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Re: [uu-klimatnatverk] NESS Gothenburg 2022: Workshop: Exploring grassroots initiatives for transitions
from bazril on Nov 17, 2021 09:36 AMHej! Tack! Slå en signal när det passar dig! Allt gott Azril Den ons 17 nov. 2021 10:19Set Lonnert <setlonnert@...> skrev: > > Hej! > > Här kommer något som är kopplat till ”gräsrots initiativ” … > > > mvh! > /Set > > > > Vidarebefordrat mejl: > > *Från: *Kristina Boréus <kristina.boreus@...> > *Ämne: **[uu-klimatnatverk] NESS Gothenburg 2022: Workshop: Exploring > grassroots initiatives for transitions* > *Datum: *16 november 2021 16:45:53 CET > *Till: *"allibf-l@..." <allibf-l@...>, " > staff@..." <staff@...>, " > uu-klimatnatverk@..." <uu-klimatnatverk@...> > *Svara till: *uu-klimatnatverk@... > > *Of possible interest for those of us interested in grassroots > organisations and in climate related transition. Please circulate.* > > *Best wishes,* > *Kristina Boréus* > > > Call for Papers for Workshops > for the *Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference (NESS): Emergency > and transformation*, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, June 7-9, 2022. Link > to Conference site > <https://www.gu.se/en/globalstudies/ness-nordic-environmental-social-science-conference-emergency-and-transformation> > > *December 15, 2021*: D-line for submission of abstracts, max 300 words. > For details about the workshop, time line, submission format etc, see the > attached pdf. > > *Workshop session: Exploring grassroots initiatives for transitions* > > In the last years there has been an upsurge of different forms of > grassroots initiatives for transitions to more sustainable societies. There > are both established organisations as well as looser networks that are > engaged with alternative systems of provision of *food, energy *and > * housing*, like community supported agriculture, food sharing schemes, > renewable energy cooperatives, co-housing and co-building, or in the field > of *mobility* – Bike Kitchens, critical mass rides, other forms of *making > and consuming goods* - DIY repair cafés, free shops, or other forms of > sharing, reusing and making goods, *finance* – community currencies, peer > to peer lending, etc. > > These initiatives are less about campaigning and pushing for governments > or corporations to change, and more about *altering* *practices*, > building and engaging in alternative ways of living, and may be understood > as “lifestyle movements” (Haenfler et al, 2012), as practicing and > expanding “diverse economies” (Gibson-Graham, 2008), as “grassroots > innovation” (Seyfang & Haxeltine, 2012), or in other sociopolitical terms. > However, these “lifestyle movements” may well push for changes in policies > and influence or support decision-makers and politicians as well as other > citizens into more “radical” transitions. In this session we invite > contributions that explore questions like: > > > - What are the motivations for engaging in grassroots > initiatives like the abovementioned? And how may they this be > conceptualized? > > - What type of change do these initiatives and groupings > contribute to? Whose practices do they alter? Who is included or excluded > in these initiatives? > > - When and how do they have a wider societal impact, beyond the > engaged? How may or do already lifestyle movements like these influence > decisions at a societal level? > > - How can “success” or impact of these forms of initiatives be > conceptualized? What are key enabling and inhibiting factors? > > - What is the role of these initiatives in the overall societal > transition, in cooperation and/or conflict with other actors such as > governments, businesses, or other organisations? > > - What strategies, or forms of organizing, cooperating, funding > and communicating – are being used and how may these be theoretically > conceptualized? > > - What are the challenges and limitations of these forms of > initiatives? > > *References* > Gibson-Graham, J. K. (2008). Diverse economies: performative practices for > `other worlds'. *Progress in human geography*, 32(5), 613-632. > Haenfler, R., Johnson, B., & Jones, E. (2012). Lifestyle movements: > Exploring the intersection of lifestyle and social movements. *Social > Movement Studies*, 11(1), 1-20. > Seyfang, G., & Haxeltine, A. (2012). Growing grassroots innovations: > exploring the role of community-based initiatives in governing sustainable > energy transitions. *Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space*. > 30(3), 381-400. > > *Workshop chairs:* > Karin Bradley, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Department of > Urban Planning and Environment, karin.bradley@... > Erica Löfström, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, > Trondheim, Department of Psychology, erica.lofstrom@... > Sofie Tornhill, Linneaus University, Department of Social Studies, > sofie.tornhill@... > > Feel free to circulate! > > > > > >