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Fwd: The Intersectionality Series: Talk by Dr. Sibyl Diver at 12:00 pm on July 3, 2024 (Wednesday)
by Pallavi Varma- Patil 03 Jul '24

03 Jul '24

Apologies for this last minute announcement. Perhaps anyone from PeDaGoG might like to join in? It is approximately in 3 hours from now and will be offered online as well..(Link at the end of the forwarded email) Cheers! Pallavi https://naitaleem.wordpress.com/ ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Pallavi Varma-Patil <pallavi.vp(a)atree.org> Date: Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 8:09 AM Subject: Fwd: The Intersectionality Series: Talk by Dr. Sibyl Diver at 12:00 pm on July 3, 2024 (Wednesday) To: Pallavi Varma- Patil <pallavi.vp(a)gmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Madhavi Latha G <madhavi(a)atree.org> Date: Mon, 1 Jul, 2024, 11:01 am Subject: The Intersectionality Series: Talk by Dr. Sibyl Diver at 12:00 pm on July 3, 2024 (Wednesday) To: Madhavi Latha <madhavi(a)atree.org> Dear all, The next speaker for the Intersectionality Series is *Dr. Sibyl Diver*, Stanford University. Please find the details below. *Title:* Social impact assessment of Klamath dam removal (California, Oregon, US) for Tribal community well-being. *Abstract*: This collaborative research initiative engages the Karuk Tribe to co-develop an assessment tool evaluating the social, cultural and economic impacts of dam removal in the Klamath Basin from a Tribal perspective (California, Oregon, US). The assessment focuses on the social impacts of dam removal to Karuk Tribal community well-being including cultural resources, holistic health, self-governance, education, and livelihoods ( https://damremovalsocialimpact.com) By doing so, the assessment provides a baseline for understanding social impacts that are relevant to tribal community members, as well as community perceptions of Klamath dam removal processes that started in 2023. This work shares findings from the Klamath assessment process, and discusses the importance of including Indigenous peoples in social impact assessment more generally, in part, through leveraging well-being frameworks. * About the speaker * Dr. Sibyl Diver is an interdisciplinary environmental scientist, a lecturer in the Earth Systems Program, and co-director for the Environmental Justice Working Group at Stanford University. She does community-engaged research on Indigenous water governance focusing on Pacific Northwest salmon watersheds. This includes research on co-management (or collaborative management) arrangements between Indigenous communities and state agencies, and decolonizing methodologies. For the past 20 years, she has worked on issues of Indigenous peoples and salmon around the North Pacific – in the Russian Far East, Alaska, Canada, and has spent fifteen years partnering with the Karuk Tribe in Northern California. She is currently partnering with Karuk tribal managers and community leaders on a social impact assessment of Klamath dam removal. Dr. Diver received her PhD from the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California - Berkeley. *Date and Time:* July 3, 2024; 12:00 pm *Venues:* ATREE, Bengaluru Link to register if attending virtually: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6CzqO3Q7QgqFkxOBTmtnIg ------------------------------ -- Madhavi Latha G The Academy for Conservation Science and Sustainability Studies Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur PO Bangalore 560064, India ----------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: +91-80-23635555 Extn: 121 Fax: +91-80-23530070 E-mail: madhavi(a)atree.org _________________________________________________________________

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[GTA] Global U Communique No.40 (20240625)
by LAU Kin Chi 25 Jun '24

