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Decolonising the Curriculum Resources
by Christine Dann 20 Nov '20

20 Nov '20

Dear Alternative Educators I just came across the article below from the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, UK, and it linked to a list of resources (link also below) which I thought may be of use to people on this list who have to deal with colonialist academic institutions. All the best for your efforts! Christine / / / / /Decolonising the Curriculum? Reflecting on Possibilities and Contradictions at the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience/ Collectively Written November 7, 2020 https://www.peoplesknowledge.org/decolcurriculumcawr/ /Decolonising the Curriculum Resources/ https://www.peoplesknowledge.org/resources/read/decolonising-resources/

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Committed to teaching the truth - can you help?
by ThoughtBox Education 17 Nov '20

17 Nov '20

Good morning all, I’m emailing with an invitation to you and any of your colleagues or connections working in social justice who you think could support this endeavour: As a social enterprise committed to teaching children how - not what - to think, ThoughtBox Education <http://www.thoughtboxeducation.com/> is excited to be launching a new (free) inquiry-based curriculum for all schools exploring *Equality and Justice*. The programme will be available for 5-18 year olds, with modules containing four lessons each. We recognise the enormity of this subject, the need to approach with integrity and the importance of allowing all voices to be heard. As such we are reaching out to a small number of inspired friends and practitioners working in the field of justice for people and planet to invite you to join a peer-review panel and share your thoughts on the curriculum before we launch it to the world. *NB: We wish to communicate that we are not just replacing the source of oppression in this curriculum by sharing a better set of beliefs, but are truly committed to supporting open-mindedness and critical thinking to allow young people to listen, reflect, learn and unlearn accordingly.* *Our ask:* We’d love you to take a look at one, some or all of our curriculum for 11-18 year olds and share your thoughts. In particular we would love to know: 1. Have we approached these explorations with due respect and sensitivity? 2. Have we overlooked any vital reflections? 3. Are there wider resources you suggest we link schools to? *How much time can you offer?* 1. *10 minutes*: Take a look through one of our lessons to get a feel for our approach. Or… 2. *30 minutes*: Look through a full curriculum for one of our age ranges and share thoughts. Or… 3. *60 minutes*: Look through the progressive curriculum from 11-18 year olds and send us your reflections We would welcome your reflections ASAP and by Friday 20th November 2020 at the latest. *In return:* 1. We promise to listen to your reflections and absorb them into the final programme 2. We would love to link to you and your work as part of our peer review panel 3. We wish to offer you full access to these curriculum and resources to share with any of your networks *What is our approach?* ThoughtBox is a social enterprise learning about learning. We acknowledge just how deeply fragmented perspectives are in society, whilst a strong top-down narrative continues to hold significant sway. Whilst inviting inquiry and reflection in our lessons, we are clearly, openly challenging the status quo. Our curriculum is built on a foundation of empathy and openness to encourage diversity of thought and the practice of unlearning. I attach an overview of the programme and a link to the lessons below in anticipation of your support. *If you could reply to confirm whether you’re happy to help or not, that would be wonderful. * *Equality & Justice inquiry curriculum – A free resource <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/g81ab7b5ls4yrgz/AAC0XcvCTwTvqgYAtRh9VGDQa?dl=0>* Regardless of whether or not you’re able to support, may I take this opportunity to thank you sincerely for the work you’re doing to shape a more just world. Warmest wishes, Rachel *Rachel Musson* Director of Education *Phone*: +44 7970 157883 *Email*: rachel(a)thoughtboxeducation.com *www.thoughtboxeducation.com <http://www.thoughtboxeducation.com>* [image: Title: LinkedIn - Description: image of LinkedIn icon] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-musson/> [image: Title: Twitter - Description: image of Twitter icon] <https://twitter.com/thoughtbox_ed> [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/thoughtboxeducation/> *ARE YOU PART OF OUR COMMUNITY YET? *Sign up to our new free membership <http://www.thoughtboxeducation.com/membership> and help transform education together.

