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***The Intercontinental Youth Camp 2001-2005 : Linking Open Space Activism,
the World Social Forum, and Imaginaries for Alternative Worlds
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*Daniel H.O. Morrison
*Abstract:

The Intercontinental Youth Camp (IYC) has opened distinctive spaces of
experience to link activist networks, the World Social Forum (WSF), and
alternative imaginaries. It originated in reaction to the inaugural WSF in
Porto Alegre, Brazil, although both initiatives emerged in 2001 in broader
struggles to challenge neoliberal globalization. Some 80,000 campers from
diverse backgrounds and mostly under 30 lived in the five Camps, which
lasted from six to ten days. Four took place in Porto Alegre and the other
(in 2004) in Mumbai, India. The IYC's central imaginary of horizontal
self-management was largely shaped by Camp organizers and key volunteering
onsite; the WSF and local political conditions were also crucial. While the
Camps exhibited contradictions – such as those arising from hierarchical
leadership and many participants more interested in apolitical partying than
in social change – they cultivated exciting possibilities for an emerging
new political generation of human agents.
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