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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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🌀 April 27 - 30 | Re-imagining Education Conference 3.0
by Ecoversities 26 Apr '23

26 Apr '23

save the date and register to join! Hello friends, It’s coming! The 3rd Reimagining Education Conference will take place online from April 27th - 30th. This is your invitation to co-create a world where many worlds exist, weave nourishing relationships, and tap into deep imagination. Together, we’re re-imagining what learning can be. We’re embodying new forms of higher education, a wider education. REGISTRATION IS LIVE! (https://gien2tio.paperform.co/) We feel clear that deepening relationships is one of the most important ingredients in this event. Therefore, we are scheming even more ways to foster meaningful interactions during the conference. In addition to compelling discussions, workshops and panels, this year you’re invited to: * Participate in the Dream Cafe - These interactive sessions will be a chance to offer support and feedback to people in the community who are just beginning or still imagining how to bring a project to life. * Join a Crew - This is something new we’re experimenting with. You’ll be connected to a small group that together can get to know one another better and really go deep - sharing reflections, debriefing each day, and having some shared reference points for weaving the experience together. * Listen to (or give!) Butterfly Talks - Each day we’ll have a series of 7-min ‘lightning’-style talks on themes related to reimagining education. They’re part of our effort to magnify the voices and efforts coming real projects in motion around the world. We have a truly incredible lineup of folks already preparing the space and we are actively welcoming more educators, unlearners, artists, youth, rebels, and dreamers to get involved! If there’s someone you think should to be woven into this event let us know by replying to this email. 💌 As always this event is offered in the spirit of the gift economy with plenty of ways to contribute monetarily and beyond. Find out more by registering here (https://gien2tio.paperform.co/) . Lastly, if you are part of or know an organization that would like to weave us, please get in touch (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Iyu-VWa2iNEt6iV9-A6AY1sjZEEIuOn5Z8ZhMGn…) ! We are calling in more support for all the behind-the-scenes work that makes this all possible. With big dreams and wild hearts, The REC organizing crew https://www.facebook.com/ReImaginingEducationEcoversities http://instagram.com/ecoversities In collaboration with the Ecoversities Alliance (https://ecoversities.org) and with learning communities from around the world, the Re-imagining Education Conference is a space for transformative educators to connect, re-imagine, design, and embody new approaches to higher education from within and beyond academia. Follow the REC Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ReImaginingEducationEcoversities) Page (https://www.facebook.com/ReImaginingEducationEcoversities) , Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ecoversities/) and check the Website (http://re-imagining.education) for updates. ============================================================ ** Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ReImaginingEducationEcoversities) ** Link (https://www.instagram.com/ecoversities/) ** Website (http://re-imagining.education) Copyright © 2023 Re-imagining Education Conference, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website or through one of our events. Our mailing address is: Re-imagining Education Conference PO Box 31535 Rpo Main Street Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6K8 Canada Want to change how you receive these emails? You can ** update your preferences (https://education.us1.list-manage.com/profile?u=575899db5f6c8bbb9271adafc&i…) or ** unsubscribe from this list (https://education.us1.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=575899db5f6c8bbb9271ada…) .

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Transforming food and agriculture: Competing visions and major controversies
by Michel Pimbert 26 Feb '23

26 Feb '23

Greetings to you all. This just published paper may be of interest to you and your networks - please share if appropriate: Transforming food and agriculture: Competing visions and major controversies Many citizens, scientists, and businesses believe that decisive actions are urgently needed to transform agri-food systems to limit runaway climate change, massive biodiversity loss, hunger and growing malnutrition. Bold new developments for sustainable agri-food transitions are being proposed in the North and global South. However, these developments are often rooted in different economic models, technological paradigms, cosmovisions, and actor networks. This paper starts by briefly describing two contrasting visions or models of development that seek to radically transform food, farming, and land use today. The first focuses on modernising and sustaining capitalism through the promotion of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) in food and agriculture. The second emphasises systemic change through food sovereignty and agroecology. The paper highlights some of the controversies and challenges associated with each of these two contrasting approaches to agri-food system transformation. Some of the most contested issues and battlegrounds that are shaping the development of food and agriculture today are discussed, - including discourses on modernity and the future of food & farming, the politics of knowledge and control over research, transformation for ecological sustainability, economics, and governance. The structure of the paper is shown here: https://www.cairn.info/revue-mondes-en-developpement-2022-3-page-361.htm?co…<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cairn…> Each contrasting vision of radical transformation is deeply contested and promises sweeping changes. For example, massive corporate use of new ‘green funds’ for climate change mitigation and net zero plans will significantly expand land grabbing and undermine implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. Solutions envisaged by different actors have the power to either regenerate or further destroy nature and society. Given these highly contested visions of the future, it is vital that all people—men and women—democratically decide which vision of food and farming is suited to their circumstances and wishes. A practical first step would be to facilitate many decentralised deliberative democratic processes similar to the large-scale citizens’ assemblies held in Ireland, France, Australia, Mali, and Switzerland in which citizens could debate and decide on major societal questions. See: Pimbert, M.P. 2022. Mondes en Développement Vol.50-2022/3-4 n°199-200: 361-384. https://doi.org/10.3917/med.199.0365<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2…> Queen's Award for Enterprise International Trade 2022 Ranked in the top 50% of UK universities for research power Times Higher Education analysis of REF 2021 Joint top Modern University for Career Prospects Guardian University Guide 2022 Top 30 in the World for International Students (ratio) QS World University Rankings 2022 NOTICE This message and any files transmitted with it is intended for the addressee only and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. Unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you are not the addressee, you should not read, copy, disclose or otherwise use this message, except for the purpose of delivery to the addressee. Any views or opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Coventry University.