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FW: THIS WEEK! NENA Conference - don't miss out, register now!
by S. A. Hamed Hosseini Faradonbeh 16 Nov '20

16 Nov '20

FYI From: Meaghan Burkett <meaghanjburkett(a)gmail.com> Sent: Monday, 16 November 2020 12:56 PM To: Meaghan Burkett <meaghanjburkett(a)gmail.com> Subject: Fwd: THIS WEEK! NENA Conference - don't miss out, register now! Hi New Economy Enthusiasts, The NENA Conference starts THIS FRIDAY and we have OVER 80 SPEAKERS from all sectors. An individual ticket is only $41 for three days and $19 for one day (free tickets available to anyone that needs one). It's fully online this year so you can join from anywhere. Please share with your networks. We'd love to have you with there More info below Warmly Meaghan View this email in your browser<https://mailchi.mp/b684f84dabbc/acceptance-of-your-proposal-nena-2020-annua…> [https://mcusercontent.com/81499ff732015e91967f94304/images/d8648d0f-729a-49…] NENA's Annual Conference STARTS THIS WEEK! Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd November Register now<https://neweconomy.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=81499ff732015e91967f9…> 80 speakers & 35 sessions over 3 days REGISTER HERE - tickets start at $15 for 1 day & $35 for 3 days<https://neweconomy.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=81499ff732015e91967f9…> Conference Sessions at our 2020 Conference include: * First Nations economic systems * Democracy, participation and enterprise * Storytelling and Narratives in the new economy * Nurturing the Commons * Rethinking Money, Banking, Finance and Property * Modern Monetary Theory * Rethinking Enterprises - Cooperatives, Sharing Economy * Educating for the new economy * Engagement, impact and trust * Reinventing work for the regenerative economy * Facilitation techniques for Peoples' Assemblies * Community wealth building and assets * Housing - co-housing, collaborative and alternative housing models * Permaculture and edible landscapes * Updates from our international networks - RIPESS and Wellbeing Economy Alliance REGISTER HERE - tickets start at $15 for 1 day & $35 for 3 days<https://neweconomy.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=81499ff732015e91967f9…> Conference Speakers Include: [https://mcusercontent.com/81499ff732015e91967f94304/images/8f051271-a425-4b…] CLICK HERE to read the program for the 2020 NENA Annual Conference<https://neweconomy.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=81499ff732015e91967f9…> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/81499ff732015e91967f94304/images/c16f7f79-e61…] [Twitter]<https://neweconomy.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=81499ff732015e91967f9…> [Facebook]<https://neweconomy.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=81499ff732015e91967f9…> [Website]<https://neweconomy.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=81499ff732015e91967f9…> Copyright © 2020 New Economy Network Australia, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website or at a NENA event. Our mailing address is: New Economy Network Australia PO Box 405 BANYO, QLD 4014 Australia Add us to your address book<https://neweconomy.us16.list-manage.com/vcard?u=81499ff732015e91967f94304&i…> Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences<https://neweconomy.us16.list-manage.com/profile?u=81499ff732015e91967f94304…> or unsubscribe from this list<https://neweconomy.us16.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=81499ff732015e91967f9…>. [Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp]<http://www.mailchimp.com/email-referral/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…>

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Fwd: Participant information for joining the Regenerative Education Working Group Online Summit
by Andrea González Andino 12 Nov '20

