An al-qwarhythm for negentropic time-seedingTo become an ecofeminist ensemble energy transformer, follow these seed rules in sequence: Set 1 Rule 1:sit together in a circle with your bodyRule 2:follow and, with your body, repeat three rounds:dhaa dhin dhin dhaa / dhaa dhin dhin dhaa / dhaa tin tin taa/ taa…
An Anekāntavāda Allegory, or, Seven Ways of Looking At An Energy Emergency [As a preface or appendix to repair manual introduction/defamiliarization] 1.Nothing but a Chinese communist conspiracy.Or the eco-socialists.Or feminists.Anarchists.Antifa.Homosexuals.Jews.Muslims.No, just the Palestinians.No, no, the Greeks too.Syrians.Heathens.the Liberals.Quebeckers.Quakers?No, Quebeckers.And Trudeau. 2.Well, yes, things arepretty badactually really bad,yeah really, really badactually,…
Politics: Care, Degrowth and Regeneration Sympoietics:Detournement DerivativesPrefigurative Modelling Grammar: open-source, negentropic (negation & biomimicry), translation (via paradox, riddles, puzzles) Rhythm: acceleration and slowdown as analogue variationRepair: non-solutionist, via solidarity economy, P2P, social reproductive and regenerative, degrowing energy consumptionForms/media: diagrams, poems, instructions, lists, spells, recipes, catalogues, flip-books, chapbooks, repair manuals COMMUNITY…
Working across and against nation-state and continental borders, disciplinary boundaries, and institutional barriers, we return to the feminist roots of autonomous knowledge production, challenging what counts as legitimate knowledge and who is granted the right to produce and receive it… While we strongly oppose the privatisation of education at all…
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Presentation for COP101 Speculative Energy Futures Workshop Series University of Alberta, Kule Institute of Advanced Studies, March 20th, 2020 The focus of my presentation will be on the issue of carbon markets that have dominated the COP process and on what the climate justice movement and the scholarly political ecology…
SYMPOIETIC AND AUTOPOIETIC SYSTEMS:A NEW DISTINCTION FOR SELF-ORGANIZING SYSTEMS Beth Dempster School of Planning, University of Waterloo,Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1 E-mail: mbldemps@fes.uwaterloo.ca Sympoiesis vs. Autopoiesis To gain an understanding of the two poietic system heuristics and the significance of their differences, some specific definitions applied by Maturana and Varela…
Glasgow Transition Town Towards Transition Glasgow (TTG) acts as a hub for communities and individuals that are exploring the Transition model. It is a collective of like minded people, communities and groups from across Glasgow and beyond who are preparing for a low-carbon future by addressing climate change and peak…
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice Community Engagement The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ) has developed and embraces a model for community partnership that is called “Communiversity.” This model emphasizes a collaborative partnership between universities and communities. The partnership promotes bilateral understanding and mutual respect between community residents and…