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Dr. Rosalba Icaza Garza

Dr. Rosalba Icaza Garza

States, Societies and World Development (SG2)

International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

 

Senior Lecturer

 

T: +31 70 4260554

E: icaza@remove-this.iss.nl

Room: 3.27


 

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Professional experience

Present position
Senior Lecturer
University Erasmus University Rotterdam
School International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
Department States, Societies and World Development (SG2)
   

Research

Understanding social resistance, and particularly indigenous and working-class women individual and collective resistance to interrelated forms of transnational/global oppressions has been at the core of my thinking and teaching.

I became interested on these topics as an activist in Mexico City that used to work doing research for a network of social movements opposing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Later on, I conducted a my PhD research at the University of Warwick (UK) on the the political economy of transborder civic resistance to open/neo-liberal regionalism in Latin America. After this, I moved to Sweden thanks to a EU-Commission Marie Curie Fellowship to reflect on the gendered nature of these transborder resistances in Latin America at the University of Gothenburg .

My book - Civil Society in the Making of Regionalisms. Power & Resistance across Borders - explores further these themes and will be soon published by Routledge,

As an international studies person, my writing and teaching was for a while focused on mapping paths of civic engagement on regionalisms across the world. Lately, I have been interested more on understanding how placed-based social resistance contributes to global epistemic justice.

One of the current axis of my research agenda is a critical re-thinking of the modern/colonial notion of region and regionalism through the political and epistemological visibility of knowledges and cosmovisions that have been actively produced as backward or sub-altern by hegemonic forms of understanding (including liberlism, marxism and poststructuralism.

I develop these ideas in two of my recent articles: (Re)Thinking the New North America through Women's Citizenship Struggles in Mexico, in J Ayres and L MacDonald (eds), North America in Question: Regional Integration in an Era of Economic Turbulence (University of Toronto, 2011)

(Third World Quarterly., 3 (12), 123-139.)

A second axis of my research agenda is related to my interest in identifying and promoting ways in which the academia can contribute to sustain forms of epistemic dissent aiming at promoting global social justice.

In doing so, I have been involved in collaborative research initiatives dealing with the global governance of knowledge making and the practices of epistemic dissent and resistance that contest its numerous institutional expressions (e.g. Global and Regional governance of trade, NGOization of development agendas, global governance of sexual and reproductive health, etc.). I am currently part of the Transnational Network Other Knowledges Link-text goes here

I am interested in the application of action-research methodologies in my teaching and research and committed to facilitating spaces for mutual learning between practitioners and academics. Third-world and de-colonial feminist theories, modernity/coloniality/decoloniality collective thinking and theories on social resistance to global and regional governance have captured my attention.

I hold a PhD and MA in Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick and a BA in International Relations from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.

I have been granted twice the prestigious European Commission Marie Curie Fellowship (2005-2007 and 2007- 2009) and have received Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Oxford University and Warwick University research grants.

ISS: Individual Research SGII
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Publications