12 Nov '20

In case you are interested in joining the summit. Hugs! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jamaica Stevens <transformations13(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Nov 11, 2020, 7:27 PM Subject: Participant information for joining the Regenerative Education Working Group Online Summit To: Greetings Colleagues & Co-Creators! We are so excited to gather with you for the Regenerative Education Working Group Online Summit happening THIS WEEKEND- November 13-15th, 2020. This is your participant info. guide for participating in the summit. Here is table of contents: - General participant info. <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P73kUmIEA9OlL7eiPF4eza3chl1l_5nAUDkFb3h…> - Summit schedule <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P73kUmIEA9OlL7eiPF4eza3chl1l_5nAUDkFb3h…> - Zoom link for joining sessions <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P73kUmIEA9OlL7eiPF4eza3chl1l_5nAUDkFb3h…> - Summit tools for collaboration and engagement <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P73kUmIEA9OlL7eiPF4eza3chl1l_5nAUDkFb3h…> GENERAL PARTICIPANT INFO. This event is participatory, co-creative and engagement oriented- focused on supporting greater collaborative capacity & coherence amongst peers along with generating momentum for working groups to form. The summit is intentionally informal, a focused conversation in an ongoing inquiry, and our small volunteer hosting team is offering this container as an opportunity to explore together as a community. The hope is that there is a natural spark through these sessions that lead to organic and ongoing working groups who will incubate collaborative initiatives & projects. Our aim is also to create the foundation for a process of developing and adopting a shared framework for a Regenerative Education Ecosystem to emerge amongst allies who want to share common efforts. If you plan to attend the full schedule of sessions, we encourage you to bring snacks/lunch/hydration and -in general- practice self care as you participate. We encourage you to participate as fully as possible in the sessions, but of course, we also understand if you are only able to pop in for a few events and welcome your authentic participation as you can join us! SUMMIT SCHEDULE HERE IS A LINK TO THE SCHEDULE AND THEMES <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e_nyDw6dydnikTjytEVEmXaK6PeUnoIb_gv…> ZOOM LINK FOR ATTENDING SESSIONS HERE IS THE ZOOM LINK FOR JOINING ALL SESSIONS <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82673675779?pwd=OWZQVXRtMlNMNjVxZkJjSXZtYUxzdz09> SUMMIT TOOLS FOR COLLABORATION We will be using a few collaborative tools for engaging during the summit: - MIRO- Miro Workspace Link <https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_lf9We6w=/> - psswd: REWG2020- This is a collaborative, interactive live scribe and harvest space we will use during the summit and for archives & ongoing engagement after the summit - HYLO- Hylo Invite Link <https://www.hylo.com/c/regeneducation/join/lx1CSdClrA>- This is a peer-to-peer social networking tool for collaborative engagement and community building. This is where you can share your profile, network with other participants and where ongoing conversations and activities will be coordinated during and after the summit. - GOOGLE- Google Doc Link- <https://docs.google.com/document/d/14dws74peG9SprP5OdouZeQUXuFI9kJXzieIJ6cW…> This is the shared notes and synthesis document we will be using to harvest the highlights and outcomes from each session We look forward to gathering with you as we grow this network of trusted colleagues in service to Regenerative principles, practices, and learning pathways. See you this weekend! ~The Summit Hosting Team

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FW: [New post] On the Urgency of (Re)Integrating with the Radical
by S. A. Hamed Hosseini Faradonbeh 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

