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THEMATIC

CFP 11 - Critical Dialogue: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Decolonizing Solutions: Lessons from the Global South for the Global North
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Sponsors: Conflict, Social Action, and Change
Global
Social Problems Theory

Organizers: Sione Lynn Pili Lister, Arizona State University
Ghassan Moussawi, University of Illinois Chicago

Presider/Discussant: Sione Lynn Pili Lister, Arizona State University

Description: 

Theoretical foundations for addressing social problems have primarily relied on frameworks developed in, and often applied to, the Global North. Frequently, such frameworks are applied in a colonial fashion to the Global South. In an effort to decolonize this dimension of the conversation, this session centers the theoretical frameworks and social change strategies of the Global South in addressing social problems in the Global North.

Papers:

“At the Margins of Intersectionality: Unveiling the Matrix of Consciousness in South Asian Immigrant Experiences,” Rafia Javaid Mallick, Georgia State University

“Does the U.S. State’s Violation of the National Sovereignty of Venezuela Mark a Deviation from Its Foreign Policy, or Is It Merely Par for the Course?” Vince Montes, Northeastern University

“Indigenous Epistemological Traditions of the Natural World: Coming to Know Nature-Beings and Cosmological Lessons,” Doreen E. Martinez, Colorado State University

“Plantation Politics: U.S. Empire’s Farmworker Paradox,” Alejandro Tovar, The University of New Mexico

“Recognition Without Rights? Public Policy, Social Inclusion, and the Human Rights Landscape for Hijra (Third Gender),” Ridwan Islam Sifat, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

“Red (Re)orientations and the Reels/Reals Line: Re-Indigenizing Frameworks for Unmasking Redface, Resistance, and Indigenous Media Sovereignty,” Rowan Greywolf Moore, Arizona State University

“Tribute Grammar: The Art of Staying Otherwise,” Sarai Richter, Arizona State University

“Reconstructing the Foundations of Social Disorganization Theory,” Lin K. Huff-Corzine, University of Central Florida

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