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STOP DESIGN THINKING - Save yourselves from design thinkers
by Jinan K B 23 Jun '23

23 Jun '23

STOP DESIGN THINKING I have uploaded a paper at Academia and medium about how to understand the modern mindset by examining the term design thinking. Join me to discuss this https://www.academia.edu/s/b416e3384b or you can read about the same at https://jinankb.medium.com/stop-design-thinking-c6ffc24148d1 One doesn’t require an anthropologist, sociologist, psychologist, and least of all a cognitive scientist to understand the modern mindset. Just a bit of common sense (the most uncommon in modernity which is what schooling takes away) will do. A proper examination of the term ‘design thinking’ will do. How they bring in two totally diverse phenomena together in words and pretend the job is done. This is the same drama with first fragmenting knowledge into various subjects and making the pretense of integrating all by just creating a few terms- multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary, etc… It is interesting another nature of the modern mindset which can be called an ‘afterthought’. This means first destroy, make this as default and then pretend for the first time a solution is provided. Take the usage ‘out of the box thinking. A much-celebrated usage…. The stupidity of the modern mindset is that they are not asking why are you in the box in the first place. Who put us in? So, our default setting is in the box, fragmented……. And instead of trying to find the root cause, a temporary solution is offered. Natasha Jen: Design Thinking is Bullsh*t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_raleGrTdUg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8gjDsW3lsY -- Jinan, TEXT DISTORTS, DIGITAL DESTROYS, WORLD AWAKENS http://kbjinan.in/ <http://jinankb.in/> http://ekfoundation.in/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC80rT8Zj1EE8TrzD3UreYfQ www.re-cognition.org https://independent.academia.edu/JinanKodapully 09447121544

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Fwd: [GTA-Endorsers] JANUARY 27th | Interactive Session: "Strategies Beyond Borders: Tales of Time Banks"
by Urvi Shah 26 Jan '23

26 Jan '23

Dear all, Hope you are all well. A gentle reminder for this interactive session on "Time Banks" taking place tomorrow! Please find more details below. Warm regards, Urvi ---------- Forwarded message --------- Interactive session on Strategies Beyond Borders: Tales of Time Banks <https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/webinars:2023:learning:timebank> *Friday, January 27th 2023: 16:00 *(UTC/GMT) Come join us for an interactive session on “time banking”- a form of social-economic- political organizing that recognises that everyone has contributions to make and needs to fulfill. University Students and Faculty from New York and India who have already participated in setting up a time bank in their classroom will discuss their experience. The session will include an opportunity for participants to share offers and needs in small groups, using a condensed version of the Post Growth Institute's Offers and Needs Market <https://offersandneeds.com/>(OANM) process. We welcome all who are interested in exploring alternative projects that draw on the strength of the community to affirm the worth and value of each individual. Projects that are in contrast to the capitalist model of competition, extraction and exploitation, Projects that allow us to experience another way of living and being. More information, registration and link to join <https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/webinars:2023:learning:timebank> For background, have a look at the Global Tapestry of Alternatives Periodical #08 <https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:08:index> <https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/:definitions#term-Alternatives> “Collaboration across borders”: comic and interview: https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:08:collaboration <https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/webinars:2023:learning:timebank> About the presenters: *Melanie E L Bush* Melanie E L Bush is a professor of Sociology, Adelphi University; Senior Research Associate, Centre for Sociological Research and Practice, University of Johannesburg; Research Fellow, University of South Africa. She teaches and writes about topics such as race, nation, political economy, social movements and is active in many grassroots projects. *Pallavi Varma Patil* Pallavi Varma Patil is a faculty, School of Development, Azim Premji University, Bangalore India and teaches courses aligned with Gandhi-Tagore, Degrowth or Postgrowth visions. She has been teaching a course on Living Utopias with Sujit Sunha which is an exploration of counter currents of hope and action for an alternative vision of a good society. *Dani Leonardo* Dani is a facilitator, organizer and musician, with a background in Permaculture design and youth mentoring. Currently working as Director of Equity at the Post Growth Institute, Dani brings a grounding in ecological wisdom, perspectives from the margins, and a centering in anti-oppressive practice. dani’s work centers around collaboration, co-liberation, creativity and justice. Global Tapestry of Alternatives <https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org> contact(a)globaltapestryofalternatives.org To subscribe and get our updates, visit this link <https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/contact> --- To unsubscribe: <mailto: global-tapestry-alternatives-endorsers-unsubscribe(a)lists.riseup.net> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>

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Make a difference in 2 minutes: fill out or share this quick poll
by Nyambura Mbau 11 Jan '23

