Slowbalization, "newbalization", French contradictions & Mussolini's Rome as seen by Carrie Mae Weems
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Mussolini’s Rome 2006 Source: Carrie Mae Weems
“Dawoud Bey & Carrie Mae Weems: In Dialogue” at the Seattle Art Museum made for inspiring viewing. Under the impression left by (finally) finishing the Neapolitan quartet by Elena Ferrante, I found Weems’ images of Mussolini’s Rome both unexpected and absolutely arresting.
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Slowbalization
From “Geo-Economic Fragmentation and the Future of Multilateralism” a paper released by the IMF on January 15 2023 authored by Shekhar Aiyar ; Jiaqian Chen ; Christian H Ebeke ; Roberto Garcia-Saltos ; Tryggvi Gudmundsson ; Anna Ilyina ; Alvar Kangur ; Tansaya Kunaratskul ; Sergio L. Rodriguez ; Michele Ruta ; Tatjana Schulze ; Gabriel Soderberg ; Juan P Trevino
And then … believe it or not … there is also newbalization!
First use? Might it be this Goldman Sachs report from April 2022 featuring Adam Posen, Dani Rodrik and Jim O’Neill?
Certainly there is nothing about global data flows that suggests slowbalization let alone deglobalization!
The mission, if you choose to accept it …
Carrie Mae Weems Source: Artsynet
Where Commodities are made
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Investigating the edifice of power
Carrie Mae Weems describes the impetus for her series Roaming (2006). An investigation into “the edifice of power,” Weems performed a series of photographic actions throughout Rome, Italy, contrasting her body with grand architectural structures and monumental surroundings.
Source: Art21
Not everyone globalized to the same extent!
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Roman view
Mussolini’s Rome 2006 Source: Carrie Mae Weems
How the world of debt has changed
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Distrusting globalization but favoring foreign investment
Striking discrepancy particularly in French views about “mondialisation” and foreign investment.
Source: Goldman Sachs
Roaming
Source: Carrie Mae Weems