Fwd: <nettime> Update of the Globalization and World Cities Network

Jeffrey Fisher jfisher at igc.org
Wed May 29 09:39:34 PDT 2002


apologies if this was already posted and i missed it. looks like a lot of their work thus far is in progress . . .

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> From: "geert lovink" <geert at xs4all.nl>
> Date: Wed May 29, 2002 01:57:30 AM US/Central
> To: "nettime-l" <nettime-l at bbs.thing.net>
> Subject: <nettime> Update of the Globalization and World Cities Network
> Reply-To: "geert lovink" <geert at xs4all.nl>
>
> From: "David Walker" <D.R.F.Walker at lboro.ac.uk>
>
> GaWC INTELLIGENCE Number 10
> Update of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Network
>
> GaWC is expanding. It is developing a second base in the Metropolitan
> Institute at Virginia Tech. The new Institute, an initiative by the
> College
> of Architecture and Urban Studies, is based in Alexandria, VA, which is
> in
> the Washington city region. Within the overall suite of the Instituteπs
> research initiatives, GaWC work will focus upon relations between
> urbanization and globalization, covering issues such as inter-city
> relations, high-tech industries, and sustainability. Rob Lang
> (rlang at vt.ed)
> is the Director of the Institute and will collaborate with Peter Taylor
> (Associate Director and Visiting Research Professor) and Paul Knox
> (Dean of
> the College of Architecture and Urban Studies) in building a GaWC
> research
> programme at Alexandria. They will be assisted initially by Troy
> Gravitt who
> holds an internship at the Institute.
>
> There have been four new projects launched since the last GaWC-I
>
> Project 22
> Moscow as a world city: globalization and urban restructuring
> http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/projects/projec22.html
> Researcher: Olga Gritsai (AME, University of Amsterdam)
>
> Project 23
> The use of fuzzy classification techniques for world city network
> analysis
> http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/projects/projec23.html
> Researchers: Ben Derudder and Frank Witlox (University of Ghent) and
> Peter
> Taylor
>
> Project 24
> Global Governance from Below: NGOs in World Cities
> http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/projects/projec24.html
> Researchers: Peter Taylor and Troy Gravitt (Virginia Tech)
> Funded by The Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech
>
> Project 25
> Advertising as a "Leading Industry" in Contemporary Globalization
> http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/projects/projec25.html
> Researchers: Peter Taylor and Jon Beaverstock assisted by Troy Gravitt
> (Virginia Tech)
> Funded by The Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech in associated
> with the
> Fernand Braudel Center, Binghamton University, and its research
> initiative
> supported by UNESCO≤s MOST programme
>
> There have been six new Research Bulletins since the last GaWC-i
>
> RB 79
> US science and the fear of a backlash
> http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/rb/rb79.html
> By Sami Mahroum
>
> RB 80
> Global media cities in a worldwide urban network
> http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/rb/rb80.html
> By Stefan Kr‰tke
>
> RB 81
> Taking world cities literally: urban competition and the spatialities
> of a
> global space of flows
> http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/rb/rb81.html
> By Marcus Doel and Phil Hubbard
>
> RB 82
> Economic globalization and IT talent flows: the Taipei/ Shanghai/
> Silicon
> Valley triangle
> http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/rb/rb82.html
> By Tse-Kang Leng
>
> RB 83
> Dutch hegemony and contemporary globalization
> http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/rb/rb83.html
> By Peter Taylor
>
> RB 84
> Spaces of practice in the geography of contemporary producer service
> business
> http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/rb/rb84.html
> By Kathryn Pain
>
>
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