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Article (7)
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2010). Global Europe, Guilty! Contesting EU neoliberal governance for Latin America and the Caribbean. Third World Quarterly, 31(1), 123-139.
  • Domínguez, E., Icaza Garza, R.A., Quintero, C., López, S. & Stenman, A. (2010). Women Workers in the Maquiladoras and the Debate on Global Labor Standards. Feminist Economics, 16(4), 185-201.
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2009). Alternative Regionalisms and Civil Society: Setting a Research Agenda. Pensamiento propio, 29(14), 235-244.
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2008). Reflections. Walden Bello Interviewed by Rosalba Icaza. Development and Change, 39(6), 1101-1113.
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2008). Portrait of an Iconoclast. An interview with Dr Peter Waterman. DevISSues, 4.
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2007). Globalization, Democracy and the State in Mexico: A Critical Analysis of Contemporary Trends of Governance Privatization and Regionalization. Iberoamericana: Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, XXXVII(1), 157-177.
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2006). To Be and Not to Be: The Question of Transborder Civic Activism and Regionalization in Mexico. A Critical Account of Neo-Gramscian Perspectives. Globalizations , 3(4), 485-506.
Book / Monograph / Book editorial (2)
  • Icaza Garza, R.A., Smith, J. & Karides, M. (2008). Global Democracy and the World Social Forums. Boulder CO: Paradigm Publishers.
  • Smith, J., Karides, M., Becker, M., Brunelle, D., Chase-Dunn, C., della Porte, D., Icaza Garza, R.A., Juris, J.S., Mosca, L., Reese, E., Smith, P.J. & Vazquez, R. (2008). Global Democracy and the World Social Forums. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers.
Part of book - Chapter (9)
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2012). “(Re)Thinking the “New” North America through Women’s Citizenship Struggles in Mexico. In Jeffrey Ayres & Laura MacDonald (Eds.), North America in Question: Regional Integration in an Era of Political Economic Turbulence. Canada: University of Toronto Press.
  • Gregorio Gi, C., Rey, E., Montenegro, M. & Icaza Garza, R.A. (2012). Simposio ¿Que Significa ser Ciudadana Hoy en America Latina? In Centro de Derechos Humanos (Ed.), Mujeres, Ciudadania y Multiculturalismo. Iniciativa Latinoamericana para el Avance de los Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres II (pp. 55-69). Santiago de Chile: Centro de Derechos Humanos, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Chile.
  • Icaza Garza, R.A., Newell, P. & Saguier, M. (2010). Citizenship and Trade Governance in the Americas. In R. Tandon & J. Gaventa (Eds.), Globalizing Citizens: New Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion (Claiming Citizenship) (pp. 163-184). London: Zed Books.
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2009). NAFTA parity in real time and the ‘making’ of the EU-Mexico transatlantic partnership. In P. de Lombaerde & M. Schulz (Eds.), The EU and World Regionalism. The Makability of Regions in the 21st Century (pp. 115-130). London: Ashgate.
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (). Regionalism in the Americas. In R. Munck (Ed.), Globalization and Security: an Encyclopaedia (Vol. 1 Economic and Political Aspects) (pp. 312-327). London: Praeger Press.
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2008). The End of Neoliberal Regionalism in Mexico? In Canada-Mexico at the Cross-Roads: Big Picture Realities (pp. 185-204). Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2007). El Movimiento pro-Regionalismos Alternativos frente a la Nueva Relacion stratica America Latina, Caribe - Uniuropea Reflexiones desde una perspectiva de giro. In - (pp. 55-66). Gothenburg: University of Gothenburg.
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2007). El Movimiento pro-Regionalismos Alternativos frente a la Nueva Relación Estratégica América Latina, Caribe - Unión Europea. Reflexiones desde una perspectiva de género. In M.C. Medina, E. Domínguez & R. Icaza Garza (Eds.), Género y globalización en América Latina : décimo aniversario de la Red Haina (1996-2006) = Gender and globalization in Latin America : 10th anniversary of the Nordic network Haina (1996-2006) (pp. 55-66). Göteborg: Göteborg University, School of Global Studies, Institute of Iberoamerican Studies.
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2004). Sociedad Civil y Políticas de Regionalización en México. Un análisis sobre la Gobernación, el Poder y el Activismo Transnacional en la Globalización. In G. Maihold (Ed.), Las Trayectorias de una Modernidad Mexicana: Espacios, Procesos y Trayectorias (pp. 103-121). México, D.F: Editorial Miguel Ángel Porrúa/ADLAF/IAI.
Book review (3)
Report (3)
  • Biekart, K. & Icaza Garza, R.A. (2011). Knowledge dialogues with Central American social movements: synthesis research report. The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies (ISS).
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. & Vazquez, R. (2008). INFORME NARRATIVO "Diego de Conocimientos Encuentro de Activistas y Organizaciones Sociales de Chiapas y Centro Amica (Evaluation Report, HIVOS-ISS Knowledge Program). The Hague: ISS.
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2004). Civil Society in Mexico and Regionalisation A Framework for Analysis on Transborder Civic Activism. (CSGR Working Paper150/04 ). Coventry: University of Warwick, Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR).
Other output (13)
  • Biekart, K. & Icaza Garza, R.A. (2011). Knowledge dialogues with Central American social movements. Paper presented at the Hivos-ISS Synthesis Workshop Knowledge Programme Civil Society Building: Institute of Social Studies, The Hague (2011, mei 23).
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2009). North American Regionalism and Women's Citizenship: Views from Urban/Rural Mexico. International Studies Association Annual Convention: New York City (2009, februari 15 - 2009, februari 18).
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2009). Whose Prosperity and Security? Mexican Women Citizenships.
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2009). Democratizing Trade Politics in the Americas: Insights from the Women, Environmental and Labour Movements.
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2008). Civil Society and the Quest for Citizenship and Alternative Regionalisms in Mexico (Workshop paper from International Studies Association Annual Conventions, San Francisco, California, March 26-29th, 2008).
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2008). Civil Society and Regionalisms in the Americas (Workshop paper from International Forum of Montreal on Regionalism and Civil Society, Montreal, Canada, 11-12 February 2008).
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2008). Democratizing Trade Politics in the Americas: Insights from the Feminist Movement (Workshop paper from Hemispheric Summit Against Free Trade Agreements and Neo-liberalism, Universidad de la Havana, Hemispheric Social Alliance, Havana, Cuba, April 7-11th 2008).
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2008). Global Democracy through Regions. Civil Society Contributions" a Prospective Contribution to Building Global Democracy Program (Workshop paper from Building Democracy, Convening Group Meeting, Warwick University, Centre for the Study of Globalization and Regionalization, Coventry, England, April 24-25th, 2008).
  • Icaza Garza, R.A., Newell, P. & Saguier, M. (2008). Democratizing Trade Politics in the Americas: Insights from the Feminist, Environmental and Labor Movements (Workshop paper from Workshop on Citizenship in a Globalizing World, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, England, October 17th 2008).
  • Icaza Garza, R.A., Newell, P. & Saguier, M. (2007). Democratising Trade Politics in the Americas (Paper presented at the conference on "Working Group on Citizen Engagement in a Globalising World" organised by DRC IDS-Sussex on 9-11 October in Brighton, UK).
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. & Vazquez, R. (2007). Chiapas Rebellion and the Battle of Seattle: Understanding Transborder Resistances as Political Events (Paper presented at the international conference on "Politics, Policy And Responsible Scholarship" organised by International Studies Association (ISA), Chicago, USA on 1 March in Chicago, USA).
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2007). Civil Society and the Politics of Global Trade in Mexico: Engendering while Democratizing (Paper presented at the international conference on "Politics, Policy And Responsible Scholarship" organised by International Studies Association (ISA) on 1 March in Chicago, USA).
  • Icaza Garza, R.A. (2007). NAFTA Parity in Real Time: Understanding the Democratic Implications of EU Regionalism towards Mexico and Central America (Paper presented at the conference on "Garnet WP3 Workshop 3" organised by UNU-CRIS and GARNET on 9 November in Brugge, Belgium).
Internet article (2)