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Fwd: The Death of the Professor
by Ashish Kothari 29 May '21

29 May '21

This may be of interest. The mail below is from an economist friend (he calls himself a 'failed economist'!), who I wrote a book Churning the Earth: Making of Global India with. If anyone has thoughts on the book he pointed to, pl. do express! ashish -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: The Death of the Professor Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 06:42:38 +0530 From: Aseem Shrivastava <muftkigupshup(a)gmail.com> To: The French critic Roland Barthes welcomed a few generations ago 'the death of the author'...in the interests of the truth of a story...as Nietzsche said, "when the book opens its mouth, the author must shut up his." Likewise, I feel obliged and excited (!!) to welcome 'the death of the Professor'...in the interests of the living soul of thinking, feeling, suffering humanity... This <https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745341064/dark-academia/?utm_source=Pluto+Pr…> seems to redeem my abandonment of the academy 25 years ago...it confirm all my suspicions about the oncoming 'death of the professor'...to return the life of the mind back to the soul which must command it...rescuing it from protocol-onisation by the perversities of the universities...academia has long been stale macadamia... ;-) Let us look forward to enjoying the funeral! aseem

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Looking for Scholars/Activists working on Urban Climate Justice in East Asia
by Prakash Kashwan 28 May '21

28 May '21

Dear PeDAGoG Friends: We are looking for young scholars/activists from/working in east Asia, who may be interested in contributing Urban Climate Justice case studies to this workshop next month. https://www.climatejusticenetwork.org/international-virtual-workshop-on-urb… Please feel free to email me directly at Prakash.kashwan(a)uconn.edu if you may have any questions. In Solidarity, --------------------------------------------------------------------- Prakash Kashwan, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut Co-Director, Research Program on Economic and Social Rights, Human Rights Institute Editor, Environmental Politics Vice Chair, Environmental Studies Section/Program Chair, International Studies Association (ISA). Senior Research Fellow, Earth System Governance Project External Faculty Affiliate, Ostrom Workshop, Bloomington University of Connecticut 365 Fairfield Way, Storrs, CT 06269 Phone: 860-486-7951 https://kashwan.net/ <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkashwan.n…>

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Video Contest on key development transitions and transformations
by Woiwode, Christoph 28 May '21