25 Jun '24

Dear GTA network friends, Note: Pleased put down "GTA" on the Questions and Comments column in the zoom registration form, and the registration fees for you and your networks will be waived. Global University for Sustainability Communique of Founding Members Community No.40 (20240625) [cid:28f78d09-0817-46cf-bab6-36609f4f8115] Summer is here! Photo: Dai Jinhua SSFS11 on Global U website: https://our-global-u.org/oguorg/en/the-eleventh-south-south-forum-on-sustai… Zoom Registration: https://lingnan.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qRrRY3TDR6ye8zCU_TBLzQ#/registr… The 11th South-South Forum on Sustainability (SSFS11): Health and the Road to Sustainability, will be held from June 30 to July 5, 2024. The organizers are the Chinese Institute of Hong Kong, CCRD-CS of Lingnan University, School of Chinese Medicine of Baptist University, and Global University for Sustainability, together with 11 co-organizers. It will adopt a hybrid mode: onsite (Lingnan University) and online (Zoom, Bilibili and Xiaoetong). Simultaneous interpretation will be provided: English and Putonghua for all nine sessions, and Spanish for four sessions. Putonghua only for the June 30 session. As in the past, the SSFS invites experts and scholars from the South and the North to meet and brainstorm to foster collective wisdom from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The title of this year's Forum is “Health and the Road to Sustainability”. How can humanity live in peace in a century of great changes? In today’s world, peace is being undermined, pandemics are not receding, and the climate is rapidly and drastically changing ...... Is humanity at the crossroads again? Where are we heading? Can an individual’s pursuit of physical and mental health, and society’s quest for peace, be guaranteed? How can there be sustainability? We have three themes for in-depth discussion at the SSFS11. Theme 1: Cultural Traditions, Physical and Mental Health, and Sustainability. Taking Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and the art of painting and calligraphy as examples, we will discuss how, under the collision of Eastern and Western cultures, the Chinese cultural tradition with the unity of heaven and humans can innovate, but also maintain its fundamental principles. There will be three keynote speeches (public lectures) on TCM on July 2 (UTC 0200 hrs): Implications of Cultural Amalgamation for the Integration of Chinese and Western Medicine by LYU Aiping, Vice President (Research and Development), Hong Kong Baptist University, China; Foreign Member of Academia Europaea. The Path of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine in the Cultural Encounter of the East and the West by WEN Jianmin (Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, China; World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies) Culturally Responsive Health Model by YUAN Zhong (Professor, Peking Union Medical College, China) [cid:1b2de2de-4611-482c-8cce-1ef64000fd13] In addition, there will be a keynote speech on the relations between painting and health sustainability (July 2, UTC 0630 hrs): The Art of Painting and Calligraphy, and Physical and Mental Health by PAN Gongkai (Former Dean of China Central Academy of Fine Arts; Director of Fudan Art Institute, Fudan University, China) [cid:edd9782b-6be6-4f07-8214-4d04b9fdad36] Furthermore, there will be a session on the de-colonization of Western medicines and the revival of subjugated indigenous medical knowledge in Asia and Africa. The speakers are as follows (UTC1300 hrs): The Right to Science: Decolonizing Knowledge to Preserve Epistemic Biodiversity by Nicoletta DENTICO (Global Health Justice Program, Society for International Development, Italy) The Contribution of Traditional African Medicine in the Fight Against COVID-19 and Other Tropical Diseases by Jérôme MUNYANGI WA NKOLA (University of Kolwezi, Congo) Ayurveda in Healthcare: Swastha Vritta (The Preventive and Social Medicine) by Thushara LAL S (Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, India) Revisiting the Role of Western Foundations in the Medical System of the Global South by SIT Tsui Jade Margaret (Southwest University, China) [cid:4aedea8e-0dce-42e1-be60-e94b108c556d] Theme 2: Health and Sustainability. Amidst the crisis of globalization, how can humanity consciously choose a sustainable path that leads to serenity of mind and heart, as well as social peace? Furthermore, we will explore the relevance of the North-South and South-South frameworks, reflect on the experiences and lessons of ‘development’ and ‘healthcare’, broaden the boundaries of the health discourse, and explore the paths to health projects and cultural sustainability. The speakers are as follows: Rethinking the Birth of the 20th Century in the midst of Multiple Crises by WANG Hui (Tsinghua University, China) Physical and Mental Health and the Defense of Society by DAI Jinhua (Peking University, China) [cid:58c3d138-03ab-4c08-90e2-c65f0e8cb866] De-globalization and Ecological Transformation by WEN Tiejun (Haikou University of Economics, China) Community Building and Life Quality: For Whom, and How to be Sustainable? by HUANG Ping (Chinese Institute of Hong Kong, China) [cid:12b3277f-8d16-4ea8-ae4a-1e2ea7032724] The Decadent West and the New Socialist World Order by Michael HUDSON (Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends, USA) Development, Sustainability, and Ecological/Communitarian Health by Ana Esther CECENA (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico) Cuba’s Experiences in Healthcare by Remy HERRERA (National Center of Scientific Research, France) Theorizing the South Solidarity of the Oppressed and Diversification of Globalization by YIN Zhiguang (Fudan University, China) [cid:72771478-3243-4cd2-b13d-35c41223e5e4] Theme 3: Health and Community Sustainability. Whether community building and human health can be achieved and sustained is based on good community governance, ensuring the quality of people’s livelihoods, valuing inclusiveness in community life, and building an ecological civilization. The speakers are as follows: Towards Sustainable Healthcare Financing and Good Nutrition by JOMO Kwame Sundaram (Khazanah Research Institute, Malaysia) Venezuelan Communes: Building an Alternative Life-Centered Civilization by Hernan VARGAS (Communes and Social Movements Ministry, Venezuela) Right to Health vs Pharmaceuticalization and Commodification of Healthcare by Mira SHIVA (Initiative for Health Equity and Society, India) [cid:6359deca-7e94-4756-bfeb-317e9d0592f1] Crossing the Gap between Global Drivers and Resources for Climate Justice, and Local Participatory Initiatives in Urban Areas of East and Southern Africa by Rene LOEWENSON (Training and Research Support Centre, Zimbabwe) Gross National Happiness in Strategic and Local Planning and Development by Tandin Wangmo (Centre for Media and Democracy, Bhutan) The Path of Education for Rural Revitalization: Experiments from Communities Practicing Pro-People, Pro-land, and Pro-nature Principles by ZHANG Xiaode (Chinese Academy of Governance, China) Rural Community Building in the Context of Multiple Dilemmas by YAN Xiaohui (Lingnan University, China) [cid:98f1515c-f8e1-49cb-883c-59d8e968c819] A Change of Meaning. Stop the Climate Emergency, Assuming Ourselves as Ecosystems by Claudia CABALLERO (Multitrueke Mixiuhca Network, Mexico) The MST in the Fight Against Agribusiness: the Experiences of Agroecological Rice Cooperatives by Salete CAROLLO ( Porto Alegre Agricultural Production Cooperatives, Brazil) Digital Change and Ecology, Production, and Livelihoods of Rural Communities by YANG Shui (Beijing Institute of Technology, China) [cid:2dbe5a08-da05-4d96-b2d5-9a491a06b3dc] Walking on the road to sustainability, we follow the law of Nature, recognize that the greatest virtue carries the characteristics of water; respect and treasure different and diverse cultures and values, and endeavor for a world in Great Harmony. We thank again the speakers, but we hope many of you will join as we have reserved a lot of time for discussions and interactions. Please feel free to email your messages to the Global U Founding Members Google group for exchanges. Take good care, stay healthy, and see you online at SSFS11! With very warm regards, Kin Chi and Jade On behalf of the Executive Team @[email protected] [Lingnan University Hong Kong] <https://www.ln.edu.hk> [Education for Service] <https://www.ln.edu.hk/transformation-for-life>

