Mental infrastructures are a persons unconsciously internalized psychological, social and cultural settings. At the moment these models are strongly shaped by a growth-oriented pattern which affects also our actions and daily habits and help keeping us from building a sustainable society. But if social and ecological transformation is very closely linked to a transformation of our mental infrastructures – how do we deal with these? Can we „change“ mental infrastructures? And how?
In the course we adressed this topic from different perspectives. We theoretically discussed infrastructures of growth and where they come from. And we tried to reflect our own mental models actively and experiment with their convertibility by offering a variety of experience-based workshops. For details on the program of the course and its respective workshops, see the event post.
2-11 September 2014, Taucha, Leipzig, Germany
Language: English · Organised by: Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie and Netzwerk Wachstumswende
In this area you can view all participants, background information, materials, discussions and outcomes related to the Mental Infrastructures course. Participants are welcome to comment on readings, collaborate on note taking and provide feedback on the courses attended, therefore contributing to the growing open knowledge bank of the GROWL network.
Course materials
TheoryReader_CzechCourse.pdf The degrowth theory reader provides an overview of the topics addressed by the theory module. Although this documentation was not directly used in the course (the attached version is a work in progress of the project), it gives a broad overview over the different topics and can be a starting point for those wanting to go deeper into the sources and authors of degrowth.
The GROWL train-the-trainer (TTT) reader provides an overview of the tools and methodologies for trainers and the functioning of the GROWL network.
A "think-about" for course organisers is also attached.
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