Schedule 9th International Degrowth Conference

A multitude of formal and informal collective projects are actively working in the Greece against the logic of the World-of-One-World, through the building of alternatives, opposition and (non-reformist) reformism. At the same time research around these projects can itself be part of an potential strategy of transformation if it is carried out by, with and for participating initiatives and if it remains open, experimental, contingent while while focusing on the not-yet. In this context, action research occupies a privileged position because of, among other things, its orientation towards social inquiry in collective contexts, the organic participation of the parties involved in the co-design, co-construction and collective reflection on the interconnectedness of the theory/practice along with the multiple roles that the researcher can perform. At the same time, action research can be based on a) decolonial epistemology, highlighting the silencing of multiple thoughts/actions within the modernity, b) speculative research, focusing the lure of the individual into the not-yet and creative experimentation with alternative futures, and c) the agile research, which focuses on process and functionality rather than the final product. This presentation will start with a reflection on the multiple roles and actions during the conduct of an action research project, taking as a case study the action research carried out in the context of preparation and implementation of the second CoOpenAir Festival – Festival of Sinergatismos (Collaborativism). This research was carried out in the context of the thesis Conceptual Approaches to Sineratigismos and its Prefigurative Dimension that submitted to the MSc Social and Solidarity Economy of the Hellenic Open University.

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Day: 2023-08-30
Start time: 12:45
Duration: 00:15
Room: ZV-8-2
Type: Paper Presentation
Theme: Alternative economies

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