious project which united activists from the Indian New Farmers Movements with West European green activists in contesting neo-liberal institutions and biotechnology. The paper argues that these political activities constructed distinctive ‘maps of grievance’. This term is used to suggest that the construction of grievances has both a distinctive spatiality and is constitutive of political identities. The paper argues that the different maps of grievances generated through the project were both a condition of possibility for these transnational alliances and exerted pressure on the formation of solidarities. It concludes by arguing that the location of counter-globalization politics at the intersection of different routes of resistance can be integral to the formation of alternative political imaginaries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00202754
Volume :
28
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
11558136
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0020-2754.2003.00101.x