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Education for the ecological crisis using Buddhist ethics
by Ashish Kothari 12 Feb '23

12 Feb '23

May be of interest, ashish -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [GTA] GJT: Global South Ecosocial Energy Manifesto launch this Friday Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 16:41:48 +0000 From: rehena Harilall <rehena(a)evolve-ltd.com> To: Ashish Kothari <ashishkothari(a)riseup.net> By the way Ashish Not sure if relevant but we are offering an event to look at education for the ecological event with a free event (initially honing in on Buddhist Ethics) and we have 3 BIPOC monks/exmonks connecting across India, Uganda and USA. I have attached a PDF and details if you you feel it would benefit the network and can be shared. *Date: *Saturday 4th March, 3-5pm *Title: **Education for the Ecological Crisis using Buddhist Ethics* *Description:* Join us in conversation with three amazing Buddhist/Mindfulness practitioners who are innovating and actively transforming education - they share how Buddhist /Mindful ethical foundations of love, compassion and interconnection are being universally adopted into the present day learning centers of tomorrow. Bhante Bhikkhu Buddharakkhita (Bhante B., Uganda), Lobsang Phuntsok (Genla, India) and Brother Chan Phap Dung (Br Phap Dung, USA) join across 3 continents to share how humane-based education is being used to grow resilience, creativity and joy in the face of our ecological crisis. *Contact Booking Details* : Free/Donations Please register clicking here <https://shee.eventbrite.com/> or https://SHEE.eventbrite.com <https://shee.eventbrite.com/> Shee Flyer .png rehena *Dr rehena Harilall (we/she/her)* *rehena(a)evolve-ltd.com <mailto:[email protected]>* *+44 (0) 7712 587 181* */"The moment we choose to love, webegin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others" /bell hooks* > On 7 Feb 2023, at 16:32, Ashish Kothari <ashishkothari(a)riseup.net> wrote: > > Friends, this event may be of interest, co-sponsored by GTA > > ashish > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: GJT: Global South Ecosocial Energy Manifesto launch this Friday > Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 11:27:46 -0500 > From: John Feffer <johnfeffer(a)gmail.com> > To: John Feffer <johnfeffer(a)gmail.com> > > > > Dear advisory committee members: > > Together with the Ecosocial and Intercultural Pact of the South, we'll > be launching a new manifesto this Friday, February 10 at 9 am (EST). > > The “*Manifesto for an Ecosocial Energy Transition from the Peoples of > the South*” is the work of groups and individuals from across the > Global South. > > The central online launch event will feature several speakers: > *Maristella Svampa* of the Ecosocial Pact (Argentina), *Trusha Reddy* > of WoMin (South Africa), and *Ashish Kothari* of Kalpavriksh (India). > The moderator will be *Liliana Buitrago*of the Ecosocial Pact > (Venezuela). > > > Here is the link to register > <https://ips-dc.org/events/southecosocialenergytransition/>for the event. > > > Organizational endorsers of the manifesto include the Ecosocial and > Intercultural Pact of the South, Greenpeace, Focus on the Global > South, War on Want, Global Justice Now, Third World Network, WoMin, > Peoples Response Network, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, Global > Tapestry of Alternatives, Censat Agua Viva - Amigos de la Tierra > Colombia, Espacioenoff, Extinction Rebellion Medellín, Seminario > permanente Re-Evolución de la Salud, Grupo Socioambiental Lotos, > ACTRICES ARGENTINAS, Friends of the Earth Malaysia, and Consumers > Association of Penang. > > > Here is a link to the manifesto > <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfl_OW5eY_lZNABezGBhsbL3fy2xPOSpB0…>. > We will be publishing it in several venues on Friday. > > > You can see short videos about the manifesto from advisory committee > members Shalmali Guttal > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIVZDahgiWw&t=2s>, Kavita Naidu > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga8t23eH_A8>, and Nnimmo Bassey > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFlDPDqHcNw>. > > > I'll be back in touch shortly with updates on other work. But I also > want to highlight an important new report: > > > Achieving Zero Emissions with More Mobility and Less Mining > <https://www.climateandcommunity.org/more-mobility-less-mining> from > the Climate and Community Project and lead author Thea Riofrancos. > > > I hope you can join us on Friday. > > > all the best, > > John > > > > -- > John Feffer > Director, Foreign Policy In Focus > Institute for Policy Studies > www.fpif.org <http://www.fpif.org/> > www.johnfeffer.com > <https://usmail.soros.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=5e39ea53ff48415e93e52c1603b8ce5f&…> > > Latest book: Right Across the World > <https://www.amazon.com/Right-Across-World-Networking-Far-Right/dp/0745341896> > Latest novel: Songlands > <https://www.amazon.com/Songlands-Dispatch-John-Feffer/dp/1642594644/ref=sr_…> > > > --- > To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to this address: > global-tapestry-alternatives-observers-unsubscribe(a)lists.riseup.net >

