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Diaspora and Homeland Development Conference
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
9:00-5:00pm, 223 Moses Hall, University of California at Berkeley.
Cosponsored by
Institute of International Studies,
Center for Urban Ethnography,
Center for Latin American Studies,
and Institute of Governmental Studies.
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The Diaspora and Homeland Development Conference is an initiative of the "Berkeley Center for Globalization and Information Technology" that aims at understanding and promoting the capacities of diasporic communities for economic development in their homeland. Contemporary diasporas, because of their skills, wealth, and transnational networks, have become a new engine for cooperation between hostland and homeland.
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Speakers:
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Invited speakers are researchers who have done previous or current works on diaspora-homeland economic cooperation ventures. Countries discussed will include Haiti, the Philippines, Mexico, Palestine, Morocco, India, Pakistan, and Iran.
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PowerPoint Presentations:
Rafael Alarcon
Professor of Social Studies
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico
Mexican Hometown Associations: A Model of Economic Cooperation Between Diasporas and Homelands
Sam Cherribi
Visiting Professor
Emory University, Georgia
Maghrebian Diasporas in Europe and Homeland Development
Aneesh Aneesh
Professor of Science, Technology, and Society
Stanford University, California
Being Elsewhere: Circuits of Social Capital and Dual Citizenship
Minoo Moallem
Professor of Women Studies
San Francisco State University, California
Ethnicity for Sale: The Gendering of Persian Carpet in the National and Transnational Markets
Francois Pierre-Louis
Professor of Political Science
Queens College, New York
The Limits of the State in Promoting Hometown Associations:
The Case of Haiti
Noha Nasser
Lecturer of Architecture and Urban Design
University of Central England, UK
The Aga Khan Development Network: An Ismaili community perspective on culture, transnationalism and development in Pakistan
Hatem Bazian
Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Ethnic Studies
University of California at Berkeley, California
Palestinian American Diasporas and the Unique Patterns of Development and Interactions With the Homeland
Neil Ruiz
Ph.D. Candidate in Political Economy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts
Extending the Arms of the State:
Overseas Filipinos and Homeland Development
Maria Elizabeth Rodriguez
Director, Dominican Republic-New York Task Force on Diaspora Development and Bilateral Relations
FUNGLODE
The Dominican Diaspora and the Homeland: Building Global Partnerships for Development
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Archive of Lectures and Conferences
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