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How to Build Power From Below
by Yvonne Yen Liu 11 Jun '24

11 Jun '24

Happy Pride! We have two upcoming panels that may be of interest. 1) Direct Democracy, Constituent Power, and the Common(s) Date: Thursday, June 20th 2024 Time: 2:45 to 4:15 PM ET/1:45 to 3:15 PM CT/11:45 AM to 1:45 PM PT RSVP at https://municipalism.org/direct-democracy-constituent-power-and-the-commons/ Our panel will explore how to build power from below. Central to the question of movement building is how we can organize ourselves democratically, without coercion and power-hoarding, and with the particularities of gender, race, ability, and other forms of domination in mind. We will explore many aspects of directly democratic governance, including collective decision making, equitable management of resources, and the emergent contradictions of building and sustaining radical democratic institutions. We will be presenting this panel at the Ostrom Workshop at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. We are making our panel available for people to attend virtually by livestream. Panelists: • ALISON CHOPEL, Universidad de Puerto Rico • NDINDI KITONGA, Palms Unhoused Mutual Aid • KERMIT O • YVONNE YEN LIU, Solidarity Research Center Paper abstracts: Power Building from Below in Puerto Rico by ALISON CHOPEL This paper explores relationships between what Michael Hardt refers to as the natural (ecological) and the artificial (social and economic) commons, through the lens of three specific power building projects in Post-María Puerto Rico. Post-María Puerto Rico has much to offer the world in terms of understanding possibilities for our future, in particular the varied possible ways in which commons are acknowledged as such and managed collectively or continued to be coopted through the illusion of private property ownership, as it is in the forefront of both climate and social vulnerability (given it has among the highest climate risk index and the highest economic inequalities in the Western hemisphere). A look at the journey of a collective of queer artists combatting displacement in the capital's arts district (La Futura es Rosario) shows how we must practice and improve management of natural commons to enable the immaterial production of artificial commons to happen in a way that is healthy, just and joyful. My colleague at the Graduate School of Planning in the University of Puerto Rico, Ariam Torres Cordero, has described a practice of Bomba Planning that demonstrates how we can bolster and invest in the immaterial knowledge, skills, roles and processes to make decisions together to manage commons and plan into the future. Lastly, the Resiliency Law Center’s theory of change posits that investing in the building of the artificial commons assets of collective, localised governance is arguably one of the best investments for conservation/ management of the natural commons as well, as local communities that depend on healthy ecosystems are their best stewards. Direct Democracy, Building Power, and Counter-Narrative Education by NDINDI KITONGA Is it possible to nurture a learning environment in which students can participate in democracy, built on the radical notion that young people should and can be free and that their full participation is vital not only in classrooms but in larger socio-political contexts? This paper will explore three educational spaces based in Los Angeles experimenting with notions of abolition and direct democracy outside of mainstream schooling institutions. The programs include Colegio del Pueblo (Parent Ethnic Studies program), Escuelita Aztlan (Community Saturday School open to all ages from infant to abuelita), and Angeles Workshop School (cooperative micro-school). These programs predominately serve working-class Black and Brown folks interested in anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist politics. The paper will discuss the three models’ practices with: 1) developing learner agency and mode to transform oneself from a victim of hegemony, capitalism, and internalization of the -isms, to an empowered agent of change at all levels, 2) nurturing learners’ participation in ones’ community to build combat injustices and challenge institutional power, 3) building widespread democratic education networks to support learning and foster the type of praxis necessary to build alternative worlds free of capitalist exploitation, ecological degradation, and all other antagonisms to human flourishing. Building BLOCs for Autonomy and Self-Determination in Philadelphia by KERMIT O Enclosure, the division of common land into private segments which forms the underlying logic of capitalism, also finds expression in our relationships to time, space, community, the body, knowledge, labor, and life itself. Abolition derives from both the Latin abolere, to destroy, and adolere, to grow. Abolition might therefore even be defined as the dissolution of enclosures, which creates or restores pathways for living. Commoning, the return to stewardship, sharing, and solidarity, is a key strategy in our approach to abolitionist horizons. While we must resist relations of domination at every turn, it is essential to prefigure the world we want. Building BLOCs — block level organizing committees — to dream, design, and democratically develop our immediate social and material realities is one tactic being explored in Philadelphia for modeling and practicing more liberatory relations, toward greater autonomy and self-determination. The Municipalist Moment in Los Angeles by YVONNE YEN LIU Experiments in municipalism and the reclamation of the common(s) have been slow to develop in North America and yet one is emerging in Los Angeles. The city is inhospitable to the majority: growing numbers of unhoused residents are swept off the sidewalks to be incarcerated, while Black and Latine families are subjected to racial banishment and pushed to the periphery. The fragmentation of the built environment of the city is mirrored in the inability of social movements to come together. Divisions are made to weaken constituent power and to pit groups segregated by race and place to fight for meager resources. A network of social movement organizations, under the name of Los Angeles for All, is attempting to establish collective action plans, governance, and infrastructure to build power from below. The long-term vision is to replace the status quo with a directly democratic polity and solidarity economy. The presentation will explore how the common(s) and public goods can be managed in a transformed city and will reflect on how governance and institutions can transition to this municipalist model. 2) Building Power in Place: A Municipalist Organizing Toolkit Date: Saturday, July 6th 2024 Time: 12:00 to 1:30 PM ET/11:00 AM to 12:30 PM CT/9:00 to 10:30 AM PT RSVP at https://municipalism.org/building-power-in-place/ Join us July 6th for the release of “Building Power in Place: A Municipalist Organizing Toolkit.” This downloadable toolkit outlines organizing strategy for your local organizing context. Drawing upon curriculum from the Municipalism Learning Series and case studies from organizers’ own experiences, we have developed a comprehensive toolkit to support individualized movement building efforts. “Building Power in Place: A Municipalist Organizing Toolkit” presents a snapshot of the praxis and theory of various place-based movements we describe as radical municipalist: a vision that our movements can destroy the hegemonic structures that rule over us and replace them with alternatives based on direct democracy and the solidarity economy. This toolkit provides tools and practices to share with fellow organizers, community members, and comrades. Our intended audience is people seeking cultivated space to think through questions around place-based organizing strategy. Maybe the term municipalism is new to you, maybe it is familiar. Regardless of your familiarity, we invite you to think deeply about the ways that you are already using many of these theories and practices in your movement work. Municipalism Learning Series is a project of Solidarity Research Center, a nonprofit organization that builds solidarity economy ecosystems through data science, story-based strategy, and action research. Our goals are to introduce radical municipalism to a broad audience in North America, and to connect municipalist organizers across places. We offer public panels introducing the theory and practice of radical municipalism. And, we launched a 12-week cohort fellowship last year, which brought together municipalist practitioners to develop strategy plans to win power in their place. Sign up for our mailing list to be apprised of future panels. And, please support our efforts if you have the resources. Municipalism Learning Series +1 (323) 539-7654 info(a)municipalism.org municipalism.org Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Yvonne Yen Liu (she/her) Solidarity Research Center yvonne(a)solidarityresearch.org 323 539 7654 213 762 2667 Schedule a meeting at calendly.com/yvonnegraphy

