<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Nick Buxton via Fellowsmeeting-2017</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fellowsmeeting-2017@lists.tni.org">fellowsmeeting-2017@lists.tni.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 4:41 AM<br>Subject: [Fellowsmeeting-2017] Call for papers on counter-power<br>To: <a href="mailto:networkedlabour@lists.contrast.org">networkedlabour@lists.contrast.org</a>, <a href="mailto:social-movements@lists.riseup.net">social-movements@lists.riseup.net</a><br><br><br>
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Dear friends, <br>
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I appreciate any help you can give in circulating this call and
encouragement for people to apply. Last year's report featured the
Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif and was illustrated beautifully by a
collective of Mexican street artists. Check it out at <a href="https://www.tni.org/stateofpower2017" target="_blank">https://www.tni.org/<wbr>stateofpower2017</a>
We hope to do something similar this year. If you have a proposal
for some insightful analysis or an artistic project on the theme
than please get in touch. <br>
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Thanks for your support! Nick<br>
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<h1>Call for Papers: State of Power 2018</h1>
<span>The Transnational Institute (TNI) in the Netherlands is
issuing an open call for essays/short papers and artistic
collaborations for its forthcoming report <span>on the issue of
counter-power.<br>
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</span></span>TNI’s annual State of Power reports have, since
their launch in 2012, become an important reference point for
citizens, activists and academics concerned with understanding the
nature of power in our globalised world in order to inform struggles
for justice. With a mixture of compelling infographics and
insightful essays, State of Power has examined dimensions of power
(economic, political, social, cultural), exposed the key players who
control power, and highlighted movements of counter-power seeking to
transform our world. Last year’s State of Power was widely praised
for its amazing provocative essays and brilliant art. This year's
seventh edition will focus on counter-power.
<h3>Counter-power</h3>
<p>As we mark in 2018 the 50th anniversary of the 1968 uprisings,
the world is experiencing a new wave of protests and resistance by
social movements. This visible rise of popular mobilisation has
emerged in the context of major social and ecological upheaval and
political and economic uncertainty.</p>
<p>Today’s movements of counter-power must contend with the rise of
dangerous demagogic leaders, using a language of hate and politics
of fear, as well as the challenge of confronting the unprecedented
concentration of power in the hands of transnational corporations
and a small elite. Many movements are also going beyond
resistance, seeking to build transformative practices,
particularly at local level, that can reflect values of solidarity
and cooperation, rather than competition and greed.</p>
But what is the nature of this counter-power? What is needed for it
to work? What blocks effective counter-power? And how can it be best
harnessed not just for resistance but also long-term transformation?<br>
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Full call for papers can be seen here: <a href="https://www.tni.org/en/article/call-for-papers-state-of-power-2018" target="_blank">https://www.tni.org/en/<wbr>article/call-for-papers-state-<wbr>of-power-2018</a><br>
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