Sandoval’s article, "Dissident Globalizations" goes over how the concept of neoliberalism that was created with colonization demanded this concept. She describes how “Third world liberationists of this period imagined a new decolonizing coalition of resistance that would cross national as well as racial and cultural borders—a dissident, internationalist citizenry”(4). She also expands this in how U.S. third-world feminism also fought for “aligning a variety of oppositional social activists with one another across differing gender, sex, race, culture, class, or national localities” (5-6). Essentially, she means bringing people together to develop a sense of strength to reflect on the communities they belong to, to then further their fight for equality and against what neoliberalism has created. This connection that is created allows for healing to occur from neoliberalism.
Sandoval’s ideas are shown in the Womxn Who Rock archive as described by the women in the video who show their strength by being a black woman in rock music and also in the conference program, as seen in "Notes on Woman Who Rock..." it is explained how “we intend to create an open structure through which unexpected, transformative and even healing conversations might emerge. We look forward to engaging in rich dialogues and laying the foundation for new kinds of communities”. By bringing people together to participate in making music, reflecting on the community, creating videos and documentaries, it shows how great and how strong each individual is as they also reflect on the history of these communities and where they are right now. By bringing people together, as described in the Oral History Project, “you find yourself, you find a community…in the music community. It’s empowering” (6:30). The conference uses Sandoval’s ideas to create a community where everyone is able to find their place and feel comfortable.
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