The Worlding Project: Doing Cultural Studies in the Era of Globalization

Literary and cultural studies departments across the countries have undergone radical changes after 9/11 and the editors and authors of The Worlding Project are proposing a brand-new way of talking about world literature and cultural studies. It proposes to open up an original array of alternative concepts and tactics, doing cultural studies in a new, more inclusive way. With the widespread globalization of culture, literature, and the arts, categories such as first world/third world, elite/popular, East/West, and colonial/postcolonial lack the specificity and organizing clarity they once had. The Worlding Project hopes to present a new way of talking about cultural studies, to present the idea of worlding as a prominent claim that knowledge and critical practices can range across geographic and cultural categories.