28 May '21

Dear PeDAGoG members, Below is an interesting opportunity for early career scholars working in the Global South on transitions and transformative development. Best regards, Christoph ---------------------------------------- The Global Development Network (GDN) is partnering with the French Development Agency, AFD, to conduct an online video contest on key development transitions taking place across the globe. The videos will tell the story of these transitions through the eyes of young researchers working in the Global South – influence the debate on transitions globally. The videos will link deep local knowledge and perspectives to the public discourse on global development through a variety of subjects such as climate, energy, gender, governance and more. If you are up to 40 years old and are a researcher from the Global South, apply by 4 July 2021. Through a two-step competitive selection, the contest will shortlist up to 20 videos. Shortlisted applicants will receive structured feedback and support (from both communications experts and research staff) before they are invited to re-work and submit a final and longer version of their video. All shortlisted participants who go through the revision and resubmission will compete for monetary prizes worth EUR 6,000. A Jury of senior academics co-chaired by Thomas Mélonio (Executive Director of Innovation, Research, and Knowledge, French Development Agency) and Pierre Jacquet (President, Global Development Network) will assign prizes to the 3 top videos. Both winners and finalists will have a chance to take part in further audio-video productions by AFD and by GDN, with the potential of gaining global visibility. Read the full call and apply at http://www.gdn.int/GlobalTransitionsSouthernVoices Contact Francesco Obino <fobino(a)gdn.int<mailto:[email protected]>> for informal queries. -------------- Thanks and Regards, Bipashyee Dr. Bipashyee Ghosh SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit University of Sussex, UK Twitter<https://twitter.com/bipashyee> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/bipashyee/> | Google Scholar<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NiRShQMAAAAJ> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <https://youtu.be/Fi-upM5LkKI> <https://youtu.be/Fi-upM5LkKI><https://youtu.be/Fi-upM5LkKI> <https://youtu.be/Fi-upM5LkKI>Please consider donating for our Covid-19 Relief Fund in Chennai and India/Bitte spendet fuer unsere Covid-19 Hilfsaktion in Chennai und Indien Details and Report<https://www.indienaktuell.de/gesundheit/stay-safe-und-helfe-anderen-702963> IGCS video<https://youtu.be/Fi-upM5LkKI> "Auroville - Conversations beyond Wellbeing and the Good Life on Practices of Integral Transformation"<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i11hhUSgloo&feature=youtu.be> ---- Dr. Christoph Woiwode Indo-German Centre for Sustainability (IGCS) Visiting Faculty (Landuse/Urbanisation) Dep. of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) Chennai 600 036, India and RWTH Aachen University, Germany Dep. of Economic Geography e-mail: woiwode(a)igcs-chennai.org Fellow of the Higher Education Academy UK (FHEA) IGCS website<https://www.igcs-chennai.org/> IGCS at RWTH Aachen University<https://deref-gmx.net/mail/client/pOfrRV-KW8Q/dereferrer/?redirectUrl=http%…> IGCS Facebook<https://deref-gmx.net/mail/client/aSf4tZpH184/dereferrer/?redirectUrl=https…> Recent publications: Woiwode, Christoph, Niko Schäpke, Olivia Bina, Stella Veciana, Iris Kunze, Oliver Parodi, Petra Schweizer-Ries & Christine Wamsler (2021) Inner transformation to sustainability as a deep leverage point: fostering new avenues for change through dialogue and reflection. Sustainability Science DOI 10.1007/s11625-020-00882-y. Open Access https://rdcu.be/cdSSn (part of a Special Issue on Leverage Points for Sustainability Transformations: https://link.springer.com/journal/11625/topicalCollection/AC_0586d76989122b…<https://deref-gmx.net/mail/client/pFN1FwzL5aY/dereferrer/?redirectUrl=https…>) Woiwode, C. (2020). Inner Transformation for 21st Century Futures: The Missing Dimension in Higher Education. Environment 62(4): 30-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.2020.1764299

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Uluru Statement from the Heart
by Ariel Salleh 28 May '21

28 May '21

Part of the Australian Indigenous Peoples’ political agenda - ignored by the Liberal Federal Government / awarded a Peace Prize by the Left community. Uluru Statement from the Heart https://ulurustatement.org/the-statement

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DASH - A unique learning opportunity for students and alternative learners across India
by NEUSIEDL Christoph Andreas 28 May '21

28 May '21

Dear all, It would be fantastic if you can forward the below email to your students and circulate it in your networks. Project DEFY is starting a new virtual programme based on design thinking to help aspiring students develop and establish new and innovative solutions for community-based problems. For more information see below or feel free to contact me. Best, Christoph ______________________________________________ Warm greetings from Project DEFY. We hope you and your loved ones are keeping safe. We have an exciting new opportunity for students who want to get a fresh hands-on learning experience during these times. Last year we got an overwhelming response to our thingQbator Internship Program (TIP) with more than 1000 applications and about 250 participants! This year we are going bigger with our latest offering- the DEFY Academy for Solution Hacking (DASH). DASH is an intensive 2-month virtual learning program with two separate tracks. Built on the tenets of Design Thinking, the program will host a cohort of talented minds selected from across the country, and provide them a platform to think, explore, design, and test their ideas. In DASH, students work with communities, rather than for them, to solve the challenges they choose to take on. Apart from the guidance of seasoned mentors or experts in their respective fields, which the learners would have access to, they would also be engaging in various workshops, speaker sessions, team activities and group discussions to make the entire learning experience vivid, colorful and memorable. Students will build with mentoring from experts from MIT, Niti Ayog, Ankur Capital, GEN etc to get advantage of all sides of business! Apply here on this link: http://bit.ly/dash_apply<https://projectdefy.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7a3a6511e9d0238aded…> Please refer to https://projectdefy.org/dash/<https://projectdefy.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7a3a6511e9d0238aded…> for more details. Last date to apply is May 31, 2021. Please feel free to write to dash(a)projectdefy.org<mailto:[email protected]> if you have any questions! Here’s to finding new solutions to the challenges our world faces!

