Jimmy Tran
Caroline Kieu Linh
Valverde
ASA114
9 October 2015
In “Can You Imagine, Transnational Migration
and the globalization of grassroots politics”, the articles makes the audience
realize that space is very important in this world we live in today. Space
helps with financial, information, migratory and cultural circuits that
connects a city that helps a society function as a whole. The idea of “home” is
very important for individuals because it gives individuals the power to
reterritorialize. This helps express an individual’s desire to recapture homeland
that were perceived to be lost. In terms of politics, it relates to
globalization because the media can promote powerful images and it shapes how
individuals feel about certain issues in the world today. This leads to
individuals participating grassroots politics because slogans such as “think
globally/act locally” has been largely influenced on the population.
How does grassroots
politics help individuals get their message out? How does it relate to claiming
a lost home for them?
Works
Cited
Smith, Michael Peter.
1994. “Can You Imagine? Transnational Migration and the Globalization of
Grassroots Politics.” Social Text, No.
39 (Summer, 1994), pp. 15 – 33.
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