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New article on RED - The rise of the fashion industry in the 20th century
by Pooja Kishinani 05 Jun '24

05 Jun '24

Dear friends, We have a new article <https://radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/beauty-fashion-the-rise-of-the-fashi…> on REDWeb written by Alessandra Monaco. This is the second article in a three-part mini-series on beauty and fashion. The first article <https://radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/beauty-fashion-confronting-commodifi…>, which has also been adapted into a comic <https://vikalpsangam.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Confronting-Beauty-Comi…> by Shaunauk Sokey, investigated the meaning and role of ‘beauty’ through history. In this subsequent piece, Alessandra explains how key events in the twentieth century such as the two World Wars, the Countercultural Revolution and the Second Wave Feminist movement of the 1960s have shaped, influenced, and resisted societal narratives of beauty. The article also examines how globalisation, neoliberalism, and profit-driven industries have commodified health and beauty into marketable goods and have led to the rise of the fast fashion industry. Read it here: https://radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/beauty-fashion-the-rise-of-the-fashi… Please do share it within your networks. I have also copied Alessandra on this email, in case you would like to share any thoughts or comments with her. Lastly, REDWeb also has a presence on social media now. Please do follow us on Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/radecologicaldemocracy/>, LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/radical-ecological-democracy/>, and X <https://x.com/FutureOfEcology>. Happy reading! Best, Pooja

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article on rhizomatic pluriverse
by Jorge Garcia Arias (Ule) 29 May '24

29 May '24

Dear colleagues and friends, We have just published in *Globalizations* this paper on pluriversal alternatives to development, decoloniality and the centrality of life, connecting the Andean philosophy of Allin kawsay with some *entramados comunitarios* --community networks (Global Tapestry of Alternatives & Crianza Mutua), and introducing the concept of rhizomatic pluriverse. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2024.2352942 50 free online copies here: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TIU5ZQ8RQCEDXVCFGTRY/full?target=10.1080… If you want to read the article and you have any problem accessing it, just drop me a personal email (jrgara(a)unileon.es) and we will fix it. We believe it could be of interest to you. Any comments or suggestions are most welcome. We appreciate diffusion in your social networks (X, etc). In solidarity, Jorge ------------------------------------- Jorge Garcia-Arias, PhD Full Professor, International Political Economy & Global Development Studies University of Leon (Spain) email: jrgara(a)unileon.es web: https://jorgegarciaarias.unileon.es ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[GTA] SSFS11 on June 30-July 5
by LAU Kin Chi 29 May '24

29 May '24

The Eleventh South South Forum on Sustainability: Health and the Road to Sustainability 30 June – 5 July 2024 Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China Mode: speakers: online and onsite; audience: online Public lectures: MBG06, Tuen Mun campus, Lingnan University Main Forum: LYH308, Tuen Mun campus, Lingnan University Simultaneous Interpretation: English and Putonghua (some sessions with Spanish) Organizers： Chinese Institute of Hong Kong CCRD-CS, Lingnan University School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University Global University for Sustainability SSFS11 on Global U website: https://our-global-u.org/oguorg/en/the-eleventh-south-south-forum-on-sustai… Zoom Registration: https://lingnan.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qRrRY3TDR6ye8zCU_TBLzQ#/registr… GTA Friends are invited participants, so your registration fees are waived. Please put down under the "Questions and Comments" column in the zoom registration form "Discount code: GTA", and please let your network members use this code. Donations are of course most welcome! [[T] Main Poster 20240528.jpg] [[T] Guests Poster 20240528.jpg] [Lingnan University Hong Kong] <https://www.ln.edu.hk> [Education for Service] <https://www.ln.edu.hk/transformation-for-life>