FYI commonism posted: "by S.A. Hamed Hosseini, University of Newcastle, Australia Source: ISA Global Dialogue: Magazine of the International Sociological Association, Volume 10, Issue 3 COVID-19 has shown that radical transformations are not only possible but unavoidab" New post on Common Alternatives [https://i2.wp.com/thecommonalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-Demo…] [http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/a650098e38856ec326159d7535275bac?s=50&d=http%3…]<http://thecommonalts.com/?author=1> On the Urgency of (Re)Integrating with the Radical<http://thecommonalts.com/on-the-urgency-of-reintegrating-with-the-radical/> by commonism<http://thecommonalts.com/?author=1> by S.A. Hamed Hosseini, University of Newcastle, Australia Source: ISA Global Dialogue: Magazine of the International Sociological Association, Volume 10, Issue 3<https://globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/on-the-urgency-of-reintegrating-wi…> COVID-19 has shown that radical transformations are not only possible but unavoidable to prevent greater implosions. Living through a slow- or de-growth status – where collective “well-living” is gaining primacy over hedonistic well-being – has awakened us to the implausibility of returning to the old normal. Now is the time to quarantine our minds from the fatal cognitive virus of the capitalistic myth of “There Is No Alternative.” Though painful, lockdowns provide moments of reflection on where we are, how we have reached here, and what we can do to unite our creative imaginations and political actions to shape the post-pandemic world. Where are we? In a nutshell, in the absence of worldwide radical, comprehensive actions, we humans are on the road to a full-fledged civilizational collapse. The collapse is most likely a spiral of cascading interrelated catastrophic events: regional climate calamities, global pandemics, economic recessions, severe food, water, and energy crises leading to mass displacements and unrests, global conflicts and civil wars, more severe climate catastrophes, and the acceleration of the current biodiversity downfall. How did we get here? To cut a long story short, a specific form of “civilization” originated from European colonialism entangled with modern capitalism gained full global ascendency in recent decades. This world civilization system is characterized by its foundational dependence on: (1) Capital replacing labor as the ultimate source of value; (2) Carbon – fossil fuels or more generally speaking, extractivism; (3) Compulsive economic growth through relentless commodification of socio-ecological relations and a multi-century mass appropriation of the commons, sustained through the constant promotion of consumerist cultures across the world; (4) Coloniality, i.e. the ongoing stratifying power relations and epistemes necessary for maintaining the integrity of intersectional hierarchies; and finally (5) Corruptive politics, energized by the rise of monopoly-finance capital, corporate-state interest-driven advances in surveillance, datafication, bio- and neuro-technology, and warfare. Let’s call the above five intrinsic characteristics, the 5Cs. The system is inherently crisis-prone since the 5Cs require an endless expansion of the planet’s capacity. Since we have already passed the earth’s biocapacity, and with no present technological solutions on the horizon that can retain this capacity, the same characteristics behind the ascendency of modern civilization are now contributors to its demise. De-carbonization is not enough Ending any of the above dependencies without challenging the rest of them is doomed. Take the examples of de-carbonization as the most popular solution propagated by progressive institutions. New technologies that harness renewable sources face serious socio-political and economic obstacles. Their rate of progression is too slow to save the planet. More importantly, they are perceived by sections of the ruling class as a potential means of extending capital’s hegemony. The so-called post-carbon policies only stretch the system’s dependence on the rest of the 5Cs, instead of ending it. The underlying socioeconomic and biopolitical structures, on which the technological revolutions are based and to which they contribute, must be profoundly challenged so that meaningful transition can be owned and guided by the multitudes. This necessitates not only (1) De-carbonization, but also (2) De-capitalization, (3) De-growth, (4) Decolonization, and (5) Deep democratization of social institutions; i.e. the 5Ds of a global struggle to save organized life. Thus, de-carbonization, if perceived as an adequate solution, will function as a distraction from the rest of the equally important Ds. [http://thecommonalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Global-Liberation-2_Ham…] What can we, as activist academics, do? The most noticeable form of the reductionist approach to addressing global crises is the recent resurrection of political technocracy. The more it fails the more it becomes authoritarian. Universities, as hotbeds of innovation and cutting-edge knowledge, are losing their autonomy to their corporate industry and business partners which now are often their major sources of support in the age of austerity. Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) is facing an identity crisis. It needs to find a non-reductionist discourse in which HASS can restore its lost historical purpose. A “radical transformative scholarship” needs to be reinvented to focus on liberating praxes for progressive alternatives (as showcased by the authors of The Routledge Handbook of Transformative Global Studies). In response to ineffective technocratic solutions, we have recently witnessed an explosion of self-motivated communal creativities and grassroots projects pushing for more meaningful systemic transitions in a vast array of forms. The historical necessity of a deep civilizational shift is well understood by a growing number of 5Ds movements. The 2020s can be regarded as the most pivotal decade in the most critical century in human history where “demanding the impossible” becomes the only “realistic” option for emerging revolutionary forces. The current conjuncture characterized by intensifying economic and ecobiological crises will most likely translate into unprecedented discontent. In our epoch, we have reached a status where anomalies between theory and reality can no longer be resolved without obtaining insights from radical forces on the ground. However, these forces are diverse, unstructured, and fast-evolving, making them difficult to comprehend. Only recently, thanks to the pandemic-induced lockdowns and slowdowns, an unprecedented opportunity has emerged for these transformative forces to surface through online engagements with their broader populations. Despite the liberating potentialities of the 5Ds landscape, regretfully, it is still a marginal topic in HASS. The necessity of co-creating knowledge commons The most striking question we face in our engagements with the 5Ds is how to “co-develop” an inclusive yet dynamic knowledge of the emerging landscape of alternatives; a knowledge that in turn empowers these transformational actors and practices and helps us reinvent our scholarships as transformative. There is no reason to believe that the intensification of crises will automatically result in the collapse of unproductive divisions in the global left. The expectation that out of the marketplace of contingent interactions between countless forms of the 5Ds, somehow magically a new paradigm will arise that ends capitalism before it ends planetary life ironically resembles the neoclassical myth of invisible hands and the trickle-down fairy tale. In the current context where interests, rights, and needs of communities are undermined by the preferences of Capital, it remains vital for progressive socio-political endeavors, concerned with building sustainable, self-sufficient, just, and democratic futures, to resist and reverse the capitalist knowledge enclosures. Without submitting ourselves to a technocratic mentality in HASS, recent methodological advances in social informatics can be conscientiously employed to empower the liberating praxes on the ground. The power of big data can be harnessed to co-create “knowledge commons” with grassroots movements, to guide and energize an inclusive transition to post-5Cs eco-civilizations. Direct all correspondence to S.A. Hamed Hosseini <hamed.hosseini(a)newcastle.edu.au<mailto:[email protected]>> Hosseini Hamed S.A.<https://globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/tag/hosseini-hamed-s-a/> Australia<https://globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/category/country/austrlia/>, commonism<http://thecommonalts.com/?author=1> | October 31, 2020 at 3:47 am | Categories: Re-published<http://thecommonalts.com/?taxonomy=category&term=re-published>, S A Hamed Hosseini<http://thecommonalts.com/?taxonomy=category&term=s-a-hamed-hosseini> | URL: https://wp.me/p8cAhr-pV Unsubscribe<https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_ema…> to no longer receive posts from Common Alternatives. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions<https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_ema…>. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://thecommonalts.com/on-the-urgency-of-reintegrating-with-the-radical/

