Cosmopolitanism ‘from below’ and claim-making in the Global South

Mushonga, Rufaro Hamish; Dzingirai, Vupenyu

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2021.2012138

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“…Besides, this group complicates the stereotypical western‐centric and global middle‐class framings of cosmopolitanism. The findings shed light on cosmopolitan practices from the Global South and 'from below' (Mushonga & Dzingirai, 2023). I make visible the multiple ways of breeding cosmopolitan ease for working‐ and lower‐middle‐class students in Global South countries.…”

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“…Following this insight, scholars explored the possibility of realizing cosmopolitan promises 'from below' as a community‐based membership (Werbner, 2006) or everyday encounters with diverse cultural lifestyles (Hall, 2008). This is evidenced by street peddlers’ cosmopolitanism as manifested in social interactions with the local community in Barcelona, and Nigerian entrepreneurs in Harare's cosmopolitan tactics to make claims on urban space (Kothari, 2008; Mushonga & Dzingirai, 2023). In Hannerz's (2004) later thoughts, even though he delinked the assumed lineages between cosmopolitanism and cultural elites, he was still pessimistic about the bottom‐up approach toward cosmopolitanism since their peer groups may not recognize it.…”

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Cosmopolitan pathways from the Global South: How non‐middle‐class students become desirable Fulbright applicants

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2023

Global Networks

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International student mobility (ISM) is largely interpreted as a global middle‐class capital accumulation strategy. Cosmopolitanism, which is the named outcome and effect of these mobile forms of social and cultural capital, is therefore disproportionately available to already privileged students. This study moves beyond this prevailing interpretation by examining how students from working‐ or lower‐middle‐class families with limited resources in Global South countries combine bottom‐up cosmopolitanism with educational mobility to get selected into highly competitive spaces, such as the Fulbright Foreign Student Program, the most prestigious educational and cultural program in the United States. Based on 20 in‐depth interviews with successful Fulbright applicants and participant observation, my findings suggest that working‐ and lower‐middle‐class applicants are largely successful because of their cosmopolitan dispositions which they cultivate in creative and agentive ways. This article adds texture and complexity to existing discussions on middle‐class hegemony in ISM and cosmopolitan subject‐making.

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confidence: 99%