Jan - Jun, 2009: OUT OF THE GLOBAL CITY: An uncommon dialogue series
Over the past decades, New York City - alongside London, Tokyo and an increasing number of urban centers around the world - has emerged as a global city, a geographic node where
global finance is organized, concentrated, re-dispersed, and circulated. Decisions made in these metropolitan centers impact the lives of countless people across the world. As the recent economic upheaval illustrates, this is simultaneously a powerful and vulnerable reality. In New York, we bear witness to the ways in which the basic elements of our livelihood - from work to housing to education to heath care - are increasingly shaped by the needs of global finance that put profits before people.
Held at the historic
St. Mark's Church, this dialogue series - free and open to the public -- brought together artists, activists, academics, and media makers to explore New York as a "global city" from the bottom up - i.e. from the vantage point of those most affected and/or disenfranchised.
Our co-hosts for the series were
The Nation Institute and
The Center for Place, Culture and Politics. Below is a list of events and some audio highlights.
