- GTA-PeDAGoG - lists.ourproject.org

Fwd: Workshop / Taller: Decolonial methods for non-capitalist economies / Métodos decoloniales para economías no-capitalistas
by Melanie Bush 02 Dec '21

02 Dec '21

This may be of interest to some on this list. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Erin Araujo <000009fca6256942-dmarc-request(a)listserv.heanet.ie> ****Español Abajo********* Hello Everyone! I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to share that we at El Cambalache are excited to share our call for applications for our 5th cohort of our ONLINE workshop on decolonial economic methods- Make your own non-capitalist economy. We hope you will join us. We can think, feel, share, practice and debate together while working towards creating and researching the non-capitalist, sometimes non-hierarchical economies that create well-being and healing for all of us that are as diverse as we are throughout the majority world. We will bring together thinkers, scholars, activists, ambitious dreamers and practitioners to talk, act, strategize and dream through the supporting, reviving, and investigating decolonial economies and their networks. This workshop is in English and in Spanish with simultaneous translation. Here is the info: *Make Your Own Non-Capitalist Economy: Bootcamp workshop on decolonial methods for developing and researching social, solidarity and non-hierarchical economies.* ** ONLINE with El Cambalache** Dates: From January 22, 2022 - March 1st, 2022 Deadliine for Applications: December 6th, 2021 To see videos about past participant's experiences taking our workshop: https://youtu.be/Y5pL_IvfKEU https://youtu.be/XbGJfeNhp2Y For a complete workshop description: https://cambalache.noblogs.org/post/2021/11/22/taller-en-linea-enero-2022-j… *To begin your application:* 1. Please fill out the application form here: https://share.mayfirst.org/apps/forms/q8SYfC2yCAiALzgw 2. Please send your CV and a 1,000-word letter of motivation to the El Cambalache Collective at taller(a)cambalache.casa explaining why you would like to participate in the workshop and what types of economic projects you could develop with us or where you live and work. *This course focuses on forming local non-capitalist economic projects and resisting their co-optation within and beyond research. * **We need other economies** In the last few months, we have experienced a significant global change in our lives around the development of COVID-19 and the government responses to curb the virus. People living precariously on a daily basis, suffering economic, social and legal marginalization, have been put even more at risk from disease, hunger, lack of remuneration and violence. In many parts of the majority world, people have been imprisoned and/or experienced violence for taking to the streets to seek improvements in their wellbeing, freedom from domestic violence, and other reasons that bring them into public spaces. Now, more than ever it is necessary to make non-capitalist economies and to recognize that our Americas are rich in the practices and knowledge of other contemporary and age-old economies. Now is the time! Let's get to work and decolonize our economies! **This course will cover** -Methods and analyses for creating decolonial economic projects. -El Cambalache as a contemporary example of an anti-capitalist and non-hierarchical project. -Investigating the economic history(s) of the Americas. These history(s) that have been attacked and made invisible by the coloniality of capitalist power. We will focus on how to apply a decolonial perspective and practice to this investigation. -Practicing consumption from a decolonial perspective. **For whom?** The practice, research and theories of non-capitalist economies included in this course were developed by and for all of us in order to bring about social change. For this reason, it is designed for people interested in creating, practicing and collectively researching non-capitalist economic projects to be carried out in their places of residence or research. Everyone is invited to participate – women, people of color, indigenous people and LBGTIQ++ are especially invited. **Course presentation** Decolonial economic geography begins with participatory action research in non-Western, non-hierarchical economic practices. When studying decoloniality we sometimes find it difficult to move from theory to practice. Have you thought about starting a non-capitalist economic project, but don't know where to begin? Have you asked yourself how to use participatory action research to start a social and/or solidarity economy project? Are you interested in "commoning" and "communality"? Do you want to do decolonial economic research but don't know how to engage in local, indigenous and/or non-Western economic practices in the context of an economic project? During the last 500 years through the present, indigenous and non-European peoples, slaves and descendants of slaves have been historically denied equal access to participation in the capitalist economy through mechanisms of coloniality. The capitalist economic system values neither nature nor most of our knowledge and skills. Over the last five centuries people around the world have not accepted that their way of being is to be poor, they have not sat down to simply lament their situation. In terrible circumstances of slavery and oppression, where many people were dispossessed of their property, they were denied access to money and some forms of property by colonial and post-colonial governments, yet these people created diverse and creative networks of exchange and coexistence, which have enabled their survival throughout history and across the world. These economies have been largel;y ignored because they were and still are mostly women's economies. Silvia Federici has shown that while capitalism developed, women in Europe and the Americas were systematically denied access to the money economy for centuries. As we know from the diverse economies literature, there is much more to the economy than just capitalism. By understanding and practicing these types of non-capitalist activities we can decrease our dependence on money and increase our autonomy by resisting the capitalist economic system. To participate in this workshop, we ask the participants to share current and future projects to discuss and develop during our activities. There will be collective talks about the frameworks and possible steps to design and carry out methodologies for a project of feminist, solidarity and decolonial economies. Expect readings before and during the workshop, as well as writing activities. This workshop covers literature on hybrid economies, decolonial territorialization, decolonial feminism, decolonial economics, the Community Economies Research Network, and communality. Topics: Diverse Economies in the majority world of the Americas Decolonial economy in the majority world of the Americas Feminisms in the majority world of the Americas Autonomous movements and