Schedule 9th International Degrowth Conference

It is imperative that any degrowth social movement or research be led by the people who are disproportionately harmed by capitalism, colonialism, violence, and oppression. Otherwise, degrowth social movements will further risk alienating communities and insidiously replicate or exasperate harms. This workshop invites participants to investigate the degrowth ecological framework and reflect on the role of dreams. Is dreaming a human right or a privilege? This question is essential to framing new philosophies and strategies for solidarity and scaled community impact for equity, justice, wellbeing & joy. Participants will explore historical examples from the East and West that span queer, feminist, decolonial, anti-racist and anti-ableist social movements through the lens of power, inequities, and enlivenment to unpack: (1) Who has time, energy, or resources to dream? (2) Whose social structures are we indoctrinated into? (3) Whose dreams are we living? Participants will engage in an exercise on shared visioning toward a just humanity and societies. Highlighting localized examples of food systems and solidarity economies, the workshop will conclude with facilitated discussions to evaluate how designing structures to advance the right to dream can be catalysts for shared values and collective impact in the way we live, work, heal, and flourish.

Info

Day: 2023-08-30
Start time: 18:00
Duration: 01:30
Room: ZV-8-10
Type: Non-academic Session
Theme: Resilience building through degrowth

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