Date: Sunday, August 11

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 106: Crisis and Globalization(s)
Room: Musset

Sponsor: Global

Organizer &

Presider: David A. Smith, University of California, Irvine

Description: 

The papers in this session cover a lot of topics in the area of world-system analysis. Come hear from junior scholars and faculty members alike as they present on issues of food, water, the Global South, tech workers, and issues of inequality and hierarchy. All five papers will dive deep on some very interesting topics!

Papers:

“A taste for terroir: The science and politics of the EU’s global geographical indication development agenda,” Matthew J. Zinsli, University of Wisconsin–Madison

“Comparative Analysis of Public Response to Mexico’s Junk Food Labeling Policy,” A. Susana Ramirez, University of California, Merced

“Privilege is a Prison: Indian Tech Workers Facing Covert Carcerality in India and the US,” Rianka Roy, Wake Forest University

“Why’s the Water Gone?: The Treadmill of Production through Global Water Exploitation,” Joshua Cafferty, Utah Tech University

“World-system Hierarchy, Economic Productivity, and Global Economic Downturns: Analyzing Trade Networks Post-2008 Global Financial Crisis,” Martin Jacinto, California State University, Chico

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