their practices Collective participatory methodology Research methods that resist hierarchy Creating practices **Program description *Methods in Theory and Practice for Creating Decolonial Economies Facilitated by Erin Araujo. We will talk about the great diversity of economies in the Americas that exist at the same time as capitalism. Much of the majority world in the Americas has little access to money. This low access to money also reduces people’s participation in the capitalist economic system, which in response has generated a wide range of alternative, non-capitalist, economic networks – these include mutual support, autonomous governance, exchange, barter, tequio, minga, gifting, group savings, and many other ways to live well and overcome the precarity imposed by the capitalist system, even if there is little access to money. *Sharing Seeds of Practice from El Cambalache: The thought and praxis of El Cambalache Facilitated by the El Cambalache collective; Chepis, Erin, Belkis, Lupita, Maira and Elena El Cambalache is a moneyless economy project, generated by and for women and their communities in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. We are going to share our experiences, challenges, and learnings throughout the process of forming the project. Chat with us about our non-hierarchical project and let's build tools that will allow us to dismantle capitalism. *Decolonial consumption. Facilitated by Elena Morúa, Maira Pino and Guadalupe Díaz Hernández. Do you know what you consume? How it is produced?: Experiences in the food and textile field, in communities and in urban areas. We will share the experiences of the Koltamba Collective, an organization made up of 20 families of Tzeltal origin, who are coffee producers from the highlands of the state of Chiapas. We will share information about their agro-ecological work, their organization, and their vision of a network of mutual support. Examples of collectives and self-management networks of family and local solidarity economy. Decolonial Diverse Economies in the Americas Facilitated by Erin Araujo. We will talk about the great diversity of economies in the Americas that exist at the same time as capitalism. Much of the majority world in the Americas has low access to money. This low access to money also reduces people’s participation in the capitalist economic system, which in response has generated a wide range of alternative, non-capitalist, economic networks – these include mutual support, autonomous governance, exchange, barter, tequio, minga, gifting, group savings, and many other ways to live well and overcome precarity. ************************************************** ***ESPAÑOL*** Hola a Todxs! Espero que esta carta los encuentren con bien. Les escribo para compartir que estamos abriendo la 5ta convocatoria para nuestro taller EN LINEA sobre métodos económicos decoloniales aquí en El Cambalache en San Cristóbal de las Casas. Esperamos que nos acompañen en enero. Podremos pensar, sentir, compartir, practicar y debatir juntos mientras trabajamos en la creación e investigación de las economías no capitalistas, a veces no jerárquicas, de trabajo solidario, que son las mejores para todos nosotros, tan diversos como somos en todo el mundo mayoritario. Reuniremos a pensadores, académicos, activistas, soñadores ambiciosos y profesionales para hablar, actuar, elaborar estrategias y soñar a través del apoyo, la reactivación y la investigación de las economías decoloniales y sus redes. Este taller es en inglés y en español con traducción simultánea. ** Haz Tu Propia Economía No Capitalista: Taller intensivo de métodos en la realización e investigación de economías decoloniales, sociales, solidarias y sin jerarquía.** **Taller en linea con El Cambalache** Fechas: Del 22 de Enero al 1 de Marzo del 2022 Fecha limite para aplicar: 6 de diciembre, 2021 San Cristóbal de las Casas Chiapas, México. Curso para formar proyectos locales en economías no capitalistas y resistir su cooptación. Para ver videos acerca de las experiencias de participantes con nuestro taller: https://youtu.be/XbGJfeNhp2Y https://youtu.be/ccL097BSV6c Para mas información: https://cambalache.noblogs.org/post/2021/11/22/taller-en-linea-enero-2022-j… **La convocatoria** 1. Por favor, llena el formulario en: https://share.mayrst.org/apps/forms/NfE8KkTR8kiowMQE 2. Envía tu CV y una carta de motivación de máximo 1,000 palabras a la colectiva de El Cambalache (taller(a)cambalache.casa) explicando porque te gustaría participar en el taller y qué tipos de proyectos económicos podrías desarrollar con nosotrxs lo antes posible porque aceptamos solicitudes hasta agotar el cupo. **Necesitamos otras economías** En los últimos meses, mundialmente hemos experimentado un fuerte cambio en nuestras vidas en torno al desarrollo del COVID-19 y las respuestas gubernamentales para frenar este virus. Las personas que viven precariamente el día a día, que sufren marginalización económica, social y legal, han sido puestas aún en más peligro de enfermedad, hambre, falta de remuneración y violencia. En muchos lugares del mundo hay gente que ha sido encarcelada y/o violentada por salir a las calles para buscar sustento, liberarse de violencia doméstica o cualquier otra razón que la obliga a usar los espacios públicos. Ahora, más que nunca es necesario hacer economías no capitalistas, reconocer que nuestras Américas son ricas en conocimientos y prácticas milenarias de otras economías. ¡Ya es hora! ¡Vamos a trabajar y recuperar nuestras economías! **Este curso abarcará** -Implementar métodos y análisis para hacer proyectos económicos decoloniales. -Conversar sobre El Cambalache como ejemplo contemporáneo de las prácticas y el pensamiento de proyectos anti-capitalistas sin jerarquías. -Indagar en la historia(s) económica(s) de las Américas. Historia(s) que ha(n) sido, atacada(s), invisibilizada(s) por el poder capitalista y aplicar en esta indagación una perspectiva decolonial. -Practicar el consumo desde una perspectiva decolonial. **Para quiénes** Este curso provoca la práctica, investigación y teorización de las economías no capitalistas desde un actuar de cambio social e investigación por y para nosotrxs. Por esta razón está diseñando para personas con interés en crear, practicar e investigar colectivamente sobre proyectos económicos no-capitalistas a realizarse en sus lugares de residencia o investigación. Todxs las personas están invitadas a participar, mujeres, personas indígenas y LBGTIQ++ están especialmente invitadas. **Presentación del curso** La geografía económica decolonial empieza con la investigación de acción participativa en las prácticas económicas no occidentales y sin jerarquía. Cuando se estudia la decolonialidad a veces se nos dificulta movernos de la teoría a la práctica. ¿Has pensado en empezar un proyecto económico no-capitalista pero no sabes por dónde comenzar? ¿Te has preguntado cómo usar investigación de acción participativa para empezar un proyecto de economía social y/o solidaria? ¿Te interesa la