You can download the program of the course here.
| Date | Activity |
| 25/06 Sunday |
16.30-21.00 Welcome event |
| 26/06 Monday |
9.00 Registration desk 9.30 Course overview, Beatriz Rodríguez-Labajos and Filka Sekulova 10.00 – 13.30 Degrowth: latest debates, Giorgos Kallis Environmental justice: cities, Isabelle Anguelovski 15.00-17.00 Poster TourVenue: UAB campus |
| 27/06 Tuesday |
10.00 – 13.30 Ecological distribution conflicts: the EJAtlas, Joan Martínez-Alier Alternatives from resistance: mining, Beatriz Rodríguez-Labajos 15.00 – 17.00 Coffee with teachers17.30 – 19.30 Pica-pica and group formation19.30-20.30 Theatre show on the Ende Gelände mass action in the Rheinland mine. Kevin McKinleyVenue: UAB campus |
| 28/06 Wednesday |
10.00 – 13.30 Radical well-being alternatives to development, Ashish Kothari Spaces of degrowth experimentation, Filka Sekulova 15.00 – 17.00 Parallel workshops: – How to write a relevant academic paper? Beatriz Rodríguez-Labajos – Is there a border between activism and research? Daniela Del Bene & Marta Conde – Activist research methods: practical experience. Agata HummelVenue: UAB campus |
| 29/06 Thursday |
08.30-13.30 Toxic tour, a discussion at Montcada as an illustration of environmental justice strugglesFree afternoon for working on the assignmentVenue: Montcada i Reixac, Barcelona |
| 30/06 Friday |
10.00 – 13.30 Barcelona en Comú: two years of governance, Víctor Mitjans, Lluis Torrens (Director of planning and innovation in the Social works Fdepartment at Barcelona Municipality) 15.00 – 17.00 Creating narratives for degrowth and environmental justiceVenue: UAB campus19.00 – 20.30 Public Event: Struggles against green and touristic gentrification: can degrowth guide us toward a fairer city? (In Spanish with English translation)Venue: Pou de la Figuera, carrer de Sant Pere Més Baix 70, Barcelona |
| 01/07 Saturday |
Free morning for working on the assignment 15.00-18.00 Urban struggles for environmental justice, or practicing degrowth? Melissa García Lamarca 18.30-22.00 A presentation of Can Masdéu as an illustration of degrowth/environmental justice ideas in practice, Claudio CattaneoEvening meal at CMDVenue: Sants and Can Masdéu, Barcelona |
| 02/07 Sunday |
8.30 Transportation to Cerbère 11.30 Arrival and accommodation 13.30 Lunch at Can Decreix 15.00-18.00 Visit to Can Decreix and practicalities, Celeste Benenti and François Schneider 18.30 Folk Music in the square at the beach and enjoying foodVenue: from Barcelona to Can Decreix, Cerbère |
| 03/07 Monday |
7.00-8.30 Optional practical work in Can Decreix 10.00 – 13.30 Direct democracy for transformation, Christos Zografos Open localism and open borders for degrowth, François Schneider 17.00 – 19.00 Collective exploration of the tensions emerging when putting degrowth in practiceVenue: Cerbère |
| 04/07 Tuesday |
7.00-8.30 Optional practical work in Can Decreix 10.00 – 13.30 Women’s approaches to de-growth from the 1980s ecofeminism to contemporary scene, Ariel Salleh Care for sustaining life: perspective from ecofeminism, Amaia Pérez Orozco 16.00-18.00 Forum Theatre. Fulvia Ferri & Filka Sekulova18.30- 20.00 Storytelling with the localsVenue: Cerbère |
| 05/07 Wednesday |
7.00-8.30 Optional practical work in Can Decreix 10.00 – 13.30 Commons and degrowth: two complementary concepts for a new era. Aggelos Varvarousis The politics of degrowth. Federico Demaria Free afternoon for working on the assignmentVenue: Cerbère |
| 06/07 Thursday |
10.00 – 13.30 and 17.00-19.00 Presentation of students assignmentsVenue: Cerbère |
| 07/07 Friday |
10.00 – 13.30 Evaluation, Filka Sekulova and Fulvia Ferri14.00 -16.00 Last meal togetherVenue: Cerbère |
General framework of the course:
Morning sessions – standard classes of 1h 30 min each with questions and answers, with 30 minutes pause in between.
Afternoon sessions – interactive workshops.
Locations:
25th – 1st July Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2nd – 7th July Cerbère, France