Beyond growth: What could replace the current system? (Workshop about alternatives and Imagining desirable futures)
This workshop is the second workshop in Political ecology and Degrowth for youth project.
If the first workshop asked why the system isn't working. In this one we are asking "What could replace it?"
We'll explore alternatives to the current growth-based economic system, including degrowth, post-capitalism, decolonial perspectives and the politics of delinking. We will also look into cases of communities which are living these alternatives such as Zapatista autonomous communities in Chiapas and the cooperative network of Mondragón.
In the afternoon, after a break with a cake, we will have a workshop about imagining Degrowth Futures hosted by Birgitte, Frederikke and Adrian from AAU.
In short - what can you expect?
Get to know degrowth, post-capitalism, and decolonial alternatives
Cases of post-capitalist experimentation Buen Vivir, Bolivia under Evo Morales, Mondragón and Zapatistas
A visioning workshop of post-growth futures!
A vegan cake!
The event is targeted to young people who are new to the concepts of Political ecology and Degrowth and those who would like to get to know them better.
Agenda:
12:45
Door are opening!
13:00 - 13:20
Welcome, introductions and check-in
13:20 - 14:00
Degrowth, post-capitalism and their proposals
We will talk about ideas of Giorgos Kallis, Jason Hickel, Kate Raworth, Elinor Ostrom, David Graeber and Mark Fisher
14:00 - 14:40
Theories of Decolonial perspectives, Pluriverse, Delinking and commons, and cases of experimentation - Buen Vivir, Bolivia under Evo Morales, Mondragón and Zapatistas
14:40 - 14:55
Break with a (vegan) cake!
14:55 - 16:30
A workshop about Imagining sustainable and desirable futures with Birgitte, Frederikke and Adrian from AAU
16:30 - 16:50
Reflections, and check-out
16:50 - 17:00
Closing
cirka cph, Lund University, Foreningen Robust and Grønne lys have received funding for the project "Political ecology and Degrowth for youth" from Nordic Culture Point and Tuborgfonden. The event is organized in collaboration with Kulturhuset Islands Brygge.