11 Jan '23

Hi! I am writing to invite you to participate in a poll that we are conducting as part of a project to increase climate awareness in rural sub-Saharan communities. The *poll is quick and easy* to fill out, taking an average of *1-2 minutes to complete*. It asks about your primary language from a list of the top 10 most spoken languages in Africa. Your input is crucial to the success of the MBURA experiment, which aims to provide access to climate knowledge through native, science-aware individuals. Please follow this link to participate in the poll: *https://loabowakind.typeform.com/to/f9Ft7kI3 <https://loabowakind.typeform.com/to/f9Ft7kI3> * The poll will be closing on the *6th of January*. *Feel free to share with others of African origin.* Thank you in advance for your time and input! Regards, Stella Stella Nyambura Mbau PhD | Abundant Earth Foundation & Agroforestry Regeneration Communities- Project Coordinator | Future Females Business School member | Founder and CEO of LOABOWA | 8512 City Square, Nairobi, Kenya Articles on Resilience.org <https://www.resilience.org/resilience-author/stella-nyambura-mbau-phd/> | Featured on COP27 talks, Climate Justice <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfDuwDghnzU&t=704s> & Beyond Maladaptation <https://youtu.be/kARCBwzFLVM?t=214> [image: WhatsApp Image 2023-01-04 at 10.21.03.jpeg] Nkisi Nkonde🗿 A wooden figurine used in Kongo spiritual traditions to protect against harm and bring good fortune 🙏🏼

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Grassroots democracy and peoples' alternative practices in Southeast Asia
by Shrishtee Bajpai 04 Jan '23

04 Jan '23

This article by Eduardo C. Tadem (cc'd here) looks at three cases of alternative practices that illustrate grassroots democracy at work in Thailand, Indonesia, and Timor Leste exploring the role of grounded movements on regionalism and transnationalism from below that can challenge the dominant elite-centred and oligarchic regionalism: https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:09:rivers regards, s -- Shrishtee Bajpai Kalpavriksh <http://kalpavriksh.org> / Vikalp Sangam <http://www.vikalpsangam.org>/ Global Tapestry of Alternatives <http://www.globaltapestryofalternatives.org>/ Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature <https://www.garn.org> Twitter <https://twitter.com/shrishtee?s=03> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/shrishtee-bajpai-18055390/> Writings <https://linktr.ee/shrishteebajpai> Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/194276902@N08/?>

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JANUARY 15th |"Indigenous Food Systems: Habitat Expansion and the Excavation of Hidden History"
by Shrishtee Bajpai 03 Jan '23

03 Jan '23

Dear all, Join us for this interesting dialogue with Lyla June (Diné/Tsétsêhéstâhese) on indigenous food systems, histories & cosmologies of her people. Register at the link below. Warm regards, s Webinar by the Global Tapestry of Alternatives on Indigenous Food Systems: Habitat Expansion and the Excavation of Hidden History <https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/events:2023_indigenious_food_syste…> with *Lyla June* *Sunday, January 15th 2023-15:00 *(UTC/GMT) Lyla June (Diné/Tsétsêhéstâhese) will discuss native food systems in pre-Columbian times. Through her doctoral work she has seen that a common denominator in these systems is the strategy of habitat expansion. Whether it's burning grasslands to maintain habitat for deer, buffalo, antelope, etc, or building intertidal rock walls to catch sediment for clam habitat, native people have a knack for building a home for their food in reciprocal relationships. Through this maintenance of the home of edible plants and animals, whom we see as relatives, our food can come to us through a consensual and respectful relationship. More information, registration and link to join <https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/events:2023_indigenious_food_syste…> <https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/events:2023_indigenious_food_syste…> About the presenter: *Lyla June* Lyla June Johnston is an Indigenous public speaker, artist, scholar and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages from Taos, New Mexico. Her messages focus on Indigenous rights, supporting youth, traditional land stewardship practices and healing inter-generational and inter-cultural trauma. More on: https://www.lylajune.com Global Tapestry of Alternatives <https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org> contact(a)globaltapestryofalternatives.org To subscribe and get our updates, visit this link <https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/contact> --- To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to this address: global-tapestry-alternatives-observers-unsubscribe(a)lists.riseup.net -- Shrishtee Bajpai Kalpavriksh <http://kalpavriksh.org> / Vikalp Sangam <http://www.vikalpsangam.org>/ Global Tapestry of Alternatives <http://www.globaltapestryofalternatives.org>/ Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature <https://www.garn.org> Twitter <https://twitter.com/shrishtee?s=03> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/shrishtee-bajpai-18055390/> Writings <https://linktr.ee/shrishteebajpai> Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/194276902@N08/?>

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