nosotrosidad y comunalidad? ¿Deseas hacer investigación económica decolonial pero no sabes como envolverte en prácticas económicas locales, indígenas y/o no-occidentales en el contexto de un proyecto económico? Durante los últimos 500 años hasta la actualidad, los pueblos indígenas y no-europeos, esclavos y descendientes de esclavos han sido históricamente negados a través de la colonialidad en el acceso igualitario a la participación en la economía capitalista. El sistema económico capitalista no valora ni a la naturaleza, ni a la mayoría de nuestros conocimientos y habilidades. Durante los últimos cinco siglos la gente alrededor del mundo no ha aceptado que su manera de ser es ser pobre, jamás se han sentado a simplemente lamentar su situación. Dentro de circunstancias terribles de esclavitud y opresión, en las que muchxs fueron despojados de sus propiedades, les fue negado por los gobiernos coloniales y poscoloniales el acceso a dinero y a la adquisición de algún tipo de propiedad, sin embargo, esa gente creó redes de intercambios y convivencia muy diversas y creativas, que han permitido su supervivencia a lo largo de la historia y a lo ancho del mundo. Estas economías han sido mayormente ignoradas porque eran y siguen siendo mayormente economías de mujeres. Silvia Federici ha demostrado que mientras que se desarrolló el capitalismo, a las mujeres europeas y en las Américas les fueron sistemáticamente negados los accesos a la economía de dinero durante siglos. Como sabemos por la literatura de economías diversas, hay mucho más en la economía que solo el capitalismo. Al entender y practicar estos tipos de actividades no capitalistas podemos disminuir nuestra dependencia del dinero y aumentar nuestra autonomía resistiendo el sistema económico capitalista. Para la participación en este taller, pedimos a lxs participantes el compartir proyectos actuales y a futuro para conversar y desarrollar durante nuestras actividades. Habrá pláticas colectivas sobre los marcos y los pasos posibles para diseñar y realizar metodologías para un proyecto de economía decolonial feminista, solidario y social. Espera lecturas para antes y durante el taller, además de actividades de escritura después de las actividades. Este taller cubre literatura de economías híbridas, la territorialización decolonial, el feminismo decolonial, economía decolonial, la Community Economies Research Network, nosotrosidad y comunalidad. Temas: Economías diversas en el mundo mayoritario de las Américas Economía decolonial en el mundo mayoritario de las Américas Feminismos en el mundo mayoritario de las Américas Movimientos autónomos y sus prácticas Metodología colectiva participativa Métodos de investigación que resisten jerarquía Creando prácticas **Descripción del programa** *Métodos de práctica y pensamiento en economías diversas decoloniales en las Américas. Facilitado por Erin Araujo. Hablaremos sobre la gran diversidad de economías en las Américas que existen al mismo tiempo que el capitalismo. La mayor parte del mundo mayoritario de las Américas tiene poco acceso al dinero. Éste bajo acceso al dinero también reduce la participación de la gente en el sistema económico capitalista, lo cual genera como respuesta el fomento de una amplia gama de redes económicas no capitalistas y alternativas a las capitalistas, así, existen redes de apoyo mutuo, autogestión, intercambio, trueque, tequio, minga, regalos, tandas y muchas otras maneras de vivir bien y superar la precariedad impuesta por el sistema capitalista aunque haya poco acceso al dinero. *Compartiendo la semilla Cambalachera: Las prácticas y pensamiento de El Cambalache. Facilitado por la colectiva El Cambalache; Chepis, Erin, Belkis, Lupita, Maira y Elena. El cambalache es un proyecto de economía sin dinero, generado por y para mujeres y sus comunidades en San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México. Vamos a compartir nuestras experiencias, retos y aprendizajes a lo largo del proceso del proyecto. Conversa con nosotras sobre nuestro proyecto sin jerarquías y construyamos herramientas que nos permitan desarmar el capitalismo. *Consumo Decolonial. Facilitado por Elena Morúa, Maira Pino y Guadalupe Díaz Hernández. ¿Sabes qué consumes? ¿Cómo se produce?: Experiencias de ámbito alimenticio y textil, en comunidades y en zona urbana. Compartiremos las experiencias de la Colectiva Koltamba, organización conformada por 20 familias de origen tzeltal, productoras de café, originarias de la zona altos del estado de Chiapas, su trabajo agroecológico, su organización, y su visión de red de apoyo mutuo. Ejemplos de colectivas y redes autogestivas de economía solidaria familiar y local. Economía decolonial en las Américas Facilitada por Erin Araujo Se estudian los fundamentos de la economía decolonial desde lo básico, pensando ¿Qué es la decolonialidad? ¿Qué abarca una perspectiva decolonial hacia la economía? Habrá lecturas y videos en el estudio de economías diversas dentro de la decolonialidad para vincular los dos cuerpos de praxis y teoría. Se analizará ¿Cuáles otras economías existen al mismo tiempo que el capitalismo en el mundo mayoritario de las Américas? ¿Cuáles son los pasos para recuperar nuestras economías? En este tema hablaremos sobre cómo formar un método efectivo para generar proyectos de investigación económica creativos e inclusivos que rompan con las prácticas convencionales de las metodologías de investigación jerárquica. **Cupo limitado** We look forward to hearing from you! Best, Erin Erin Araujo PhD she/her/ella Generator Department of Decolonial Economics El Cambalache, Calle de los Arcos 5c Barrio Cuxtitali San Cristobal de las Casas Chiapas, Mexico 29230 Member of the ACME Editorial Collective https://acme-journal.org/ Academia.edu: independent.academia.edu/erinaraujo El Cambalache FB: www.facebook.com/lacambalache El Cambalache Blog: https://cambalache.noblogs.org El Cambalache Canal de Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCslgLGj8V0LFxSaDnL8iYQg Twitter: LaCambalachera Instagram: Elcambalachesancristobal -- ............................................. Rod Bush: Lessons from a Radical Black Scholar on Liberation, Love, and Justice Open access download for teaching purposes <https://www.okcir.com/product/rod-bush-lessons-from-a-radical-black-scholar…> https://rodbush.org/ *********************************************************************** Tensions in the American Dream: Rhetoric, Reverie or Reality <http://tupress.temple.edu/book/0399> Free with audible trial: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F44CBLK?ref=adbl_mfpdp_owns Author proceeds go to Cooperation Jackson <https://cooperationjackson.org/> .......................................... Everyday Forms of Whiteness: Understanding Race in a "Post-Racial" World <https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780742599994/Everyday-Forms-of-Whiteness-Understan…'Post-Racial'-World-Second-Edition> *Eternal and infinite love for you, yours & the ongoing struggle * *for dignity, justice, wisdom and peace.*