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Recording of "Strategies Beyond Borders: Tales of Time Banks"
by Urvi Shah 10 Feb '23

10 Feb '23

[image: image.png] Dear all, The recording for this session is live now. Please find it at the link attached below. https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/webinars:2023:learning:timebank Regards, -- Urvi Shah Vikalp Sangam <http://www.vikalpsangam.org>/ Global Tapestry of Alternatives <http://www.globaltapestryofalternatives.org> Twitter <https://twitter.com/urvishxh>

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Upcoming PeDAGoG meeting-7th of February 2023: 1 pm GMT
by Urvi Shah 09 Feb '23

09 Feb '23

Dear all, This is a gentle reminder for our upcoming PeDAGoG *meeting on the 7th of February 2023- at 1 pm GMT.* Please mark your calendars, looking forward to your participation! Please find the link to join in below --------------------------- Topic: PeDAGoG Meeting Time: Feb 7, 2023 01:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89306393200?pwd=dFVDY0lvdzBNYk1nNXFXT3AvOGlXQT09 Meeting ID: 893 0639 3200 Passcode: 555623 --------------------------- Key points discussed in the last meeting can be found below. Keynotes: - Revival of the planning committee for the “Learning through alternative futures series”. It is a very diverse and interesting group that should keep meeting. - Recommendations for next in the webinar series are as follows: 1. Samantha Hargreaves of WoMin in South Africa on alternative learning processes that combine feminist, ecological and anti-extractivist themes. 2. Alrowwad – cultural and arts society from Palestine on methods of art and pedagogy for social movements 3. Academy of Democratic Modernity on alternate learnings in the Kurdish movement 4. Frances Ferreira from Commonwealth of Learning on community programmes contributing to improved livelihoods of women and girls in underserved communities 5. Carol Anne Spreen on Learning in Third spaces - How might we restart the sharing of alternative courses and methodologies, pedagogies through meetings, mail, etc? What mediums can we use? Some suggestions include starting a book recommendations series to increase interaction within the network. Any other suggestions are welcome and it is encouraged to keep sharing updates, notes, reflections, etc in the network. - Theatre and pedagogy would be an interesting intersection to explore. A webinar/ workshop by a group of youngsters should take place. Sonali Sathaye to share with us a few instances she is working on. - Melanie Bush, Pallavi Varma Patil, and Dani Leonardo have offered to conduct a participatory workshop on “Strategies Beyond Borders: Tales of Time Banks” on 27th Jan. The discussion will be based on pedagogies that embed alternative ways of organising society. This session will also have an experience sharing by students and “Offer and Needs Market” by Post Growth Institute. Recording will be shared soon. Warm Regards, -- Urvi Shah Vikalp Sangam <http://www.vikalpsangam.org>/ Global Tapestry of Alternatives <http://www.globaltapestryofalternatives.org> Twitter <https://twitter.com/urvishxh>

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