the common perception is that globalization started in the late 70s, so around the time of/ after the world wars, when the 'new world' emerged. while its true that the growth of FDI, migration blahblah had accelerated then, should we, however assume this so? what exactly is globalization?
ponder on: imperial evidence
and, what is interdisciplinary, and how is global studies 'inter-'disciplinary? some disciplines, now, have taken the assumption of national state for granted e.g. sociology - the study of society, but which; history, the study of history, often of particular domain
can it be considered a 'post-'disciplinary study, i.e. the new understanding of the organization of disciplines.
Globalization, the approach towards the global conditions (the global conditions the reality)
what spatial term is there? it is constructed, invented, named and referenced to by contemporary actors. ponder on deterritorialization and reterritorialization
cross-border entities create new identities e.g. transnational companies
the circular relation between flows and gloablization; the tension between control e.g. customs, and flows, from which manifests conflicts like black market and illegal immigration
ponder on the history of passports
arising of supranatural organization e.g. the EU, the African Union, which are new forms of control
protest: trade unions
methodology-wise, how are we to use statistics of national level to conduct quantitative analyses in the global scale; how are we to leverage on area studies, which possibly deny or are reserved towards global studies? we are not to dissolve them...
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