2 1

Workshop / Taller: Decolonial methods for non-capitalist economies / Métodos decoloniales para economías no-capitalistas
by Erin Araujo 27 Nov '21

27 Nov '21

****Español Abajo********* Hello Everyone! I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to share that we at El Cambalache are excited to share our call for applications for our 5th cohort of our ONLINE workshop on decolonial economic methods- Make your own non-capitalist economy. We hope you will join us. We can think, feel, share, practice and debate together while working towards creating and researching the non-capitalist, sometimes non-hierarchical economies that create well-being and healing for all of us that are as diverse as we are throughout the majority world. We will bring together thinkers, scholars, activists, ambitious dreamers and practitioners to talk, act, strategize and dream through the supporting, reviving, and investigating decolonial economies and their networks. This workshop is in English and in Spanish with simultaneous translation. Here is the info: Make Your Own Non-Capitalist Economy: Bootcamp workshop on decolonial methods for developing and researching social, solidarity and non-hierarchical economies. ** ONLINE with El Cambalache** Dates: From January 22, 2022 - March 1st, 2022 Deadliine for Applications: December 6th, 2021 To see videos about past participant's experiences taking our workshop: https://youtu.be/Y5pL_IvfKEU <https://youtu.be/Y5pL_IvfKEU> https://youtu.be/XbGJfeNhp2Y <https://youtu.be/XbGJfeNhp2Y> For a complete workshop description: https://cambalache.noblogs.org/post/2021/11/22/taller-en-linea-enero-2022-j… <https://cambalache.noblogs.org/post/2021/11/22/taller-en-linea-enero-2022-j…> To begin your application: 1. Please fill out the application form here: https://share.mayfirst.org/apps/forms/q8SYfC2yCAiALzgw <https://share.mayfirst.org/apps/forms/q8SYfC2yCAiALzgw> 2. Please send your CV and a 1,000-word letter of motivation to the El Cambalache Collective at taller(a)cambalache.casa <mailto:[email protected]> explaining why you would like to participate in the workshop and what types of economic projects you could develop with us or where you live and work. This course focuses on forming local non-capitalist economic projects and resisting their co-optation within and beyond research. **We need other economies** In the last few months, we have experienced a significant global change in our lives around the development of COVID-19 and the government responses to curb the virus. People living precariously on a daily basis, suffering economic, social and legal marginalization, have been put even more at risk from disease, hunger, lack of remuneration and violence. In many parts of the majority world, people have been imprisoned and/or experienced violence for taking to the streets to seek improvements in their wellbeing, freedom from domestic violence, and other reasons that bring them into public spaces. Now, more than ever it is necessary to make non-capitalist economies and to recognize that our Americas are rich in the practices and knowledge of other contemporary and age-old economies. Now is the time! Let's get to work and decolonize our economies! **This course will cover** -Methods and analyses for creating decolonial economic projects. -El Cambalache as a contemporary example of an anti-capitalist and non-hierarchical project. -Investigating the economic history(s) of the Americas. These history(s) that have been attacked and made invisible by the coloniality of capitalist power. We will focus on how to apply a decolonial perspective and practice to this investigation. -Practicing consumption from a decolonial perspective. **For whom?** The practice, research and theories of non-capitalist economies included in this course were developed by and for all of us in order to bring about social change. For this reason, it is designed for people interested in creating, practicing and collectively researching non-capitalist economic projects to be carried out in their places of residence or research. Everyone is invited to participate – women, people of color, indigenous people and LBGTIQ++ are especially invited. **Course presentation** Decolonial economic geography begins with participatory action research in non-Western, non-hierarchical economic practices. When studying decoloniality we sometimes find it difficult to move from theory to practice. Have you thought about starting a non-capitalist economic project, but don't know where to begin? Have you asked yourself how to use participatory action research to start a social and/or solidarity economy project? Are you interested in "commoning" and "communality"? Do you want to do decolonial economic research but don't know how to engage in local, indigenous and/or non-Western economic practices in the context of an economic project? During the last 500 years through the present, indigenous and non-European peoples, slaves and descendants of slaves have been historically denied equal access to participation in the capitalist economy through mechanisms of coloniality. The capitalist economic system values neither nature nor most of our knowledge and skills. Over the last five centuries people around the world have not accepted that their way of being is to be poor, they have not sat down to simply lament their situation. In terrible circumstances of slavery and oppression, where many people were dispossessed of their property, they were denied access to money and some forms of property by colonial and post-colonial governments, yet these people created diverse and creative networks of exchange and coexistence, which have enabled their survival throughout history and across the world. These economies have been largel;y ignored because they were and still are mostly women's economies. Silvia Federici has shown that while capitalism developed, women in Europe and the Americas were systematically denied access to the money economy for centuries. As we know from the diverse economies literature, there is much more to the economy than just capitalism. By understanding and practicing these types of non-capitalist activities we can decrease our dependence on money and increase our autonomy by resisting the capitalist economic system. To participate in this workshop, we ask the participants to share current and future projects to discuss and develop during our activities. There will be collective talks about the frameworks and possible steps to design and carry out methodologies for a project of feminist, solidarity and decolonial economies. Expect readings before and during the workshop, as well as writing activities. This workshop covers literature on hybrid economies, decolonial territorialization, decolonial feminism, decolonial