Deep time comes in many forms, including a range of temporal frames, and various approaches to more ethical engagement with the biosphere. In this paper, I explore the recent use and contestation of history, in light of its legacy as a Christian theo- logical project (from Eusebius and Bede into more recent renderings) and a potent political tool.…[Read more]

This paper presents the findings of comparative research into the labor, organizational and spatial practices of a new kind of hybrid civic spaces that we refer to as “social impact-driven repair shops.” These are an emerging typology of urban spaces dedicated to repaired and up-cycled items that also go beyond the functions of a traditional sho…[Read more]

This article offers some provisional analyses of the discourses presented by participants in the School Strike for Climate movement, which (since it began in 2018) has been organised variously under the banners Fridays for Future, Youth for Climate and School Strike 4 Climate.1 This paper contends that the movement goes beyond just…[Read more]

Spanish abstract: Unas notas sobre el final del libro ‘El lugar del hombre en el cosmos’ de Fred Spier, sobre la sostenibilidad de la actual comunicación globalizada. La Gran Historia sitúa al ser humano en el contexto de la evolución cósmica y de la ecología de los recursos. Vivimos hoy en la Era de los Combustibles Fósiles. Con esta energ…[Read more]

Lynn Margulis’s writing about symbiosis has profoundly influenced contemporary evolutionary theory, as well as continental and analytic philosophy of science, the materialist turn, and new materialism. Nonetheless, her work, and all symbiosis or evolution, is founded on a paradox: symbiosis fictionalizes customary accounts of the origin and e…[Read more]

Course Description: In 2022 we will be looking at the theme of ‘Whose Apocalypse?’. We will develop an understanding of environmental issues such as climate change, resource depletion, long-term pollutants, extinctions, food and water security and more. Rather than assuming these issues affect all humans in similar ways, however, we will explore…[Read more]

Many scholars have argued that climate change is, in part, a problem of time, with ecological, political and social systems thought to be out of sync or mistimed. Discussions of time and environment are often interdisciplinary, necessitating a wide-ranging use of methods and approaches. However, to date there has been practically no direct…[Read more]

As the past years have proven, the methods for conducting and distributing research that we’ve inherited from our disciplinary traditions can be remarkably brittle in the face of rapidly changing social and mobility norms. The ways we work and the ways we meet are questions newly opened for practical and theoretical inquiry; we both need to s…[Read more]

This digital book is a companion to Of Sunken Islands and Pestilence: Restoring the Voice of Edward Taylor Fletcher to Nineteenth-Century Canadian Literature. It is intended as an aid to readers, in particular students and scholars, who wish to know more about Fletcher’s works. The ideas that drove Fletcher’s creative works are on display here,…[Read more]

यह लेख उत्तर-मानववाद से संबंधित विमर्श से हिंदी पाठकों को परिचित करवाने के उद्देश्य से लिखा गया है।

इस लेख में कहा गया है कि विकास केवल भौतिक-प्राकृतिक जगत में ही नहीं, विचारों के क्षेत्र में भी होता है। दुनिया लगातार बदल रही है, विकसित हो रही है। आज न हम कार्ल मार्क्स के ज़माने में हैं, न गांधी-आम्बेडकर-लोहिया के ज़माने में। आर्थिक-साम…[Read more]

In the last two decades, the concept of ecological citizenship has become a recurrent theme in both popular and academic discussions. Discussions around the prospects of, and limitations to, ecological citizenship have mostly focused on the idea of political agency and the civic responsibility of individuals in relation to their environments, with…[Read more]

[COMPLETE OPEN-ACCESS CURRICULUM INCLUDED] ReMobilizing the Future is the third project in the ReImagining the Future series launched by Greenbacker Capital and Global Citizenship Experience Lab School. By asking “how can we design a sustainable future?,” the purpose of this project is to understand the systems and policies that facilitate and…[Read more]

En este artículo sobre teoría narrativa evolucionista releemos y comentamos algunos textos y nociones clave de la teoría de Charles Darwin, en el ‘Origen de las Especies’ y ‘El Origen del Hombre’, a la luz de la sociobiología cognitiva con…[Read more]

[COMPLETE OPEN-ACCESS CURRICULUM INCLUDED] ReDesigning the Future is the second project in the ReImagining the Future series launched by Greenbacker Capital and Global Citizenship Experience Lab School. By asking “how can we design a sustainable future?,” the purpose of this project is to understand the grand challenges we must overcome to achieve…[Read more]

Climate activist Disha Ravi was arrested by the police on 13 February 2021. The Government of India charged her with sedition.

The 22-year-old Disha Ravi was charged with contributing to the ‘toolkit’ prepared by Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg for mobilizing support for the ongoing agitation of the landowners (farmers) of…[Read more]

भारतीय पर्यावरण कार्यकर्ता दिशा रवि को 13 फरवरी, 2021 को पुलिस ने देशद्रोह के  आरोप में गिरफ्तार किया गया था। आरोप था कि उन्होंने पंजाब के भू-स्वामियों (किसानों) के आंदोलन को जन-समर्थन दिलाने के लिए स्वीडन की पर्यावरण कार्यकर्ता ग्रेटा थनबर्ग द्वारा तैयार की गयी रूप-रेखा (टूल-किट) के निर्माण में भूमिका निभायी थी।

भारतीय मीडिया ने दिशा रवि की गि…[Read more]

This contribution is based on a talk on fragility care and political action given during the Venice Climate Camp 2021