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New article on REDWeb - Tribute to A.T. Ariyaratne
by Pooja Kishinani 29 May '24

29 May '24

Hi Friends, We've published a new article on REDWeb. Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, visionary founder of the Sarvodaya movement in Sri Lanka, passed away last month. In our latest article, Quincy Saul offers a tribute to the legendary figure, sharing key lessons we can learn from his life’s work as movements around the world continue the struggle for revolutionary change and alternatives to unjust systems. https://radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/a-tribute-to-a-t-ariyaratne/ Please do read and share the article with your networks. I've also copied Quincy on this email. In solidarity, Pooja

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Re: [PeDAGoG] Saturday! Climate Change Fiction: A Conversation with Amitav Ghosh (episode 4)
by Global Tapestry of Alternatives 17 May '24

17 May '24

Hello all! Thanks for attending this conversation between Amitav Ghosh and Ashish Kothari. Here is the recording link: https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/events:2024_climate_change_fiction… Please also note that our next webinar is happening on the 11th of June, 1 pm GMT! Details will soon be circulated. In solidarity, The Global Tapestry of Alternatives On 2024-05-07 12:46, Global Tapestry of Alternatives wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Please join us for this webinar happening this Saturday! > > On 2024-04-22 12:54, Global Tapestry of Alternatives wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> Our last three sessions have discussed climate change fiction's speculative capacities, examined imaginative responses to the alienation between humans and nature through these areas of speculative fiction, and discussed the anthology Ecoceanic: Southern Flows in this context. >> >> In this session, Ashish Kothari of Kalpavriksh and the Global Tapestry of Alternatives will be conversing with Amitav Ghosh, celebrated author, about issues such as: >> - What is the range and scope of climate fiction from and on South Asia? >> - What is its potential for influencing actual action on the climate crisis? >> - In the writing of books like The Hungry Tide and Gun Island, what were your main motivations - stimulating and entertaining readers, getting them to think about climate, conservation, justice issues, or something altogether different? >> - What are your thoughts on climate fiction such as 'Ministry for the Future'? >> >> About the panelists: >> >> Amitav Ghosh: Born in Kolkata in 1956, Ghosh studied social anthropology at Oxford and divides his time between India and the United States. He has produced a vast body of work, made up of both historical novels and journalistic essays that carry the reader across continents and oceans. Each work is grounded in thorough archival research and succeeds in transcending boundaries and time periods with literary eloquence. Ghosh makes major themes such as migration, diaspora, and cultural identity tangible without ever losing sight of the human dimension. >> >> Ashish Kothari: A founder-member of Indian environmental group Kalpavriksh. He has (co)authored or (co)edited over 30 books, and helps coordinate the Vikalp Sangam and Ecological Democracy processes. He is also part of the Global Tapestry of Alternatives Facilitation team. >> >> Date: 11th May 2024 >> >> Time: 1:30 pm GMT/ 7 pm IST >> >> Please find here the link to join the webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87032082801 >> >> Please find here the webpage with all the details: https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/events:2024_climate_change_fiction… >> >> Please find here the link to past webinars' recordings: https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/events:2024_climate_change_fiction… >> >> We hope to see you there! >> >> -- >> Global Tapestry of Alternatives >> https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org >> --- >> To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to this address: global-tapestry-alternatives-observers-unsubscribe(a)lists.riseup.net > > -- > Global Tapestry of Alternatives > https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org -- Global Tapestry of Alternatives https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org

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🌳10th June 2024 - Rooted Connections course🌱
by Nyambura Mbau 16 May '24

16 May '24

Calling all African change-makers and community builders! 🌱💚 Embark on a transformative journey with the Rooted Connections course, starting June 10th. It is an exploration of your narrative, shared leadership, and pathways to build resilient communities. Through modules on navigating social change, understanding your community, and implementing complex problem-solving strategies and alternative regenerative practices, you'll unlock your potential to co-create a more resilient, fairer, and regenerative world. Discover alternative living models, from syntropic farming to eco-villages, that inspire a deeper connection to the natural world. Secure your spot on the waitlist today and get ready to embark on this journey with us! 🌍✨ Waitlist now: here <https://docs.google.com/forms/u/7/d/e/1FAIpQLSfjfDumqwV4eu1Czrf5U4kpStaq8Nz…> 🔗 Explore teaser content: here <https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLXyRyKH_n9ZYDpjPUA-wtbOuQ_NcgGZy&si=djK…> 📺 #socialchange #indigenous #communityresilience #holistic #ancientwisdom #regeneration Regards, Nyambura Stella Nyambura Mbau PhD | Abundant Earth Foundation & Agroforestry Regeneration Communities- Project Coordinator | Founder of LOABOWA <https://bit.ly/loabowa> | Rooted Connections: Empowering Communities course <https://bit.ly/rootedconnections> | Research Copilot: your thesis <https://bit.ly/researchcopilot> ally Articles on Resilience.org <https://www.resilience.org/resilience-author/stella-nyambura-mbau-phd/> & the last mile awareness <https://bit.ly/3Bxrkhe> | Featured on COP27 talks, Climate Justice <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfDuwDghnzU&t=704s> & Beyond Maladaptation <https://youtu.be/kARCBwzFLVM?t=214> | And More She is never on the same page <https://mbaufatherdaughterdoctorduo.medium.com/i-am-a-cushings-syndrome-sur…> Member of the Global South Climate Database <https://www.carbonbrief.org/global-south-climate-database/> by Carbon Brief Meditation <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvC2SiFy5GM> centred on Indigenous identity, for Coping <https://youtu.be/ZYR7KHi8j2I> with an uncertain future