economics, the Community Economies Research Network, and communality. Topics: Diverse Economies in the majority world of the Americas Decolonial economy in the majority world of the Americas Feminisms in the majority world of the Americas Autonomous movements and their practices Collective participatory methodology Research methods that resist hierarchy Creating practices **Program description *Methods in Theory and Practice for Creating Decolonial Economies Facilitated by Erin Araujo. We will talk about the great diversity of economies in the Americas that exist at the same time as capitalism. Much of the majority world in the Americas has little access to money. This low access to money also reduces people’s participation in the capitalist economic system, which in response has generated a wide range of alternative, non-capitalist, economic networks – these include mutual support, autonomous governance, exchange, barter, tequio, minga, gifting, group savings, and many other ways to live well and overcome the precarity imposed by the capitalist system, even if there is little access to money. *Sharing Seeds of Practice from El Cambalache: The thought and praxis of El Cambalache Facilitated by the El Cambalache collective; Chepis, Erin, Belkis, Lupita, Maira and Elena El Cambalache is a moneyless economy project, generated by and for women and their communities in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. We are going to share our experiences, challenges, and learnings throughout the process of forming the project. Chat with us about our non-hierarchical project and let's build tools that will allow us to dismantle capitalism. *Decolonial consumption. Facilitated by Elena Morúa, Maira Pino and Guadalupe Díaz Hernández. Do you know what you consume? How it is produced?: Experiences in the food and textile field, in communities and in urban areas. We will share the experiences of the Koltamba Collective, an organization made up of 20 families of Tzeltal origin, who are coffee producers from the highlands of the state of Chiapas. We will share information about their agro-ecological work, their organization, and their vision of a network of mutual support. Examples of collectives and self-management networks of family and local solidarity economy. Decolonial Diverse Economies in the Americas Facilitated by Erin Araujo. We will talk about the great diversity of economies in the Americas that exist at the same time as capitalism. Much of the majority world in the Americas has low access to money. This low access to money also reduces people’s participation in the capitalist economic system, which in response has generated a wide range of alternative, non-capitalist, economic networks – these include mutual support, autonomous governance, exchange, barter, tequio, minga, gifting, group savings, and many other ways to live well and overcome precarity. ************************************************** ***ESPAÑOL*** Hola a Todxs! Espero que esta carta los encuentren con bien. Les escribo para compartir que estamos abriendo la 5ta convocatoria para nuestro taller EN LINEA sobre métodos económicos decoloniales aquí en El Cambalache en San Cristóbal de las Casas. Esperamos que nos acompañen en enero. Podremos pensar, sentir, compartir, practicar y debatir juntos mientras trabajamos en la creación e investigación de las economías no capitalistas, a veces no jerárquicas, de trabajo solidario, que son las mejores para todos nosotros, tan diversos como somos en todo el mundo mayoritario. Reuniremos a pensadores, académicos, activistas, soñadores ambiciosos y profesionales para hablar, actuar, elaborar estrategias y soñar a través del apoyo, la reactivación y la investigación de las economías decoloniales y sus redes. Este taller es en inglés y en español con traducción simultánea. ** Haz Tu Propia Economía No Capitalista: Taller intensivo de métodos en la realización e investigación de economías decoloniales, sociales, solidarias y sin jerarquía.** **Taller en linea con El Cambalache** Fechas: Del 22 de Enero al 1 de Marzo del 2022 Fecha limite para aplicar: 6 de diciembre, 2021 San Cristóbal de las Casas Chiapas, México. Curso para formar proyectos locales en economías no capitalistas y resistir su cooptación. Para ver videos acerca de las experiencias de participantes con nuestro taller: https://youtu.be/XbGJfeNhp2Y <https://youtu.be/XbGJfeNhp2Y> https://youtu.be/ccL097BSV6c <https://youtu.be/ccL097BSV6c> Para mas información: https://cambalache.noblogs.org/post/2021/11/22/taller-en-linea-enero-2022-j… <https://cambalache.noblogs.org/post/2021/11/22/taller-en-linea-enero-2022-j…> **La convocatoria** 1. Por favor, llena el formulario en: https://share.mayrst.org/apps/forms/NfE8KkTR8kiowMQE <https://share.mayrst.org/apps/forms/NfE8KkTR8kiowMQE> 2. Envía tu CV y una carta de motivación de máximo 1,000 palabras a la colectiva de El Cambalache (taller(a)cambalache.casa <mailto:[email protected]>) explicando porque te gustaría participar en el taller y qué tipos de proyectos económicos podrías desarrollar con nosotrxs lo antes posible porque aceptamos solicitudes hasta agotar el cupo. **Necesitamos otras economías** En los últimos meses, mundialmente hemos experimentado un fuerte cambio en nuestras vidas en torno al desarrollo del COVID-19 y las respuestas gubernamentales para frenar este virus. Las personas que viven precariamente el día a día, que sufren marginalización económica, social y legal, han sido puestas aún en más peligro de enfermedad, hambre, falta de remuneración y violencia. En muchos lugares del mundo hay gente que ha sido encarcelada y/o violentada por salir a las calles para buscar sustento, liberarse de violencia doméstica o cualquier otra razón que la obliga a usar los espacios públicos. Ahora, más que nunca es necesario hacer economías no capitalistas, reconocer que nuestras Américas son ricas en conocimientos y prácticas milenarias de otras economías. ¡Ya es hora! ¡Vamos a trabajar y recuperar nuestras economías! **Este curso abarcará** -Implementar métodos y análisis para hacer proyectos económicos decoloniales. -Conversar sobre El Cambalache como ejemplo contemporáneo de las prácticas y el pensamiento de proyectos anti-capitalistas sin jerarquías. -Indagar en la historia(s) económica(s) de las Américas. Historia(s) que ha(n) sido, atacada(s), invisibilizada(s) por el poder capitalista y aplicar en esta indagación una perspectiva decolonial. -Practicar el consumo desde una perspectiva decolonial. **Para quiénes** Este curso provoca la práctica, investigación y teorización de las economías no capitalistas desde un actuar de cambio social e investigación por y para nosotrxs. Por esta razón está diseñando para personas con interés en crear, practicar e investigar colectivamente