SJS 1- "Globalization, knowledge, and the limits of (inter)disciplinary"

Source: Elisabeth Mudimbe-Boyi. "Globalization, knowledge, and the limits of (inter)disciplinary." Research in African Literatures Vol. #: not listed Issue # not listed. 10 February 2016. Page #s not listed URL: http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/AcademicJournalsDetailsPage/AcademicJournalsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=SUIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Journals&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=SUIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CA166935449&source=Bookmark&u=hell32414&jsid=040f5d8198e1d4a8ab0c069d6c40e1f2

Credentials: Professor of French and Comparative Literature

Summary: This article talks about if globalization is tearing culture apart or if it is leading it to a multicultural multipolar world. Does westernization lead to a truly hybrid global consciousness? The author examines many different books and looks at their different viewpoints about globalization. Globalization reveals a fiction of isolated cultures, yet globalization also can lead to better quality lives. 

Analysis: The author does not make a strong argument really to one side or the other, more she just examines multiple arguments. Some key vocabulary in this article is "globalization," "Culture," "ethnicity," and "immigration." While the author distinguishes between facts and opinions, again she mainly analyzes multiple arguments about globalization but does not choose one side. I believe this author is a reliable source because while she does not give you her actual opinion, she helps interpret other people's facts and opinions, and makes it easier to understand the arguments of globalization.