Degrowth has taken academia by storm and now slowly makes its way into European and international policy agendas. From repeated reference and consideration in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2022, IPCC) reports to European Commission interest and recent awarding of the EU Synergy Grant to the Research & Degrowth team. The existential threat that capitalism and industrialization poses to the planet, manifesting in widespread socio-ecological and climate catastrophe, has made the degrowth position—demanding the reduction of material production and energy consumption—timely and necessary. Degrowth, however, is not just about material and energy reduction, but also regrowing happier and healthier lifeways, pastimes and forms of work. The popular uptake of degrowth cannot be overstated, but what is degrowth in reality, what kind of worlds it aims to enact, and how will degrowth actually remedy the present and anticipated trajectory of extractivism and capitalist growth?
This EXALT Dialogues seeks to raise this question and discusses it with degrowth proponents. This event asks the question: “How does Degrowth confront extractivism and what can that look like in practice?” This question will be answered by the renowed degrowth scholar Dr. Marta Conde in a short (25min) Keynote, which will then be discussed by Dr. Brototi Roy, Dr. Katharina Richter and Dr. Alexander Dunlap. The discussion is facilitated by Saana Hokkanen (Global Development Studies, University of Helsinki).
Speakers:
Marta Conde, University of Queensland, Australia.
Brototi Roy, Research & Degrowth Group.
Alexander Dunlap, Global Development Studies visiting research Fellow, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Katharina Richter, University of Bristol, UK
Zoom-link will be sent to participants closer to the event. Please note that registration is required:
https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/123554/lomake.html
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