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Re: [PeDAGoG] [GTA] WEAVING ALTERNATIVES #13: A periodical of the Global Tapestry of Alternatives (Out of office!)
by Sadia Sohail 12 Apr '24

12 Apr '24

I am on leave from 8th April to 12th April. I will get back to your messages, emails once I resume office on 15th April. regards, Sadia >>> Global Tapestry of Alternatives <globaltapestryofalternatives(a)riseup.net> 12.4.24 07:43 >>> Dear all, This latest GTA periodical on how communities and networks are nurturing alternatives across the world might be of interest. Please share and amplify! > WEAVING ALTERNATIVES #13: > A periodical of the Global Tapestry of Alternatives > > ON WEAVING: THREADING REALITIES AND POSSIBILITIES > > _The contents of this periodical are also available online on this webpage [1]._ > > __ > > Dear readers, > > The origins of the word 'weaving' comes from old English _wefan_, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek _huphē_ 'web' and Sanskrit _ūrṇavābhi_ 'spider', literally 'wool-weaver'. In Spanish a closer word is _'tejer'_, a noun used to express the connection of threads, but also of words,_ "tejer la palabra"_: to weave the words, the meanings. Directly related with the latin word _'texere'_ (again we find connection with idea of 'text'), and this with older Proto-Indo-European form of _'teḱ'_, which is the source of many rich derivations such as _té-tḱ-ti_ ("to create, produce, cut, hew"),_ tḱ-éy-ti _("to settle, live, dwell, cultivate") and the Ancient Greek form of τίκτω (_tékhnē_, "craft", the base of the English 'technique'). Therefore, it should come as no surprise that for many communities around the world, weaving is a source of identity, meaning, meaning-making and way of life. Many folklores, songs, myths revolve around weaving as if it holds the entire fabric of the community. > > Within the Global Tapestry of Alternatives, weaving is thus both metaphorically and literally a crucial element. Weaving is what communities have been doing for the longest time, both in the loom and in our communities of human and more than human life. We use weaving as metaphor to articulate that there are many diverse threads existing & responding to the crises we face today. Weaving of these threads in all their diversity could lead us to a tapestry of alternatives. Weaving is a practice with the warp threads running the length piece and weft running horizontally, which speaks of a practice of interconnections. Each thread is valuable in its own right yet also contributing to building a larger project of life. Weaving is a counter-political (personal and collective) behaviour in respect to the current system which tends to both fragment us and requires conformity from us in order to dominate us in a better way. > > Weaving is a practice of everyday life trying to build possibilities together. GTA is a network of networks and each of these networks in different parts of the planet are (re)creating, living, and dreaming, and at the same time, also documenting, identifying, connecting and weaving a tapestry of alternatives; hence we are the weavers, weaving together a global tapestry. > > Within the GTA, we define a 'Weaver' as a local, regional, or national network or organisation that connects or consists of multiple Alternatives on different themes/spheres, in an inter-sectorial way. Our current weavers- Vikalp Sangam- Alternatives Confluence, India; Crianza Mutua Mexico; Crianzas Mutuas Colombia; and Movement for Alternatives and Solidarity in Southeast Asia (MASSA) are weaving ways of dialogue, interconnection, collaboration and solidarity with other Weavers. In addition, there are several other organisations and networks who are weaving alternatives in their respective regions - some as our 'Endorsers', and some who are movements we are in solidarity with but not (yet) part of the GTA. We honour the action of weaving that is happening everywhere and which is more important than the names we give to different groups. > > The GTA weaving experience informs us that the macro-transformation does not happen from individual initiatives acting alone; large become possible when a critical mass of movements for radical resistance and constructive alternatives is able to coalesce through horizontal networks. It is not about the replication of successful initiatives (or simply copying from one to another, which different contexts and territorial realities make inappropriate), nor is it about upscaling (since making one initiative bigger and bigger tends to lead to bureaucracy, lack of nimbleness, and the weakening of original values), but rather about outscaling. GTA through its activities aims to stimulate horizontal weaving of networks and platforms where they exist and also stimulate weaving where it doesn't yet exist. > > Hence, in different contexts people are weaving differently in ways that are locally appropriate. However these radical alternatives are grounded by common principles such as autonomy, self-determination, cultural democracy, cooperation, solidarity, peace, and respect for all life forms, among others that celebrate life. All the weavers of GTA emphasize visibilising grounded practices of communities, peoples, and networks who are resisting the oppressive systems by creating different ways of knowing, being and doing things. Another important element of praxis is creating the spaces of exchanges, learnings, cross-sectoral dialogues, and solidarity. In addition to nurturing such encounters, some of the weavers also focus on creating alternatives collectively among diverse groups of people. If we could look at the Alternative Tapestry, it would be filled with different colours, threads, textures and patterns but would be collectively threading a tapestry of possibilities, made stronger by each thread and more beautiful and richer than we could have dreamt individually. > > Given how central weaving is as a practice within the GTA, we are delighted to have weaving as the theme for this issue of the periodical. Through this periodical, several contributions explored the idea of weaving conceptualised and practised by different members who constitute the GTA. The contributions to this periodical come from Asia, Africa, North America, Latin America, and Europe. They are also in multiple forms including, poems, videos, reflective articles and analytical pieces. These contributions include our Weavers as well as Endorsers. Collectively we explore questions like what do we mean by weaving? What does it signify for us? What does it look like in everyday life? What do we mean to achieve? And