sobre proyectos económicos no-capitalistas a realizarse en sus lugares de residencia o investigación. Todxs las personas están invitadas a participar, mujeres, personas indígenas y LBGTIQ++ están especialmente invitadas. **Presentación del curso** La geografía económica decolonial empieza con la investigación de acción participativa en las prácticas económicas no occidentales y sin jerarquía. Cuando se estudia la decolonialidad a veces se nos dificulta movernos de la teoría a la práctica. ¿Has pensado en empezar un proyecto económico no-capitalista pero no sabes por dónde comenzar? ¿Te has preguntado cómo usar investigación de acción participativa para empezar un proyecto de economía social y/o solidaria? ¿Te interesa la nosotrosidad y comunalidad? ¿Deseas hacer investigación económica decolonial pero no sabes como envolverte en prácticas económicas locales, indígenas y/o no-occidentales en el contexto de un proyecto económico? Durante los últimos 500 años hasta la actualidad, los pueblos indígenas y no-europeos, esclavos y descendientes de esclavos han sido históricamente negados a través de la colonialidad en el acceso igualitario a la participación en la economía capitalista. El sistema económico capitalista no valora ni a la naturaleza, ni a la mayoría de nuestros conocimientos y habilidades. Durante los últimos cinco siglos la gente alrededor del mundo no ha aceptado que su manera de ser es ser pobre, jamás se han sentado a simplemente lamentar su situación. Dentro de circunstancias terribles de esclavitud y opresión, en las que muchxs fueron despojados de sus propiedades, les fue negado por los gobiernos coloniales y poscoloniales el acceso a dinero y a la adquisición de algún tipo de propiedad, sin embargo, esa gente creó redes de intercambios y convivencia muy diversas y creativas, que han permitido su supervivencia a lo largo de la historia y a lo ancho del mundo. Estas economías han sido mayormente ignoradas porque eran y siguen siendo mayormente economías de mujeres. Silvia Federici ha demostrado que mientras que se desarrolló el capitalismo, a las mujeres europeas y en las Américas les fueron sistemáticamente negados los accesos a la economía de dinero durante siglos. Como sabemos por la literatura de economías diversas, hay mucho más en la economía que solo el capitalismo. Al entender y practicar estos tipos de actividades no capitalistas podemos disminuir nuestra dependencia del dinero y aumentar nuestra autonomía resistiendo el sistema económico capitalista. Para la participación en este taller, pedimos a lxs participantes el compartir proyectos actuales y a futuro para conversar y desarrollar durante nuestras actividades. Habrá pláticas colectivas sobre los marcos y los pasos posibles para diseñar y realizar metodologías para un proyecto de economía decolonial feminista, solidario y social. Espera lecturas para antes y durante el taller, además de actividades de escritura después de las actividades. Este taller cubre literatura de economías híbridas, la territorialización decolonial, el feminismo decolonial, economía decolonial, la Community Economies Research Network, nosotrosidad y comunalidad. Temas: Economías diversas en el mundo mayoritario de las Américas Economía decolonial en el mundo mayoritario de las Américas Feminismos en el mundo mayoritario de las Américas Movimientos autónomos y sus prácticas Metodología colectiva participativa Métodos de investigación que resisten jerarquía Creando prácticas **Descripción del programa** *Métodos de práctica y pensamiento en economías diversas decoloniales en las Américas. Facilitado por Erin Araujo. Hablaremos sobre la gran diversidad de economías en las Américas que existen al mismo tiempo que el capitalismo. La mayor parte del mundo mayoritario de las Américas tiene poco acceso al dinero. Éste bajo acceso al dinero también reduce la participación de la gente en el sistema económico capitalista, lo cual genera como respuesta el fomento de una amplia gama de redes económicas no capitalistas y alternativas a las capitalistas, así, existen redes de apoyo mutuo, autogestión, intercambio, trueque, tequio, minga, regalos, tandas y muchas otras maneras de vivir bien y superar la precariedad impuesta por el sistema capitalista aunque haya poco acceso al dinero. *Compartiendo la semilla Cambalachera: Las prácticas y pensamiento de El Cambalache. Facilitado por la colectiva El Cambalache; Chepis, Erin, Belkis, Lupita, Maira y Elena. El cambalache es un proyecto de economía sin dinero, generado por y para mujeres y sus comunidades en San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México. Vamos a compartir nuestras experiencias, retos y aprendizajes a lo largo del proceso del proyecto. Conversa con nosotras sobre nuestro proyecto sin jerarquías y construyamos herramientas que nos permitan desarmar el capitalismo. *Consumo Decolonial. Facilitado por Elena Morúa, Maira Pino y Guadalupe Díaz Hernández. ¿Sabes qué consumes? ¿Cómo se produce?: Experiencias de ámbito alimenticio y textil, en comunidades y en zona urbana. Compartiremos las experiencias de la Colectiva Koltamba, organización conformada por 20 familias de origen tzeltal, productoras de café, originarias de la zona altos del estado de Chiapas, su trabajo agroecológico, su organización, y su visión de red de apoyo mutuo. Ejemplos de colectivas y redes autogestivas de economía solidaria familiar y local. Economía decolonial en las Américas Facilitada por Erin Araujo Se estudian los fundamentos de la economía decolonial desde lo básico, pensando ¿Qué es la decolonialidad? ¿Qué abarca una perspectiva decolonial hacia la economía? Habrá lecturas y videos en el estudio de economías diversas dentro de la decolonialidad para vincular los dos cuerpos de praxis y teoría. Se analizará ¿Cuáles otras economías existen al mismo tiempo que el capitalismo en el mundo mayoritario de las Américas? ¿Cuáles son los pasos para recuperar nuestras economías? En este tema hablaremos sobre cómo formar un método efectivo para generar proyectos de investigación económica creativos e inclusivos que rompan con las prácticas convencionales de las metodologías de investigación jerárquica. **Cupo limitado** We look forward to hearing from you! Best, Erin Erin Araujo PhD she/her/ella Generator Department of Decolonial Economics El Cambalache, Calle de los Arcos 5c Barrio Cuxtitali San Cristobal de las Casas Chiapas, Mexico 29230 Member of the ACME Editorial Collective https://acme-journal.org/ Academia.edu: independent.academia.edu/erinaraujo El Cambalache FB: www.facebook.com/lacambalache El Cambalache Blog: https://cambalache.noblogs.org El Cambalache Canal de Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCslgLGj8V0LFxSaDnL8iYQg Twitter: LaCambalachera Instagram: Elcambalachesancristobal

