Globalization yields contradictory results. One s own domestic life can be turned into a phantasy, one s living room can become a theme-park. The latter has not yet come up with the urban equivalent of the Unrepresented Nations and People s Organization, and city governance is slow in shaping up. On yet another, third hand, management of transparent inequalities requires a radical break with the current cross-cultural techniques for dealing with the expats efficiency. It has to be tuned to the flows, mobilities and new technologies of togetherness.
Higher education can play a role, provided it escapes the traps of Disneylandized edutainment.
I wrote a paper on what has happened to Disney since the 1995 Tamaraland paper I published in AMJ . It is an IABD sponsored journal and dedicated to this track. There are calls for papers for the next two years. Lets talk about it. Nike called Boje and asked him to write a proposal.