Dear all,
I am sharing two open calls about a workshop and a conference that will be taking place in Tzoumerka, Epirus in May 2020.
The mountainous Epirus is
a previously unspoiled region in Greece that is gearing up for engaging
in fossil fuel extraction. Epirus is home to several Natura areas.
However, it is also part of a baffling nation-wide search for oil
deposits across multiple aquatic and forest ecosystems. The shady
proceedings endorsed by all governments of the past years have
understandably outraged local communities across the country, which see
not only their livelihoods threatened but the well-being of future
generations.
So, the
aim of the workshop is to confront oil drilling activities in Epirus by
manufacturing small-scale renewables based on digital commons with
local communities. The workshop is titled "Transforming Energy Systems
in the Commons Era" and for the open call see here.
The second open call concerns the annual ephemera conference that will also be taking place in Tzoumerka. ephemera is an independent open access journal which has been active for almost
two decades with extensive dedicated readership. This year's conference
is an attempt to connect with communities, initiatives and activists
working on social change and focus on empirical research working towards
postcapitalist imaginaries. For more details see here.
Please consider joining us and share the calls accordingly!
All the best,
Vasilis