[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Compendium.jpg” caption=”Geoffrey Rockwell, right, associate professor of humanities computing and multimedia in the Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia, provides an overview of the new online compendium at the annual meeting last week.”]At its fourth annual meeting, held at the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto, members of the McMaster-based SSHRCC Major Collaborative Research Initiative on Globalization and Autonomy launched its innovative web publication, the Globalization & Autonomy Online Compendium.

The compendium is a collective publication of the team, which includes leading Canadian and international scholars investigating the complex relationship between globalization and the autonomy of individuals, communities, and nation-states. The McMaster community is invited to explore the compendium at www.globalautonomy.ca.

Designed to communicate the results of their research to a wide public audience, the compendium contains a selection of position papers and peer-reviewed research articles on globalization and autonomy issues. It also offers an extensive searchable bibliographic database and glossary of short articles on relevant persons, places, organizations, events, and key concepts. Its content will continue to grow as the project progresses. Soon, it will incorporate multimedia and provide short summaries of the team's research that will be published in a projected 10-volume UBC Press Globalization and Autonomy Series: Dialectical Relationships Shaping the Contemporary World.

With a technical infrastructure that meets the highest standards for organizing and communicating information on the internet, the Globalization & Autonomy Online Compendium is a cutting-edge virtual publication. Geoffrey Rockwell, associate professor of humanities computing and multimedia in the Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia at McMaster is its lead designer. William Coleman, university professor, Department of Political Science and MCRI principal investigator and Nancy Johnson are its academic editors.

For more information about the compendium contact Nancy Johnson at info@globalautonomy.ca or ext. 22721.