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Indian Book Edition of Revolutions in Learning and Education From India
by NEUSIEDL Christoph Andreas 28 May '21

28 May '21

Dear all, I wanted to let you know that the Indian paperback edition of my book "Revolutions in Learning and Education from India: Pathways Towards The Pluriverse" has recently been launched by Manohar Books. It is available here on Amazon<https://www.amazon.in/Revolutions-Learning-Education-India-Pluriverse/dp/10…> and you should also be able to order it from your local bookstore. Below are a few reviews of the book, which also comes with a wonderful foreword by Ashish Kothari. Of course I'd be very much happy to get your feedback on the book as well. Best, Christoph "Revolutions in Learning and Education from India is a fascinating exercise in rekindling hope, looking beyond our catastrophic present. Drawing on a number of different theoretical resources from postdevelopment thought to anarchism and the philosophy of Jacques Rancière, Christoph Neusiedl focuses on some novel experiments in the field of ‘education’ and ‘unschooling’ in India, to tell an amazing story of finding pathways to the pluriverse." – Aditya Nigam, Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), India "Christoph Neusiedl's work moves beyond the idea of critically looking at what is happening in education as it engages with ideas and practices on the ground. The book provides a much needed insight into the question of transformative education in the Indian context through weaving together social theory, philosophy, and literature on education."— Ravi Kumar, Associate Professor, South Asian University, India "This timely book joins the growing chorus of critical voices calling for a radical rethinking of our assumptions about how children should be educated, in the face of contemporary political, environmental and economic crises. In focusing on the artificial hierarchies created and sustained by our current systems, and weaving together insights from postdevelopment theory, anarchist theory and philosophy of education, the author offers an original perspective on these critical questions. These theoretical perspectives are combined with a fascinating analysis of neo-liberal education policy and resistant unschooling practices in India, offering an inspiring illustration of the political significance of grass-roots radical education movements." – Judith Suissa, Professor of Philosophy of Education, Institute of Education, University College London, UK

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Fwd: [REDlistserve] Spring Social Ecology Intensive: Online 11-16 June
by Ashish Kothari 28 May '21

28 May '21

This may be of interest ashish -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [REDlistserve] Spring Social Ecology Intensive: Online 11-16 June Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 19:22:59 -0400 From: Brian Tokar <briant(a)pshift.com> To: ecorev Mailing List <ecorev(a)lists.riseup.net>, ACTIONGREENS <actiongreens(a)googlegroups.com>, System Change not Climate Change <ecosocialist-organizing(a)googlegroups.com>, Radical Ecological Democracy <radical_ecological_democracy(a)googlegroups.com> * 2021 ISE Online Intensive: From Social Distancing to Social Transformation (June 11-16)* Join us June 11-16 for our annual Social Ecology Intensive! Together, we will spend five days exploring social-ecological transformation in theory and practice, examining contemporary political issues through a transformative interdisciplinary perspective. Bringing together ISE faculty, activists, scholars, and participants from around the world, our Intensives combine classes, workshops, and rich discussions guided by the goal of creating a free, ecological, and truly democratic society. We hope you’ll join us for what is always an inspiring experience of radical education, political strategizing, comradely networking, and utopian visioning! The program (under construction) will include classes by ISE faculty as well as guest speakers. We will address a wide variety of topics, including classes by ISE faculty on Foundations of Social Ecology, Understanding Capitalism, Municipal Movements & Direct Democracy, Building Dual Power, Food and Climate Justice. We will also have guest lectures by Dilar Dirik <https://roarmag.org/magazine/womens-internationalism-global-patriarchy/> on her upcoming book on the Kurdish women’s movement <https://www.powells.com/book/the-kurdish-womens-movement-9780745341934>, Bini Adamczek <https://fans.fm/p/DO2nxGL> on her new book /Yesterday’s Tomorrow <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/yesterdays-tomorrow>,/ Catherine Rottenburg (/The Care Manifesto/ <https://www.versobooks.com/books/3706-care-manifesto>, /The Rise of Neoliberal Feminism/ <https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-rise-of-neoliberal-feminism-978…>), speakers from Black Socialists in America <https://blacksocialists.us/>, panels on Health Care & Radical Politics, feminist movement & theory, and more! Everyone is welcome to participate, we ask for a suggested donation of $30 <https://social-ecology.org/wp/donate-pay/> from those who can afford it – no one turned away for lack of funds. Registration and a full schedule are at https://social-ecology.org/wp/learn/ise-intensives/2021-ise-online-intensiv… <https://social-ecology.org/wp/learn/ise-intensives/2021-ise-online-intensiv…>. -- To reply to the author of this message, select "reply"; to reply to the whole list, select "reply to all". --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Radical Ecological Democracy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to radical_ecological_democracy+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/radical_ecological_democracy/39B58302-B20… <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/radical_ecological_democracy/39B58302-B20…>.

