[pf] Vandana Shiva on Globalisation at S11 (audio).

· ".. a tribute to the voices that critiqued the agenda of the forum but
were largely (with notable exceptions) overlooked by a mainstream media .."

Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 08:03:39 +1000
From: Jon Sumby <nonni@green.net.au>
To: Deep Ecology list
Subject: Vandana Shiva on Globalisation at S11 (audio) (relayed verbatim) 

Please forward.

M/C Online and the Media and Cultural Studies Centre, University of
Queensland, present a special feature issue of M/C Reviews, available at
M/C Online:
<http://www.api-network.com/mc/>

Featuring world-renowned feminist and environmentalist, Dr Vandana Shiva

Global Capitalism, Local Responses:  Exploding the World Economic Forum,
September 11-13, 2000.

This issue is a tribute session of the World Economic Forum that was held
in Melbourne between 11 and 13 September. More precisely it is a tribute to
the voices that critiqued the agenda of the forum but were largely (with
notable exceptions) overlooked by a mainstream media intent on constructing
sensational images of the "S11" protesters who blockaded the conference for
three days.

The S11 protests were preceded by several public meetings and conferences
in which academics, activists and members of the public aired their views
about globalisation. In association with the Community Advocacy Unit of
RMIT University, M/C Reviews is able to publish audio recordings of
sessions from the conference Global Capitalism, Local Responses.

The feature opens with Annette Xiberus explaining the importance of land
care from an Aboriginal Australian perspective. This is followed by the
address of the keynote speaker of the conference, Vandana Shiva, an
internationally renowned environmentalist and feminist and a prominent
voice in the growing opposition to 'market fundamentalism'. In her powerful
address she shows how the attempts of transnational corporations to control
the world food supply defy common sense in favour of a logic of enslavement
which obliges farmers to use agribusiness products. The people of the world
could easily feed themselves, but their agency is being blocked by the
designs of global capitalism which demands cash crops be produced for a
world market rather local consumption and sale.

The panel discussion comprises contributions by Associate Professor Rob
Watts of RMIT, Dr Lynette Dumble of the Global Sisterhood Network and
Associate Professor Terry Laidler, who is also an ABC journalist. Between
them they cover issues such as the role of the State in globalisation, the
feminisation of poverty and corporate media. Their speeches are followed by
a lively question and answer session. Rounding off the feature, an article
by Guy Redden reflects on the rhetoric of globalism and the struggles of
neoliberal ideologues, politicians, protesters and the media to promote
their preferred definitions of the concept.

Contents

Welcome and Introduction (audio)        
 Annette Xiberus

People, Food and Globalisation (audio)          
 Vandana Shiva

Globalisation and Statecraft (audio)                    
 Rob Watts

The Losers of Globalisation (audio)                 
 Lynette Dumble

Thoughts on Globalisation (audio)
 Terry Laidler

Audience Questions and Answers (audio)
                
Media, People and the Rhetoric of Globality (review article)    
 Guy Redden

Edited by Guy Redden
M/C Online <http://www.api-network.com/mc/>

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