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19:30 |
The
death of friend and famous activist, Tooker Gomberg.
The
beginnings of Globalization Studies, Tony meets Tooker
in Quebec. The Kyoto protocol, Tooker’s vision
of energy conservation and sustainable energy at The
University of Lethbridge.
Related Link: Globe
and Mail Story on Tooker’s Death |
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09:25 |
Tooker’s
depression after Quebec City, after being exposed to
tear gas. Story of Tooker locking himself in the vault
of Ralph Klein’s
constituency office, to bring attention to famous lost
documents regarding energy efficiency in Alberta.
Related Link: Tooker’s
Site |
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15:59 |
Video
of Tooker’s experiences after being released from
jail following his direct action against Ralph Klein.
Tooker locked himself in Klein’s vault and faxed
messages to the media. The lost document was a report
that claimed that ratifying the Kyoto accord would be
beneficial to Alberta’s economy.
Related Link: Wikipedia
Entry on Tooker |
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16:22 |
The first class
of Globalization since 1492 broadcast on TOTV. Video conference
with Tooker from a Starbucks in New York, where he was
escorted out of Starbucks by the NYPD. A review before
the midterm. |
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18:51 |
Continuation
of midterm review. Wal-Mart; corporations as natural persons;
Ruth Benedict and Franz Boas; Cultural Relativism, Post-modernism,
monocultures, Media consolidation, partition. |
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29:45 |
More Review, Jean
Bertrand Aristide; Hugo Chavez; Balfour
Declaration; the World Social Forum; Gandhi, Wade Davis,
diaspora, decolonization. |
| Part
7 |
15:06 |
Presentation
on endangered languages and the threat to
linguistic diversity in the world that goes along with
globalization. Roughly 6000 languages in the world, at
least half are seriously in danger of dying out. Linguistic
diversity is tied to biodiversity. Language in Canada,
other than French and English. |
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14:55 |
Linguistics
presentation continues. Changing the focus of linguistics,
to studying dying languages. The church as a source of
killing off languages, and often the first source of translation.
Problems with isolated groups and census taking. |
| Part
9 |
16:06 |
Why
languages die; genocide, economic destruction, demographic
submersion, electronic media. When a language dies, the
knowledge incorporated in that language is lost as well.
Domain separation. |
