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WHW zaključuje ovu godinu predavanjem Vincenta Liegeya na temu odrasta.
Odrast je poziv na propitivanje našeg društvenog modela ovisnog o rastu. Fizičke granice rasta su dosegnute pa i prekoračene u slučaju barem šest od devet kritičnih procesa našeg planeta. Odrast se odnosi i na, čak prije svega, kulturne granice rasta. Naš ekonomski model društva suočava se s dubokom konvergencijom egzistencijalnih kriza. Neograničen rast na ograničenom planetu nije moguć, niti poželjan. Kako izaći iz paradigme rasta te kako izmisliti i primijeniti nove društvene modele utemeljene na održivosti i dobrostanju, društvenoj i okolišnoj pravdi, smislenom životu i druželjubivosti.
Došavši do križanja, naša termo-industrijska civilizacija mora se odlučiti za odrast ili barbarizam. Staza odrasta predlaže da se demokratski i pravedno odmakne od kapitalizma i produktivizma. Barbarizam bi bio rezultat održavanja društva rasta bez stvarnog rasta koje se suočava s društvenim, demokratskim i okolišnim kolapsom. Pozivi na pravednu i pravičnu distribuciju obilja na planetu čine odrast političkim projektom čiji je cilj postaviti granice destruktivnim ekonomskim aktivnostima te ispraviti nejednakosti unutar društava i između njih.
je inženjer, istraživač i jedan od koordinatora međunarodne konferencije odrasta te Observatoire de la Décroissance. Suautor je nekoliko knjiga o odrastu uključujući Exploring Degrowth: A Critical Guide (Plutot Press, 2020), Décroissance, Fake or Not (Tana Editions, 2022), Sobriété (la vraie) Mode d’emploi (Tana Edition, 2023), Un Projet de Décroissance (Utopia, 2013). On je i koordinator Cargonomia — centra za istraživanje i eksperimentiranje u području odrasta, društvene zadruge za održiva logistička rješenja i lokalnu distribuciju hrane korištenjem cargo-bicikla u Budimpešti.
Predavanje je dio diskurzivnog programa Povijest umjetnosti i društva: razgovori o odrastu koji organizira WHW.
Održat će se na engleskom jeziku.
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Program podržavaju: Gradski ured za kulturu i civilno društvo Grada Zagreba, Zaklada Kultura nova
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We are concluding this year with a lecture by Vincent Liegey on the topic of degrowth.
Degrowth is an invitation to question our model of society addicted to growth. Physical limits to growth have been reached and even crossed for at least six out of nine planetary boundaries. Degrowth is also, and even first, about cultural limits to growth. Our economic model of society is facing a deep convergence of existential crises. Infinite growth on a finite planet is not only impossible, it is also not desirable. How to get out of the growth paradigm and invent and implement new models of society based on sustainability and well-being, social and environmental justice, meaningful lives and conviviality.
Reaching a crossroad, our thermo-industrial civilization has to decide between degrowth or barbarism. The degrowth pathway proposes to democratically and fairly move out of capitalism and productivism. Barbarism would be the result of maintaining a growth society without growth facing social, democratic and environmental collapse. Calls for just and fair distribution of planetary abundance makes degrowth a political project with the aim to place limits on destructive economic activities and redress inequalities in and between societies.
is an engineer, interdisciplinary researcher and one of the coordinators of the international degrowth conferences and the Observatoire de la Décroissance. He is the co-author of several books on degrowth including: Exploring Degrowth: A Critical Guide (Plutot Press, 2020), Décroissance, Fake or Not (Tana Editions, 2022), Sobriété (la vraie) Mode d’emploi (Tana Edition, 2023), Un Projet de Décroissance (Utopia, 2013). He is also the coordinator of Cargonomia — a center for research and experimentation on degrowth, a social cooperative for sustainable logistical solutions and local food distribution using cargo-bikes in Budapest.
The talk is part of the WHW discursive program History of Art and Society: Conversations on Degrowth. It will be in English.
The program is supported by:
City Office for Culture and Civil Society of the City of Zagreb
Kultura Nova Foundation