what does a tapestry at both local, regional, and global levels look like? What are the challenges to weaving across scales? What could be the process of common envisioning among these radical processes that can transform the systems at local to global level? How does weaving deal with questions of plurality, hierarchies, and transnational solidarity? > > As the editorial team, we had the wonderful opportunity to learn from reading and engaging with all of these pieces. This periodical has been put together with the collaborative efforts of Shrishtee Bajpai, Mugdha Trifaley, Franco Augusto, Vasna Ramasar and Xochitl Leyva Solano. We invite you to engage, reflect and dialogue on these essays. > > UPDATES FROM THE GTA > > WORKING AND THEMATIC GROUPS EMERGING FROM THE ASSEMBLY > > There are a number of Working and Thematic groups emerging from the Assembly; including Toolkit for Weaving, Pluriversal Dictionary of Concepts, and Solidarity Economies. Some of these groups have already met, and some are planning to meet soon. Please contact the following people if you would like to participate: > > * Ashish Kothari and Vera Kozak for Pluriversal Dictionary of Concepts > * Shrishtee Bajpai and Madhuresh Kumar for Toolkit for Weaving > * Melanie Bush, Ryan Martinez and Suzan Joy for Solidarity Economies > * Madhuresh Kumar and Ashish Kothari for Radical Democracy > > RECENT EVENTS > > * > Marine ecosystems and climate fiction from South Asia (episode 3 of the series Climate Change Fiction and its P> * Antecedents to climate change fiction: Utopian and speculative narratives from South Asia (episode 2 of the series Climate Change Fiction and its Potential for Transformation) [3] > * The GTA at the World Social Forum 2024 [4] > > UPDATES FROM OUR WEAVERS > > The Global Tapestry of Alternatives is a "network of networks". Each of those networks acts in different parts of the planet by identifying and connecting Alternatives. They are the Weavers. In the following section, our Weavers, the networks that currently weave the Global Tapestry of Alternatives, from India, South-East Asia, Colombia, and Mexico shares updates from their recent activities and actions. > > [5] > > [5]Keep reading -> [6] > > UPDATES FROM OUR ENDORSERS > > * May First Movement Technology (MFMT) > > Following member chosen priorities related to relationship building, continuity and sustainability, in the recent period May First has been involved in numerous movement building gatherings and activities based on criteria we developed this past year, focusing our work intentionally to reflect our priorities and mission. > > Keep reading -> [7] > > * The United States Solidarity Economy Network (USSEN) > > The United States Solidarity Economy Network (USSEN) has been a powerful force in movements in the US left over the last two decades, especially those working toward cooperative and postcapitalist economies, democratic governance, social and racial justice, sustainability and climate justice, and electoral justice. Keep reading -> [8] > > ON WEAVING > > by Sutej Hugu > > Sutej Hugu recently translated an Indigenous poem by his old friend Elder Bukun. It is written in the Isbukun dialect of Bunun language spoken by about 20,000 people who live in central to southern mountainous areas of Taiwan. It presents the diversity and vitality of custodians for territories of life around this planet who have gone through all the historical and contemporary discrimination, marginalisation and destruction to survive and revive. _ayoy!_ > > Keep reading -> [9] > > WEAVING STRUGGLES, GRIEF AND HOPE: A LETTER FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO GAZA > > by Vasna Ramasar > > Weaving a tapestry of alternatives is the hope-filled work of the Global Tapestry of Alternatives. But often we see and know each other first through our struggles, our pain and trauma. In this short piece, I want to reflect on this weaving from pain and in particularly, how we live through the genocide in Gaza. As I write this at the end of March 2024, every night and every morning I go onto my social media and bear witness to the atrocities happening to the people of Palestine. Privately run corporate media has shown itself to be a biased source of news. And there is something authentic and raw to shed my tears looking into the faces and hearing the voices of civilians trapped in Gaza. > > Keep reading -> [10] > > THE ARROPAMIENTOS: MEMORIES, DENUNCIATIONS AND HOPES IN A WEAVING IN MOVEMENT > > by Deissy Perilla and Virgelina Chará > > The "Union de Costureros" and "Asomujer y Trabajo" (Unio are citizen initiatives aligned with the understanding of the fabric from the Global Tapestry of Alternatives, that is to say; they are networks that facilitate processes and access to local knowledge. These initiatives also understand weaving as a way of engaging with ideas, facilitating collaboration and initiating processes of co-writing, learning and dialogue. Both processes seek to be part of a broader network of solidarity and strategic alliances, such as the one proposed by the GTA to create alternatives to capitalism and dominant regimes that for decades have created social inequality and environmental destruction. > > Keep reading -> [11] > > THE POWER OF TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITIES TO BUILD OTHER POSSIBLE FUTURES > > by Juan del Río > > Humanity and the planet are facing an unprecedented climate, ecological, social, economic and political crisis provoked by extractive and exploitative institutional systems and practices, a structural dependlifestyles. We are in moments of deep transformation, urgency and opportunities, and we need to combine strategies of resistance with strategies of building new alternatives. In that context community-led movements have a pivotal role in fostering the transition towards more regenerative, resilient and just futures. But how do we connect, support and catalyse the existing diversity of initiatives? > > Keep reading -> [12] > > WEAVING REEXISTENCE > > by Marco Andrade > > A few years ago, I was in Mexico, surrounded by people from each of the continents on Earth, from all age ranges and very different ancestral lineages... I had the opportunity to interview and talk with many of the participants. Obviously each one answered my questions in a different way and had its own particular richness… however, at the same time, they had deep similarities and very similar DNA; as if millions of years ago our molecules had belonged and orbited harmoniously in a particular constellation of stars, and despite the fact that our terrestrial origin was very