1 0

Invitation to explore: What is worth doing?
by Andrea González Andino 23 Nov '21

23 Nov '21

Dear friends on the network here we share an invitation. This is an experiment that came from conversations with some friends from Ecoversities, our own lives, and what our territories are manifesting in ourselves. Please, read it and if you are interested sign up. If it resonates with someone that you know, please share it. Hugs! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frustrated with the current paved paths society offers you? Are you questioning the expectations society has for you? Do you want to do things that make sense to you and not others? College degree? Family? kids? a car? Is that your list or someone else's? *We invite you all to come for a 3-day online workshop where we will explore ‘What is worth doing?’ * We have been mapping this question through 1:1 dialogues & now we want to invite a group into our process. We will spend each session opening up possibilities that emerge when we enter the labyrinth of ourselves, to our internal world. On day two we invite you to map your life, add milestones, recognize where you are and all that your journey has given you so far. Family, friends, land, territories, ancestors, etc. Finally, we invite you to envision what lies ahead! Day 3 we will explore how to navigate life’s unfolding path - on our own terms. We will invite you to networks of possibilities that are opening around the world. Do you desire a community of wanderers, people that will share their journeys and discoveries so we can learn and discover together? Maybe part of the adventure is to visit your grandmother and cook with her, maybe it is to go to Swaraj Ecoverisity in India and become a Koji, or to go to the Andes mountains and talk to the Apus (spirit of the mountains). Join us by signing up here <https://jn3eijjo.paperform.co>. We offer this on gift economy, so no excuses ;) When you sign up you'll get a kit with inspiring movies, poems, & stories. Dates: Nov 29, Dec 1, & Dec 2nd - online from 6-8 PM Eastern Time Register: https://jn3eijjo.paperform.co --- If you have any questions, let us know! *Sierra, Eileen, and Andrea. * Who are we? Eileen Walz Eileen sparks learning by designing experiences and asking what we can learn from them. She is constantly inviting others into her learning journey, and this project is one example of that. Andrea González Andino I’m Andrea, andean, andinist, queer, chi´xi, mestiza, from the Andes in Ecuador. I’m an adventurous professional unlearner, working with love and care for others and the land. I’m a facilitator of spaces, a question maker, researcher, and an adventure lover on many fronts of life. Sierra Allen At the age of 8 Sierra quit school to focus on learning. She’s been a part of alternative learning communities and unschooling groups for over 20 years and sees land as the ultimate teacher. -- At. Andrea González Andino +593 984583118

1 0

Shandia Vision
by Christian Stalberg 22 Nov '21

22 Nov '21

With the further monetization of nature <https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/11/08/mother-nature-inc/> , Nature, Inc. and COP26 greenwashing, I’m curious if anyone here on the list has an opinion about the “Shandia Vision" that came out of COP26 from the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (GATC)? __ Christian Stalberg Doctoral Student Anthropology & Social Change CIIS, San Francisco, CA "I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept." - Angela Davis “What is it that we can do that addresses whatever the problem is, rather than what it is that we’re trying to get somebody else to do.” – Alice Lynd

6 9

Invitations: Get to know Teia dos Povos and participate at VII Jornada de Agroecologia da Bahia
by Renata Amorim 17 Nov '21

17 Nov '21

Dear all, I hope everyone is doing well despite these challenging times! I`d like to invite you to get to know *Teia dos Povos or Web of the Peoples: a dialogue between communities, territories, peoples and political organizations, both rural and urban *that brings together brazilian traditional, indigenous and black peoples, artisanal fishermen, farmers and so on in their (glocal) struggles for autonomy, land and territory, with a similar proposal to the Global Tapestry of Alternatives. To know more about their inspiring work, please visit: https://teiadospovos.org/. You are also invite to participate in the The VII Jornada de Agroecologia da Bahia, an agroecology gathering and the main meeting of the Teia, that will take place at a traditional territory here in Brazil, next year at the end of january: https://teiadospovos.org/vii-jornada-de-agroecologia-da-bahia/. I also take this opportunity to share with you the article translation into portuguese of Ashish`s article "These Alternative Economies are Inspirations for a Sustainable World", published at Scientific American, at the Teia dos Povos website: https://teiadospovos.org/essas-economias-alternativas-sao-inspiracoes-para-… . Best wishes, Renata --- Renata Amorim Almeida Fonseca Doutoranda em Psicossociologia de Comunidades e Ecologia Social - EICOS/IP/UFRJ Pesquisadora em Sustentabilidade e Transformação Social - GAPIS/LATTES/CNPq Sócia diretora da CAMBARÁS PROJETOS SOCIOAMBIENTAIS PhD Student in Community Psychosociology and Social Ecology - EICOS/IP/UFRJ Researcher in Sustainability and Social Transformation - GAPIS/LATTES/CNPq Managing partner at CAMBARÁS SOCIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS

1 0

A new article on the Radical Ecological Democracy website - Caught in a rut?: How to stop resisting change and establish systemic “alternatives”?
by Pallav Das 17 Nov '21

17 Nov '21

Friends, A new article, "Caught in a rut?: How to stop resisting change and establish systemic “alternatives”? <https://www.radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/caught-in-a-rut-how-to-stop-resi…> has been uploaded to the Radical Ecological Democracy website. https://www.radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/caught-in-a-rut-how-to-stop-resi… We continue to explore "alternatives" and "transitions". It has always been hard for societies to effect change. Even when it does occur, change is painfully slow, and often late. Clem McCartney explores the socio-psychological reasons behind the resistance to change, and advances a strategy for intervening in the moribund societal discourse on meaningful transformation. Please share the article with your networks and join the discussion on RED listserv or the website discussion forum. The author is copied here in case you would like to contact him directly. Best, Pallav Das <https://www.radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/anarchy-sociality-and-the-way/> <https://www.radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/caught-in-a-rut-how-to-stop-resi…>

