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MARIAL CENTER COLLOQUIUM Labor Organizing and the Contradictions of Globalization Wednesday, October 8, 4 - 6 p.m. The MARIAL Center Emory West, 4th Floor, Room 415E Andrew J. Herod, associate professor of geography at the University of Georgia, is an expert on labor, unionization and globalization. His 2001 book, "Labor Geographies: Workers and the Landscapes of Capitalism" provided a comprehensive introduction to the emerging discipline of labor geography. Combining innovative theoretical analysis with empirical case studies from around the world, Herod examined the spatial contexts and scales in which workers live, organize, and work to address particular economic and political problems. John Russo and Sherry Linkon, co-directors of the Center for Working-Class Studies at Youngstown State University, said the book "helps break down traditional academic barriers between cultural and economic geography and labor studies. It also compels labor unions to rethink their strategies in geographic terms." Herod received his bachelor's degree in social science
from the University of Bristol, a master's degree from West Virginia
University, and his doctorate from Rutgers University.
DIRECTIONS TO THE MARIAL CENTER The MARIAL Center is located on the 4th floor of the main building of Emory's Briarcliff Campus, 1256 Briarcliff Road. There is ample parking close to the building. Alternatively, you may take the Emory shuttle (Route A). The Emory shuttle (Route A) provides transportation from the main campus to the MARIAL Center every 20 minutes (a 5-10 minute ride). For the shortest travel time, board the shuttle in front of the B. Jones Center or at the corner of Dowman and Fishburne (across from Glenn Memorial) at approximately 4, 24, and 44 minutes after each hour. A complete schedule and the route map are available on the web at http://www.epcs.emory.edu/AltTransp/route-a.htm Please tell the receptionist at the front window
that you are here for the
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