How Do We Define the Global in Ways, Which Would Take Into Account Epistemological and Material Inequalities?

Conference: The Asian Conference on the Social Sciences (ACSS2022)
Title: How Do We Define the Global in Ways, Which Would Take Into Account Epistemological and Material Inequalities?
Stream: Globalization and Internationalization
Presentation Type: Virtual Poster Presentation
Authors:
Yixuan Wei, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, China

Abstract:

Scholarship on globalization tend to focus on a single and homogeneous description of the nature of globalization and its impact - based on the Global North. This paper questions the current narrative of globalization. It argues that Patricia Richards is more than other authors to define the Global. Because the Global South is taken into account in his definition of "the Global", and it challenges the terms constituting the theory and leads the research of globalization theory to a new and possibly more effective analytical direction. This paper discuss the two characteristics of the global dynamics of knowledge production: monopoly and colonization, and further reveal the essence of epistemological inequality. It reflects on the decolonization task of globalization theory, of which have provided particularly important analysis of the epistemology of the Global South. Ultimately, it considers how to treat social issues in the global and transnational context equally from the perspective of epistemology.



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