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FW: [New post] Beyond “Koyaanisqatsi”: Reimagining Civilization
by S. A. Hamed Hosseini Faradonbeh 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

commonism posted: "by Barry Gills, University of Helsinki, Finland Republished from: ISA Global Dialogue, Volume 10, Issue 3 There is an emerging view in the present crisis, illustrated in recently burgeoning commentary across the globe, expressing a realization tha" New post on Common Alternatives [https://i2.wp.com/thecommonalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-Demo…] [http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/a650098e38856ec326159d7535275bac?s=50&d=http%3…]<http://thecommonalts.com/?author=1> Beyond “Koyaanisqatsi”: Reimagining Civilization<http://thecommonalts.com/beyond-koyaanisqatsi-reimagining-civilization/> by commonism<http://thecommonalts.com/?author=1> by Barry Gills, University of Helsinki, Finland Republished from: ISA Global Dialogue, Volume 10, Issue 3<https://globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/category/volume-10/v10-i3/> There is an emerging view in the present crisis, illustrated in recently burgeoning commentary across the globe, expressing a realization that our present form of world order and civilization has brought humanity and “nature” into a great crisis, and that we must act radically to transform the foundations. The combination, or “triple crisis,” of the three Cs – Climate, Capitalism, and COVID-19 – has brought forward a momentum to address the fundamental causes of this crisis. Living in a time of Koyaanisqatsi The Hopi people of North America have an important myth with great relevance for our present situation: the myth of “Koyaanisqatsi,” often translated as “life out of balance,” “a form of life that should not exist,” or “a crazy life.” In this myth, human beings are custodians for all life, and our purpose is to maintain the balance among all forms of life, perpetually. To do so, we ourselves must maintain a way of life that ensures harmony with all other forms of life. In Koyaanisqatsi however, human beings have “lost their head,” and run aimlessly towards a precipice of destruction brought about by their own actions. Such a culture disregards the fundamental unity and interconnectedness of life. It forgets the sacredness of all life. It forgets its own true purpose, and it forgets the profound interdependence of human beings with other forms of life. Its actions are “mindless” and destructive. Only a truly profound spiritual awakening and cultural and material renewal can alter the course of such a culture, and save it and myriad other life forms from the great harm and destruction that Koyaanisqatsi will inevitably bring. We are living in a time of Koyaanisqatsi. We have been under the spell of totalizing concepts, such as “progress,” “modernity,” “development,” and “globalization.” They have promised us a better future. They have promised us material prosperity, a future age of health, safety, freedom. The truth, however, is that they have masked historical processes that have led to this present global crisis. The study of the “fall of civilizations” and of “existential threats or challenges” to humanity is now increasingly academically legitimated and even becoming “popular.” That phenomenon is symptomatic of the situation we now find ourselves in: i.e., that we are living through a “great implosion,” a “world system crisis,” a “general crisis” of our dominant form of civilization. Many causes can be identified for this “general crisis,” this “great decline,” which even threatens us with the “collapse” of civilization. Climate change is of course a central causal vector of this great crisis, but it is not the only one, and in many ways, climate change itself is the consequence of much more fundamental, underlying, and long-term historical processes. The historical processes that have induced this great crisis include the over-concentration of wealth (oligarchization); the over-exploitation of labor and “nature” (i.e., the over-extraction of value from human labor and from the natural world, thus increasing systemic entropy); parasitic and predatory accumulation of capital and wealth surplus and “under-investment” in socially useful and productive infrastructure; and a systemic logic of/obsession with commodification, marketization, and “economic growth.” Our dominant economics, as both academic discipline and real practice, has perpetuated the delusion that somehow the economy is without ultimate biophysical foundations or limits. The environment or environmental economics is but a minor sub-field in mainstream economics, and all environmental problems created in the present by the dominant economic system are believed to be solvable in the future, primarily through technological innovation and via market-conforming principles and mechanisms. This blinkered and Panglossian worldview has already for decades caused seemingly endless complacency, delay, and deferral by the most powerful economic and political actors in the world in regard to radically addressing the changes necessary to avert impending climate and ecological catastrophe. This Panglossian worldview and the worship of the “market” has become the dominant faith of the age and has been central to the globally hegemonic ideas of “neoliberalism,” “globalization,” and even “development” as understood and practiced across the globe. Crisis means breakdown. Crisis means system failure. Crisis in the world today means an existential threat to humanity: the “fall” or even the collapse of our civilization, a civilization that globalization has supposedly made an unprecedented success. Koyaanisqatsi also holds the solution What is the solution? Koyaanisqatsi holds the answer to our riddle. We need a “deep restoration” of our civilization, of our entire culture, both spiritual and material – a notion I elaborate in my article published in Globalizations in 2020. We need to “reimagine civilization.” The fundamental forms which constitute the dominant templates of power and social organization in our civilization: i.e., the state, capital, and the city must be profoundly reimagined and radically altered in our future. Humanity must accept its embeddedness in the web of life and fully recognize the reality of planetary boundaries, earth system dynamics, biophysical foundations, and biophysical limits, ecological and climate change thresholds and tipping points, in what in reality is a unified global system of life. Our future course must consist of a “great restoration” of life on earth, in all its immense and beautiful diversity. Thus, it must also consist of a “great reversal” of the obsessions of universal commodification, marketization, and economic growth that have hitherto been dominating our collective material life. “Re-commoning” of the world, both material and social, will be central to this great transformation of civilization. Peace, both domestic and global, will likewise be an essential element in a renewed and reimagined civilization. The age of darkness of the past few centuries, rife with imperialism, colonialism, neocolonialism, racism, and patriarchal power, should now close. History is written later, but the future is written now. The new worldview emerging in the context of the present global systemic crisis is in fact resonant with a very ancient worldview. The idea of perpetuating the lost pre-COVID-19 “normal” is but a great illusion. The idea of returning to “business as usual” is an inevitably catastrophic idea. Only a radical transformation of the fundamental forms of our civilization will be sufficient to avert future disasters. Transformative praxis of the many, by the many, and for the many, holds the only realistic promise and source of hope for our collective survival. Now there can be no more excuses, and no turning back. Direct all correspondence to Barry Gills <bkeithgills(a)gmail.com<mailto:[email protected]>> Gills Barry<https://globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/tag/gills-barry/> Finland<https://globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/category/country/finland/>, commonism<http://thecommonalts.com/?author=1> | October 31, 2020 at 2:46 am | Categories: Barry Gills<http://thecommonalts.com/?taxonomy=category&term=barry-gills>, Re-published<http://thecommonalts.com/?taxonomy=category&term=re-published> | URL: https://wp.me/p8cAhr-pP<https://wp.me/p8cAhr-pP>