1 0

Regenerating Kurdish Ecologies through Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Economies of Care - new paper
by Michel Pimbert 12 Nov '21

12 Nov '21

Hello This paper may be of interest to you and your networks: Regenerating Kurdish Ecologies through Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Economies of Care. In: Stephen Hunt (Ed). Ecological Solidarity in the Kurdish Freedom Movement. Thought, Practice, Challenges, and Opportunities. London: Lexington Books, pp. 115-132. Summary. People’s initiative to promote ecological approaches to agriculture and the re-localization of decentralized food systems are remarkable in war-torn Kurdistan. Efforts to generate Kurdish ecologies through agroecology, food sovereignty, and economies of care are uniquely based on traditions of social ecology, a rejection of patriarchal relations, and democratic confederalism. See https://www.agroecologynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Regenerating-Kurd… Best wishes Michel Professor Michel Pimbert Professor of Agroecology and Food Politics Director Institute for Sustainability, Equity and Resilience Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) Coventry University Ryton Gardens, Wolston Lane Coventry, CV8 3LG United Kingdom www.agroecologynow.com<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.agroec…> www.excludedvoices.org<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.exclud…> No.1 Modern University in the Midlands Guardian University Guide 2021 1st for Overseas Student Experiences based on student trips abroad from HESA 2018/19 UK data Top 30 in the World for International Students QS World University Rankings 2021 University of the Year for Student Experience 2019 The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019 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.

1 0

Regenerating Kurdish Ecologies through Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Economies of Care - new paper
by Michel PIMBERT 12 Nov '21

12 Nov '21

Hello This paper may be of interest to you and your networks: Regenerating Kurdish Ecologies through Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Economies of Care. In: Stephen Hunt (Ed). Ecological Solidarity in the Kurdish Freedom Movement. Thought, Practice, Challenges, and Opportunities. London: Lexington Books, pp. 115-132. Summary. People’s initiative to promote ecological approaches to agriculture and the re-localization of decentralized food systems are remarkable in war-torn Kurdistan. Efforts to generate Kurdish ecologies through agroecology, food sovereignty, and economies of care are uniquely based on traditions of social ecology, a rejection of patriarchal relations, and democratic confederalism. See https://www.agroecologynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Regenerating-Kurd… <https://www.agroecologynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Regenerating-Kurd…> Best wishes Michel Professor Michel Pimbert Professor of Agroecology and Food Politics Director Institute for Sustainability, Equity and Resilience Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) Coventry University Ryton Gardens, Wolston Lane Coventry, CV8 3LG United Kingdom www.agroecologynow.com <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.agroec…> www.excludedvoices.org <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.exclud…>

1 0

Reimagining and governing the commons in an unequal world: A critical engagement
by Prakash Kashwan 11 Nov '21

11 Nov '21

Dear PeDAGoG Community: We are excited to share this brand new publication to help create bridges between the scholarship on the Commons by Ostrom Workshop scholars and those who think of the commons from a more critical perspective. Most importantly, we draw on lessons from the commons movements in both urban and rural areas globally. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsust.2021.100102 Happy reading! Kashwan, Prakash, Praneeta Mudaliar, Sheila R. Foster, and Floriane Clement. 2021. "Reimagining and Governing the Commons in an Unequal World: A Critical Engagement." *Current Research in Environmental Sustainability* 3: 100102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsust.2021.100102 Abstract This article brings to center-stage questions of inequality within the context of contemporary theory and scholarship on the commons. We engage with the commons literature to explore how social, economic, and political inequalities affect who has access to and control over the commons. We make the following key contributions as a way to engage simultaneously and bring together different strands of the literature. One, we take stock of existing scholarship examining the commons and inequality, bringing into sharp focus the role of race, gender, caste, and class, among other dimensions of inequality. Two, we critically engage with scholarship that is pushing the boundaries of commons theory by exploring the processes of commoning or decommoning via “grabbed commons”. Three, by using the lens of commoning and linking it to the historical processes of colonization and capitalist dispossessions, we seek to foster a conversation with scholars working on emancipatory claims to the commons. Based on such a synthesis, we offer a research agenda to broaden the theoretical and empirical scope of commons scholarship, especially with the goal of building stronger bridges with critical property and environmental justice scholarship. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Prakash Kashwan, Ph.D. (Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SRC3hyMAAAAJ&hl>) (Public Dropbox <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0khzymm4o1pyh9s/AACctTBrEI7xYeozEgJIGaeOa?dl=0>) 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/Program Chair, Environmental Studies Section, International Studies Association (ISA) 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…>

1 0

Draft: PeDAGoG ethics, framework, manifesto
by Angging Aban 08 Nov '21

08 Nov '21

Dear PeDAGoG colleagues, Sending here the draft ethics, framework, manifesto for your comments. This has been collectively drafted by Group 5 of our previously held meeting. For further comments, please click the link below. https://docs.google.com/document/d/17XEzP8uyXYlbMS_RF9tJ7GOB-M1MpOhs/edit?u… May we have all your comments/ suggestions by next Friday, September 10? Thanks. Regards, Angging *Ananeza Aban, MCD* Senior Program Officer Program on Alternative Development (AltDev) University of the Philippines | Center for Integrative and Development Studies *Ang Bahay ng Alumni, Lower Ground Floor * *Magsaysay Ave., UP Diliman, Q.C. 1101 Philippines* *Tel. nos.: 981-8500 loc. 4266-4267 & 435-9283* *Tel. fax: 981-8500 loc. 4268 & 426-0955* *Website: cids.up.edu.ph <http://cids.up.edu.ph>* *Facebook page: www.facebook.com/upcids*

4 3