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Fwd: Virtual Conversations [Spanish]- Michel Wieviorka & Frei Betto
by Angging Aban 27 May '21

27 May '21

Dear friends, Cross-posting this webinar, tomorrow, 28 May (11AM Colombia Time) Angging ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Eduardo Erazo Acosta <eduardosociologist(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, May 27, 2021 at 5:26 AM Subject: To: Angging Aban <azenana(a)gmail.com> Hi dear Annging, Please share in your academic groups. (academic event. 28 may hour: 11 am hour Colombia) Thanks from Pasto Colombia ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Conversatorio virtual – Michel Wieviorka y Frei Betto – hablan de Sociología, derechos Humanos y Colombia *Michel Viewiorka. Francia * Profesor Emérito *École des hautes études en sciences sociales EHESS Paris - Francia* *Frei Betto. Brasil * Escritor y Asesor Político Internacional Teólogo de la Liberación Brasileño Viernes 28 mayo de 2021 11:00 am (hora Bogotá) https://zoom.us/j/94011181465 Organiza: *Librería virtual: freibetto.org <http://freibetto.org>* Programa de Sociología Observatorio Social *Maestría* en *Intervención Social* Universidad de Nariño <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Libre de virus. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#m_3847067309690734637_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Conversatorio virtual – MichelWieviorka y Frei Betto – hablan de Sociología, derechos Humanos y Colombia
by Eduardo Erazo Acosta 26 May '21

26 May '21

Conversatorio virtual – Michel Wieviorka y Frei Betto – hablan de Sociología, derechos Humanos y Colombia *Michel Viewiorka. Francia * Profesor Emérito *École des hautes études en sciences sociales EHESS Paris - Francia* *Frei Betto. Brasil * Escritor y Asesor Político Internacional Teólogo de la Liberación Brasileño Viernes 28 mayo de 2021 11:00 am (hora Bogotá) https://zoom.us/j/94011181465 Organiza: *Librería virtual: freibetto.org <http://freibetto.org>* Programa de Sociología Observatorio Social *Maestría* en *Intervención Social* Universidad de Nariño <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Libre de virus. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Reactivating PeDAGoG - Online Discussion on 6th June, 2 PM GMT
by Upamanyu Das 26 May '21

26 May '21

Dear PeDAGoG colleagues, Hope you're doing well! As part of our attempt at revitalising PeDAGoG to become an actively engaged group, we have decided to host an online discussion for the group on 6th June, 2 PM GMT. The discussion can broadly range over an update on innovative activities that members have been upto, and the various activities that we can pursue as a network, and how. It would be great if people can show up for the meeting, though we also understand that there might be more pressing issues at hand for some of us. Looking forward to seeing you there! Here's the link for the meeting: Vikalp Sangam is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Reactivating PeDAGoG Time: Jun 6, 2021 02:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86350193741 Meeting ID: 863 5019 3741 One tap mobile +13017158592,,86350193741# US (Washington DC) +13126266799,,86350193741# US (Chicago) Dial by your location +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) Meeting ID: 863 5019 3741 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbKkilqA6w

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