distant, in the depths of us the same essence lived within us. At least that's what I felt that night, looking up at the starry sky and easily seeing the Milky Way vividly above us. > > Keep reading -> [13] > > TENDING TO THE LŌMA > > by The Emergence Network > > 'Loom' can be traced back to the Old English words _lōma_ or _gelome_, meaning a tool, utensil, or implement of frequent use. It invokes the themes of braiding, tapestries, weaving, webs, materials, and networks - all of which have been central to the imagination, practices, and life of the organism called ten (The Emergence Network). > > The etymological origins of ten gestures towards acts of stretching, holding, extending, spreading, diffusing, spinning, weaving and composing. Honoring our deep entanglement with the loom, this piece is a patchwork of stories, reflections, and meanderings from participants in the ten organism. > > Keep reading -> [14] > > WEAVING: A RADICAL ACTIVIST METHOD AGAINST, THROUGH AND BEYOND CAPITALISM > > by Ana Cecilia Dinerstein > > Weaving is a timeless and worldwide practice usually connected to the sensuous world of free human association… Like any other free gathering around a manual activity, these are moments of unspeakable peace, freedom, and joy, moments when the world's troubles seem to stop at the door and cannot interrupt the experience of love and connection… > > In the Global Tapestry of Alternatives (GTA), we mobilize the term weaving -a beautiful metaphor, to designate how individuals, movements, communities, and collectives (including the GTA) connect, interact, and build something together toward alternative forms of human and nonhuman life on the planet. > > Keep reading -> [15] > > THREADING LIFE AND FUTURES > > by Shrishtee Bajpai > > …the movement of Warp and Weft in weaving is used as a metaphor for the process of growing in the womb for 9 months. And then, when the fabric is woven, is a form of a human body it is imbued in the colour red which is a colour of divinity… > > Sant Kabir used weaving, his occupation along with thousands others in his community and elsewhere, as a metaphor. It was used very often to speak of spiritual, political, and social issues. The working class in India, including weavers, craftsmen, cobblers, ironsmiths (often from marginalised and oppressed castes) related to this democratisation of knowledge. Local communities who didn't have access to elite knowledge spaces articulated their worldviews through their everyday occupations. Their expression of meaning of life was not based on any abstractism; rather, it was woven in everyday practice and learning. Several of these communities have led counter spiritual, political and social movements in India over the ages. > > Keep reading -> [16] > > HOW TO WEAVE? REFLECTIONS FROM THE HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE OF CRIANZAS MUTUAS COLOMBIA > > by Crianzas Mutuas Colombia going on for six years now. This time has brought us very valuable learnings… During this time, we have strengthened ties between processes located in three different territories or bioregions: 1) The Geographic Valley of the Cauca Region; 2) Kumanday (Manizales); and 3) the Black Line-Sierra Nevada of Gonawindua (Santa Marta). > > … In Colombia, weaving has been an alternative for the defense of life, and there have been weavers before Crianzas Mutuas. Tapestries are not the result of an academic or activist project, but the result of webs _(entramados)_ nourished by women, artivists, collectives, peoples and academics. > > Keep reading -> [17] > > A FEW NOTES AND MEDITATIONS ON THE NOTION OF WEAVING > > by Carlos Tornel > > …Weaving enables a radical pedagogy between worlds. It creates conditions under which a dialogue between those that have been _othered_ by the hegemonic view of the world is possible thusly. First, weaving goes beyond a mere dialogue of knowledges as it places practice and lived experience at the center: only through sharing the world (i.e. not just knowledge or the _logos_) can the possibility of a dialogue become possible. Secondly, weaving can also encompass a plurality of political horizons and possibilities. Bringing the matter of size into the debate, weaving places direct democracy, autonomy and dignity as the basis of political organization, a project built from the ground-up, from a collective defense of the territory… > > Keep reading -> [18] > > Thank you for reading! > > Global Tapestry of Alternatives > _contact(a)globaltapestryofalternatives.org_ > > To subscribe and get our updates, visit this link [19] > > -- > Global Tapestry of Alternatives > https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org > > --- > To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to this address: global-tapestry-alternatives-observers-unsubscribe(a)lists.riseup.net > > --- > To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to this address: global-tapestry-alternatives-observers-unsubscribe(a)lists.riseup.net -- Global Tapestry of Alternatives https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org Links: ------ [1] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:13:index [2] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/events:2024_climate_change_fiction… [3] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/events:2024_climate_change_fiction… [4] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/events:wsf2024 [5] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/:definitions#term-Tapestry [6] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:13:weavers13 [7] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:13:mfmt_update [8] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:13:ussen_update [9] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:13:on_weaving [10] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:13:weaving_struggles [11] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:13:tucked_away [12] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:13:transformative_comm… [13] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:13:weaving_reexistence [14] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:13:tending_to_the_loma [15] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:13:weaving:a_radical_a… [16] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:13:threading_life_and_… [17] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:13:how_to_weave [18] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:13:a_few_notes_and_med… [19] https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/contact

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