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FW: [New post] EXALT Symposium 2020
by S. A. Hamed Hosseini Faradonbeh 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

FYI From: Common Alternatives <donotreply(a)wordpress.com> Sent: Saturday, 7 November 2020 12:10 PM To: common.alternatives(a)gmail.com Subject: [New post] EXALT Symposium 2020 commonism posted: "The EXALT Symposium 2020 was a series of convivial online discussions stretching across three days on 21-23 of October, 2020. The event drew together diverse critical analyses of the phenomena of global extractivisms and the myriad alternatives pursued bo" New post on Common Alternatives [https://i2.wp.com/thecommonalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-Demo…] [http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/a650098e38856ec326159d7535275bac?s=50&d=http%3…]<http://thecommonalts.com/?author=1> EXALT Symposium 2020<http://thecommonalts.com/exalt-symposium-2020/> by commonism<http://thecommonalts.com/?author=1> The EXALT Symposium 2020<https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/exalt-2020/exalt-symposium-2020> was a series of convivial online discussions stretching across three days on 21-23 of October, 2020. The event drew together diverse critical analyses of the phenomena of global extractivisms and the myriad alternatives pursued both in theory and practice. The main aim of the Symposium was to contribute to, expand and deepen the concept of extractivism and the role of alternatives beyond the conventional usage connected to natural resources. The Symposium consisted of a main Roundtable-discussion (see recording below) with some of the world’s leading scholars working on extractivisms, followed by seven sessions (see recordings below) covering different aspects of global extractivisms and alternatives. Session recordings can be found here.<https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/exalt-2020/exalt-events> Sessions<https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/exalt-2020/sessions> [sessions liftup] commonism<http://thecommonalts.com/?author=1> | November 7, 2020 at 1:09 am | Categories: Events<http://thecommonalts.com/?taxonomy=category&term=events>, EXALT (Finland)<http://thecommonalts.com/?taxonomy=category&term=exalt-finland> | URL: https://wp.me/p8cAhr-qd Unsubscribe<https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_ema…> to no longer receive posts from Common Alternatives. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions<https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_ema…>. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://thecommonalts.com/exalt-symposium-2020/

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[OPEN WORKSHOP] Alternative Regionalism from the Perspective of Southeast Asian Peoples
by Mon Sy 04 Nov '20

04 Nov '20

On November 5, 13:30 - 15;30 (GMT +7), we invite you to the Alternative Regionalism from the Perspective of Southeast Asian Peoples (Workshop 12, Session 1) of the ASEAN Peoples' Forum 2020, Alternative Regionalism Convergence Space. 🌈 📝Register here before or on November 5: http://apf2020.org.vn/registration 💻Link to the Workshop: https://smediavn.webex.com/smediavn/onstage/g.php... 👩‍🏫Speakers include: Dr. Eduardo Tadem, Program on Alternative Development, University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS AltDev) Anwar ‘Sastro’ Ma’ruf, Konfederasi Pergerakan Rakyat Indonesia (KPRI), Indonesia Ivanka Custodio, ASEAN SOGIE Caucus (ASC) Pattrawalee Thanakitpiboonpol, Metropolis for Democracy & The People for Democracy, Thailand Luu Nguyet Minh, Center for Women and Development, Vietnam Je-Ann Repayo, Raul Ramos, Rommel dela Cruz, Federation of Sicogon Farmers and Fisherfolk Association (FESIFFA), Philippines Fernando Avelino Ximenes, Komite Esperansa (Committee of Hope) and Rehabilitacao Ecologia Nacional (RENAL), Timor Leste 🤝With Moderators: Raquel Castillo, Sustainability and Participation thru Education and Lifelong Learning (SPELL), Philippines Jemi Irwansyah, Konfederasi Pergerakan Rakyat Indonesia (KPRI), Indonesia See you there! [image: 123593552_117321983507085_6809110113120572949_o.jpg] *Jose Monfred C. Sy* Master of Arts (Philippine Studies) [ongoing] Bachelor of Arts (Comparative Literature) *University of the Philippines* jcsy3(a)up.edu.ph "Where do correct ideas come from? Do they drop from the skies? No. Are they innate in the mind? No. They come from social practice and from it alone." Mao Tse-tung, *Where Do Correct Ideas Come From?*

