GLOBAL

CITIZENS

Lecture

GLS Writing Seminar

Fall 2016
Dr. Theresa M. Senft
terri.senft@nyu.edu

COSMOPOLITAN
WRITERS

TODAY'S AGENDA
here's what we'll cover.

GLOBAL STUDIES &

GLOBAL CITIZENS
FEATURES OF
THE COSMOPOLITAN
COSMOPOLITANISM &
GLOBALIZATION

GLOBAL STUDIES

GLOBAL CITIZENS

REVIEW:
WHAT IS

global
studies
AS AN
ACADEMIC
DISCIPLINE?

GLOBAL
STUDIES
likeinternationalstudies,
butlessemphasison
nationstates

artistic,
media &
cultural
flows

political &
economic
flows
nations
INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS
primarilyapoliticalsciencefield

INTERNATIONAL
STUDIES
likeglobalstudies,
butheavier
emphasisonnation

GLOBAL STUDIES: WHAT WE DO

WE FOCUS ON
GLOBALIZATION AND
CHANGE
WE ANALYZE HOW
GLOBAL TRENDS
IMPACT HUMANITY.
WE ARE CONCERNED
WITH GLOBAL
CITIZENSHIP

REVIEW:
WHAT ARE

global
scapes?

REVIEW:
WHAT IS A

global
citizen?
McIntosh,Peggy(2005).
"Genderperspectiveson
educatingforglobal
citizenship."Educating
citizensforglobal
awareness:2239.

GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
(1) the ability to observe oneself and the world around one;
(2) the ability to make comparisons and contrasts;
(3) the ability to see plurally as a result;
(4) the ability to understand that both reality and
language come in versions;
(5) the ability to see power relations and understand them
systemically; and
(6) the ability to balance awareness of ones own realities
with the realities of entities outside of the perceived self
(McIntosh 2005, 23).

COSMOPOLITAN

GLOBALIZATION

DEFINING

cosmopolitanism
TWO
TEXTS

DEFINITION 1

"THE BELIEF THAT

WE NEED TO VIEW
AFFAIRS FROM OUR
PERSPECTIVE AS
GLOBAL CITIZENS"
Smallman&Brown,5

DEFINITION 2
RECOGNIZING HOW WE
ARE CONSTITUTED,
OR HOW WE CAN IMAGINE
OURSELVES INVOLVED
SIMULTANEOUSLY IN A
COMPLEX OF LOCAL AND
GLOBAL NETWORKS,
FAR AS WELL AS NEAR,
THEN AS WELL AS NOW "
Surma,13

Cosmopolitanism as Obligation

Surma, 16

Cosmopolitan as Conversation

Surma, 16

Cosmopolitanism & Ethics of Care

Surma, 28

Surma, 16

"IT IS IMPORTANT
NOT TO CONFLATE

cosmopolitanism
WITH

globalization
ANNE SURMA

"

DEFINING

globalization
TWO
TEXTS

GLOBALIZATION 1:
"Anowubiquitoustermthat
pointstowhatmanyseeas
theeconomic,political,
cultural,andenvironmental
processesthathave
overflowednationalstate
boundariesandregulations,
therebyrenderingtheworlds
peoplesmoreandmorein
constant,increasinglydigital,
contactwitheachother."
(Archer,207)

GLOBALIZATION 2:
"...theeffectofthedominationof
theneo-liberalmarketeconomy
anditscontrolofbothlocaland
transnationaltradeand
commercialactivity.
Thisdepersonalizingphenomenon
makesitsatoncehomogenizing
andfracturingimpactsdeeplyfelt
atindividualpolitical,socialand
environmentalcommunitiesaround
theworld."
Surma,17

"WRITING HAS THE

POWER TO CONSTITUTE
COSMOPOLITAN

resistance

TO THE DEHUMANIZING
& DECONTEXUALIZING
FORCES OF

globalization
ANNE SURMA, 13

"

today's
close
read

To Write is to Change

Cosmopolitan Writing's Obligation

Cosmopolitanism as Care in Writing

Cosmopolitan as Care for Discourse

Cosmopolitan as Care for Rhetoric

Cosmopolitan as Questioning

Cosmopolitan as the Care to Imagine