"Mental Infrastructures and Degrowth Transformation"

Sep

When: Tuesday, Sep 2, 2014 - Thursday, Sep 11, 2014, 16:00 - 17:00

Where:

Augustusplatz 10, 04109 Leipzig

Sehliser Str. 31, 04425 Taucha

Add to Calendarhttps://co-munity.net/growl/events/mental-infrastructures-and-degrowth-transformation09-02-2014 14:00:0009-11-2014 15:00:0035"Mental Infrastructures and Degrowth Transformation"The course "Mental Infrastructures and Degrowth Transformation" will take place in Leipzig from September 2nd to September 11th. It is built around the IV. International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity (http://leipzig.degrowth.org/en/).Image by TZA: "Brain"The participants will first take part in the conference and get an all over impression of the degrowth debate. After the conference the GROWL participants will meet as a group to focus on the question of mental infrastructures.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 want to adress this topic from different perspectives. We will theoretically discuss infrastructures of growth and where they come from. And we will try 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 pdf-files below.Fees and Accomodation:Costs for participation are limited to the attendance fees of the degrowth conference (see: https://register.degrowth.org/). Unfortunately, we cannot cover travel expenses of German participants. Participants from Austria, Poland, Portugal, Greece, Belgium, Czech Republic and France may contact our GROWL partners for the coverage of their travel expenses. Other international participants may contact us in order to check out individual solutions.Regarding accomodation, we have arranged that all participants may stay together on the campground, which is accessible through your conference participation. Please choose the camping option during the registration process for the Degrowth-conference. Unfortunately we cannot cover the fees for your stay on the campground. If you feel uncomfortable staying on the campground for any reason, please let us know to check out other options. During the four day working period in Sehlis after the conference, we will provide accomodation in the respective educational facilities. Please register until July 31st, 2014: http://degrowth.co-munity.net/growl/courses-registration Further questions? Write us!Christoph Maria Sandersc.sanders@knoe.orgA course by: Netzwerk WachstumswendeKonzeptwerk Neue ÖkonomieAugustusplatz 10, 04109 LeipzigSehliser Str. 31, 04425 TauchafalseDD/MM/YYYY

The course "Mental Infrastructures and Degrowth Transformation" will take place in Leipzig from September 2nd to September 11th. It is built around the IV. International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity (http://leipzig.degrowth.org/en/).

Image by TZA: "Brain"

The participants will first take part in the conference and get an all over impression of the degrowth debate. After the conference the GROWL participants will meet as a group to focus on the question of mental infrastructures.

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 want to adress this topic from different perspectives. We will theoretically discuss infrastructures of growth and where they come from. And we will try 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 pdf-files below.

Fees and Accomodation:

Costs for participation are limited to the attendance fees of the degrowth conference (see: https://register.degrowth.org/). Unfortunately, we cannot cover travel expenses of German participants. Participants from Austria, Poland, Portugal, Greece, Belgium, Czech Republic and France may contact our GROWL partners for the coverage of their travel expenses. Other international participants may contact us in order to check out individual solutions.

Regarding accomodation, we have arranged that all participants may stay together on the campground, which is accessible through your conference participation. Please choose the camping option during the registration process for the Degrowth-conference. Unfortunately we cannot cover the fees for your stay on the campground. If you feel uncomfortable staying on the campground for any reason, please let us know to check out other options. During the four day working period in Sehlis after the conference, we will provide accomodation in the respective educational facilities.