International Seminar on Globalisation to Glocalisation at Bodoland University
- Call for paper -
- Last Date : 31st July 2013 -

Department of English
Bodoland University Kokrajhar- 783370,
Assam, India

International Seminar on Globalisation to Glocalisation
October 4th -6th, 2013
Call for Papers

If globalisation is a process in which the West and the United States of America occupy the ‘centre stage’, glocalisation is a series of activities in which the ‘margins’ are on move towards the ‘centre’. Ultimately, glocalisation is a development upon globalisation. For the last two decades glocalisation, considered to be the benchmark by the theorists and thinkers, focuses the growth and development of the developing countries. Glocalisation has gained significance with the economic down-turn in West and the United States of America. In other words, glocalisation is a postmodern and postcolonial phenomena which defies hegemonic articulation covertly and overtly. Now that India is an emerging economy along with China and Brazil etc., it has a larger role than before to play in international politics. In areas such as international terrorism, environmental issues, gender, health, human rights and several other issues, India’s strategic position cannot be undermined.

Although India has miles to go in its achievement of democratic practice, its maturity in the said field cannot be ignored, considering its heterogeneous population posing a threat to democratic ramification. India’s world class human resource in terms of medical science, engineering and information technology, which is in great demand in West, is an instance of glocalisation contributing largely, by way of outsourcing, to globalization. If globalisation is a monopolisation of Western neo-imperialism, glocalisation is a turning point of the same with ideological rupture in it. Glocalisation, otherwise, is a reincarnation of globalisation with opportunities for ‘margins’ to participate in the latter. Subthemes for the seminar are noted below. But the participants are free to have their own relevant subthemes which are not found in the list:

1. Bodo Socio-Economic and Cultural Representations.
2. Regional Politics and the Process of Development
3. Extremism/ Terrorism in North East India as anguish against marginalisation.
4. Strategies of Glocalising art, literature and culture.
5. Glocalising Media Studies and Information Technology.
6. Writing/ rewriting of Ethnography and Historiography.
7. Subaltern Voices.
8. Marginalised position of Class, community and gender.
9. Border disputes.
10. Regionalism versus Nationalism.

Submission of Abstract and Full Paper:

Interested scholars are requested to submit their abstracts not exceeding 350 words with 5 keywords and a three line bio-note indicating their present positions/or institutional affiliations along with emails and contact phone numbers, by 31st July 2013 at [email protected] with the concerned sub-theme as the subject line. Acceptance or rejection of proposals will be intimated to the writers on 10th August 2013.

The length of full paper should be between 3000- 4000 words. The font size should be 12 in Times New Roman with 1.5 line spacing. The writers are requested to adhere strictly to the MLA style. Selected papers will be published in a book form with ISBN number. The full paper (hard and soft copy) should be sent on or before 15th September 2013.