Materials

Background materials used in the course, including readers and other supporting documents, presentations, etc.

Conference on Walter Benjamin & Degrowth, Portbou

We organised a successful conference with Eduardo Maura Zorita

Walter Benjamin - a precursor of degrowth? 

It was attented by 50 people

Saterday17 May 2014

Sala Walter Benjamin,

Hora: 17.00

Av. Barcelona 7, Portbou

Publicacions on Walter Benjamin by Eduardo Maura Zorita

Tesis doctoral CRÍTICA INMANENTE, ALEGORÍA Y MITO, LA TEORÍA CRÍTICA DEL JOVEN WALTER BENJAMIN (1916-1929)

2010. Crítica de la violencia. Walter Benjamin, Eduardo Maura Zorita. Diario Público, 2010 - Education - 128 pages.

2013. Las teorías…

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Peripatetic walk presenting different degrowth authors

Peripatetic walk (edited by Filka Sekulova)

Method

The session presented some of the currents within the degrowth umbrella using a method called “Peripatetic walk”, as inspired by the teaching while walking, or so-called “peripatetic school”, of Aristotle (peripatoi means walking in greek). This method resembles an excursion which the group undertakes with multiple short breaks in between. The peripatetic walk is an excursion through ideas, teachings, debates or any type of content presented at different physical locations. These have been…

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Folk & Food in the streets of Cerbère

On the sunday 18 may took place a folk evening with the inhabitants of Cerbère

Instead of large theoretical explanations to the inhabitants to Cerbère we decided to have a folk open stage evening with very good vegan food.

The inhabitants could taste the delicious food cooked by Cyrille, all brought by hand trailers with a very beautiful presentation. This was a demonstration that food even vegan can be very delicious even for people that are not necessarily used to this type of food.

This was the occasion of talk informally of the questions around degrowth in…

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Degrowth sources – interactive presentation based on forum-theater technique.

PILOT Degrowth course – Can Decreix – Project GROWL 16-21 MAY 2014

Forum Theatre – Role play on the sources and dimensions

Sunday 18 10h-13h Can Decreix, Cerbère

COOKING CHICK PEAS

Can Decreix, Cerbère

A six person theatre play. Each character defends his concerns from the perspective of one source of degrowth and (playingly) explain some of the ideas for implementing degrowth in each of these. The fields to be…

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