On the words of the anthropologist Carolyn R. Nordstrom , the global economy has meant increasing flows, but also increasing "fractures". These fractures can be physical spaces - such as war-zones and "failed states" like Somalia - but also all kinds of activities, from clearly illegal ones - terrorism, kidnappings and drug trading - to the gray activities of multinational corporations - pharmaceuticals, arms and oil producers of course, but also companies responsible for what Nordstrom labels "blood-tomatoes" (grown in war zones), the mobile phone industry's thirst for coltan (which as Mike in Mo'dernity, Mo'problem notes , cannot be stopped simply by consumer-power), and many others.
En conséquence, ce précolloque permettra d’entrevoir des perspectives pour une société fraternelle et solidaire.