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NORDAMERIKA-STUDIEN |
The Emergence of Transnational Social Spaces
International Migration and Globally
Operating Companies
Thursday and Friday
4th and 5th of March 1999
- At: Großer Seminarraum
- Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek
- University Library (SUB)
For correspondence:
- Humboldtallee 3
- 37073 Göttingen
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- Fax: +49 (551) 39-7200
- e-mail: lpries@uni-goettingen.de
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Introduction
During the 20th century the thinking about social phenomena
has been inextricably linked to the boundaries of the nation-state. Accordingly, social
space (composed of routinized social practices, framework of symbols and setting of
artifacts) became more and more tied to rather clearly defined geographic spaces as
„national containers".
Terms such as globalization, virtual reality, cyberspace, or
tele-management indicate that this reciprocal exclusiveness of geographic and social space
is changing in two ways. On the one hand, very different social spaces with no
relationship to one another, and no previous geographic overlap, can become stacked within
one and the same geographic space. On the other hand, a social space can also expand over
several geographic spaces.
Within this framework, the International Symposium focusses on
the latter: the emergence of Transnational Social Spaces as a result of new forms
of international migration and the increasing activities of transnational companies.
A growing part of social life spanning more than one locale - in
this case: even more than one „national society" - represents a severe challenge
to social scientists as well as to politicians and other practitioners.
Speakers
§ Martin Baethge, professor of Sociology, Director of
Institute for Sociological Research (SOFI), University Göttingen
§ Thomas Faist, researcher, Institute for Intercultural and
International Studies, University Bremen
§ Jörg Flecker, researcher, Director of Working Life Research
Centre (FORBA), Wien
§ Luin Goldring, professor of Sociology, Department of
Sociology, York University, Ontario
§ Fernando Herrera, professor of Sociology, Universidad
Autónoma Metropolitana, México-D.F.
§ Jeffrey Jurgens, Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology, University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor
§ Jürgen Kädtler, researcher, Institute for Sociological
Research (SOFI), Göttingen
§ Horst Kern, professor of Sociology and President of the
University Göttingen
§ Hermann Kotthoff, Director of Institute for Social Research
and Social Economy (ISO), Saarbrücken
§ Peter Lösche, professor of political science, Director of
Center for European and North-American Studies (ZENS), University Göttingen
§ Saúl Macías, professor of economics, Department of
Economics, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla
§ Kathrin Möslein, researcher, Institute of Economics and Law,
Technical University München
§ Ludger Pries, actually professor of Sociology, Center for
European and North-American Studies (ZENS), University Göttingen
§ Ralf Reichwald, professor of Economics, Institute of
Economics and Law, Technical University München
§ Saskia Sassen, professor of Sociology and the College,
University of Chicago
§ Gert Schmidt, professor of Sociology, Institute of Sociology,
University Erlangen-Nürnberg
§ Ruth Simsa, researcher, Institute of Sociology, University
for Economics and Business Administration, Wien
§ Robert Smith, professor of Sociology, Barnard College,
Columbia University, New York
§ Hans-Joachim Sperling, researcher, Institute for Sociological
Research (SOFI), Göttingen
§ Willfried Spohn, professor of Sociology, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
§ Benno Werlen, professor of Social Geography, Institute of
Geography, University Jena
Programme
Thursday, 4th of March 1999
I. The Social and the Space: Some General Aspects
09.15: Opening Peter Lösche
09.30: Introduction: The Approach of Transnational Social
Spaces Ludger Pries
10.00: Discussion
10.30: The Social and the Space in the Globalization Process Benno
Werlen
11.00: Discussion and Break
12.00: Transnationalization in politics and culture Thomas
Faist
12.30: Discussion
13.00: Lunch Welcome: Horst Kern
II. International Migration and Transnational Social Spaces
14.30: International Migration and the Durability of
Transnational Social Spaces
Robert Smith
15.00: Gender and geography of citizenship practices in
Mexico-US transnational spaces Luin Goldring
15.30: Discussion and Break
16.30: Transnational Social Spaces and Mexican-US-Migration Fernando
Herrera and Saúl Macías
17.00: Transnational Social Spaces and Turkish-German-Migration Jeffrey
Jurgens
17.30:
Discussion
Friday, 5th of March 1999
III. Globally Operating Companies and Transnational Social Spaces
09.00: Pluri-local Social Spaces in International Companies:
Fragmented or Global? Hermann Kotthoff
09.30: Pluri-local Social Spaces by Tele-Cooperation in
International Companies?
Ralf Reichwald and Kathrin Möslein
10.00: Discussion
10.30: Transnationalization of Companies & their Industrial
Relations Martin Baethge
Jürgen Kädtler, Hans-Joachim Sperling
11.00: Transnational Control and Co-ordination in Business
Organizations Jörg Flecker and Ruth Simsa
11.30: Discussion and Break
12.30: Globalization, Society and Space Saskia
Sassen
13.15: Discussion
14.00: Lunch
IV. Transnational Social Spaces: The Challenge of New Research Methods
15.30: Globalization, International Research and Regional
Studies Willfried Spohn
16.00: Inter-national, Cross-national and Trans-national
Comparative Research
Gert Schmidt
16.30: Discussion and Closing
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