TRISE Conference: 25-27 October 2019, Athens

Conference of the Transnational Institute of Social Ecology (TRISE)

Title: "Power to destroy, power to create: Building a culture of resistance towards radical social change"

Date: Monday, 25 - 27 October 2019

Location: Cultural Center Athens, Akadimias 50 (Athens, Greece)

Keynote Speakers:
Brian Tokar (author and activist)
Eleanor Finley (municipalist educator and activist)
Dilar Dirik (Kurdish Women's movement)
Tanya Valiente (Ya Basta Germany)
Laura Roth (member of Barcelona en Comu)
Joris Leverink (ROARmag)

TRISE 2019 conference is welcoming submissions that specifically respond to the mission to build a culture of resistance on different scales and through different political agendas. We welcome proposals that include and discuss the following central themes:

1.Learning and sharing from case studies
-Which are the innovative aspects and lessons to take from the Kurdish and/or Zapatistas examples?
-Which are the innovative aspects and lessons to take from the growing municipalist movement?
-How and what can we learn from different experiences to build a culture of resistance?
-How can we envision new forms of production and a new economy? How can organic farming and alternative technologies contribute?

2.Local solutions to the socio-ecological crisis
-Which strategies can we envision for dealing with climate change?
-How can ecology (and natural sciences) contribute to local autonomy and emancipation?
-How can we organize collective restoration of degraded rural & urban landscapes?

3.Municipalism and resistance: contributions from social ecology
-How can social ecology contribute to build a culture of resistance?
-Which is the role of dual power and how can it be achieved?
-How can we create & strengthen ecological and municipal economies?

4.The role of research & education for knowledge production and spreading
-How can research and knowledge contribute to build a culture of resistance?
-Which is the role of revolutionary education?
-What is the role of alternative institutions for liberating access and sharing of knowledge?
-How can we build knowledge horizontally both inside and outside of academia?

Time program:
Deadline for abstracts: 31st May 2019
Communication of abstract accepted: 30th June 2019
Submission of full paper: 31st August 2019

Please send your abstract (300 words max) and a short bio (100 words max) to info@trise.org

Full paper (4000 word max) will be circulated among the presenter prior of the conference.

After the conference papers will be evaluated for publication in an edited book.

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