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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:…

Federico Demaria Wednesay 5th July, 12.00-13.30, Cerbère A new Left, new in terms of ideas, but also in terms of the young age of its members, is rising in Europe, from Spain and Catalonia, to Greece, Slovenia or Croatia. Will that Left be also green and propose an alternative cooperative model for the economy inspired…

Two complementary concepts for a new era Aggelos Varvarousis Wednesday 5th July, 10.00-11.30, Cerbère In this class we will traverse two distinct but related and complementary literatures; commons and degrowth. Those literatures have been in fruitful dialogue since one decade now both at the theoretical-conceptual level and the grassroots level of the social movements. However…

Perspective from ecofeminism Amaia Pérez Orozco  Tuesday 4th July, 12.00-13.30, Cerbère In this lecture, we will first introduce ecofeminist critiques to the growth society. We will draw on the notion of a structural conflict between the process of capital accumulation and the process of sustaining life – a capital-life conflict. We will focus on the…

From the 1980s ecofeminism to contemporary scene Ariel Salleh Tuesday 4th July, 10.00-11.30, Cerbère Ecofeminist activists and thinkers all over the world began challenging the idea of economic growth in the 1970s. Their first premise was – and remains – a claim that human relations with nature, the global economic system, political institutions, and academic…

François Schneider Monday 3rd July, 12.00-13.30, Cerbère At last presidencial elections half of Cerbère voters chose to support Le Pen against Macron (but 30% voted Melenchon/Hamon, extreme left, at the first round). Traditionally working class, half the village is now supporting extreme right which develops more and more a discourse against “big finances” quite similar…

Mobilising the past for transforming the present. The case of the 1871 Paris Commune Christos Zografos Monday 3rd July, 10.00-11.30, Cerbère In this class, we will introduce the concept of direct democracy and its relevance for degrowth. Furthermore, we will discuss the importance of a renowned case of direct, popular self-rule, namely the 1871 Paris…

Claudio Cattaneo Saturday 1st July, 18.30-22.00, Can Masdéu A presentation of Can Masdéu as an illustration of degrowth/environmental justice ideas in practice The focus of this article is on rural–urban (rurban) squatting. The article explains how and why semiautonomous, small scale, collective economic systems have been established on the Barcelona hills of Collserola which a…

Thursday 29th June, 8.30-13.30, Montcada Bifurcació   About the place  The village of Montcada located on the fringes of Barcelona is an interesting sight to explore for the multiple conflicts it embodies. Firstly, the multinational cement factory Lafarge, is situated right in the centre of the urbanization, operational for several decades already. Secondly, the factory…

Ashish Kothari Wednesday 28th June, 10.00-11.30, ICTA-UAB Growing evidence of the ecological unsustainability and iniquitous nature of the current economic development model is prompting a search for alternatives. While various approaches to ‘green’ the economy are being suggested, these are often managerial or technofix-dependent, without fundamentally challenging the political, economic, and social structures that have…