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DESCRIPTION:Building on the work of novelist Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018
 ) we explore the possibilities of Science Fiction and Fantasy for an “ed
 ucation of imagination” that is essential for a degrowth transition.\n“W
 e live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine rig
 ht of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings
 . Resistance and change often begin in art\, and very often in our art\,
  the art of words”\, said great novelist Ursula K. Le Guin in 2014. This
  artistic session considers Le Guin’s uniquely original work and explore
 s her manifold connections to the degrowth discourse. The “education of 
 imagination” (Le Guin) as well as the “education of desire“ (Miguel Aben
 sour) are crucial in building degrowth societies. Unlike theoretical tex
 ts and discussions\, fiction may directly widen the space of possible fu
 tures that we are able to imagine. Le Guin was a master in building worl
 ds and writing speculative stories that depict societies who opted for o
 ther social structures then the current capitalist world system. She als
 o wrote lucid essays on degrowth perspectives without mentioning the ter
 m\, exploring feminist and anti-patriarchal perspectives\, subsistence w
 ork\, anarchy\, Daoism and the general role of the imagination for socie
 tal change. Many feminist and postcolonial theoretics such as Donna Hara
 way or Bayo Akomolafe have built on her thoughts. In this artistic sessi
 on\, the five contributors – experienced degrowth scholars and publisher
 s – will in a choreographed performance read passages from Le Guin’s wor
 k and contrast them with essayistic thoughts on degrowth topics such as 
 (convivial) technology\, gender\, subsistence\, commoning\, and postcolo
 nial practices. The audience will become imaginative contributors\, too\
 , developing and discussing their own speculative thoughts on possible d
 egrowth futures.
URL:https://zagreb.degrowth.net/en/9_int_dg_conf/public/events/217
SUMMARY:Unleashing Fantasy for Transformation
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