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a degrowth poem
by Christine Dann 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Dear Alternatives friends, I just read the poem below, and although it is untitled, it seemed to me to express the emotional truth of degrowth. Hope you like it. Christine ‘Degrowth’ poem by Dara McAnulty p. 108 /Diary of a Young Naturalist/ (2020) /*Tuesday, 7 August*/ When we began, our feet trod lightly Bare upon the earth, we were weightless Travellers, allowing resurgence and Regrowth, leaving enough. Reverence. Forging through millenia, we kept on Adding endless weight, a leadening Heaviness, leaving deep and lasting Indentations, sending shockwaves. Eliminating. Cruelty, cavernous greed, no impediment, Hands and feet became Industrial. Monsters, spewing toxicity, sickening, Deafening, echoing arrows. Piercing. Now thundering, trampling boundlessly. Decimating pathways once bountiful. We watch helplessly, numb and aching, Our hollow, haunting cries in empty spaces. Waiting. Stop. I hear hope, purposely striding. Footsteps pleading necessary action. Great minds whirring, channelling change, Demanding, respectfully our weight to Lessen. I want birdsong, abundant fluttering, Humming, no more poison or destruction, Growing for growth, it has to end. Will my generation see the rightful Rising?

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[ACSC/APF] Join our Convergence Space on Alternative Regionalism!
by Mon Sy 30 Oct '20

30 Oct '20

On Alternative Regionalism: "At a time when ASEAN dictators are turning democracies into mediocracies; Now more than ever, we need to join forces with young people from all over the region, leading the change by calling out lies and demanding real equality, justice & human rights for all." - Emilie Pradichit, Founder & Director of Manushya Foundation, Thailand What does Alternative Regionalism mean for you? Share us your thoughts; check out our Facebook page below! 👇 https://www.facebook.com/ASEANalternativeregionalism Join us at the Southeast Asian Grassroots Practices & Strategies towards an Alternative Peoples’ Regionalism (APF 2020's Convergence Space on Alternative Regionalism)! 🌈 ASEAN Peoples’ Forum 2020 November 5-7, 2020, Vietnam and Online For offline (Vietnam) and online (other countries) participants. kindly register on or before November 2, 2020, at http://apf2020.org.vn/registration For more information on the forum please visit: http://apf2020.org.vn/ Alternative Regionalism as a new convergence space within the ASEAN Peoples Forum, will continue the conversations, exchanges, and unities during the workshop in 2019 on Alternative Regionalism which resulted in a “Resolution on Alternative Regional Integration for Southeast Asian Peoples” which called for “a new vision for engagement by civil society with ASEAN based on people-to-people interactions rather than state-to-state relations or purely market-oriented interactions” which “shall lead to the establishment of a new peoples’ regional integration process.” [image: 122890698_111383837434233_6693883550016668670_o.jpg] For the UP CIDS Program on Alternative Development, *Jose Monfred C. Sy* Master of Arts (Philippine Studies) [ongoing] Bachelor of Arts (Comparative Literature) *University of the Philippines* jcsy3(a)up.edu.ph "Where do correct ideas come from? Do they drop from the skies? No. Are they innate in the mind? No. They come from social practice and from it alone." Mao Tse-tung, *Where Do Correct Ideas Come From?*

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