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When dictatorial leaders use talk of peace as a smokescreen to conceal their plans for war and destruction, what are the people to do? Believe in a vision of peace and freedom that is muscular, sturdy, and protective — and pray that it holds, as Ernesto Cardenal does in his poem “Give Ear to My Words (Psalm 5),” translated by Jonathan Cohen.Ernesto Cardenal (1925–2020) was a Catholic priest and poet who was born in Nicaragua. From 1979 to 1988, he served as the Minister of Culture there. Cardenal was the author of several volumes of poetry, including Pluriverse, Zero Hour, Apocalypse, and In Cuba.Jonathan Cohen is an award-winning translator of Latin American poetry and a scholar of inter-American literature. He has translated Ernesto Cardenal, Enrique Lihn, Pedro Mir, and Roque Dalton, among others, and his own poems and essays have been widely published. He is the author of pioneering critical works on Pablo Neruda and Muna Lee.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.We're pleased to offer Jonathan Cohen's translation of Ernesto Cardenal's poem and invite you to subscribe to Pádraig's weekly Poetry Unbound Substack newsletter, read the Poetry Unbound book, or listen to past episodes of the podcast. We also have two books coming out in early 2025 — Kitchen Hymns (new poems from Pádraig) and 44 Poems on Being with Each Other (new essays by Pádraig). You can pre-order them wherever you buy books.
Design As is back! Starting January 7th Design As will release episodes weekly. Joining host Lee Moreau to speculate on the future of design through a range of different perspectives. This season you'll hear discussions on six new key words — Governance, Care, Visualization, Discipline, Humanity, & Pluriverse — plus two exclusive bonus episodes directly recorded at the Design Research Society conference this past summer! Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the audio, plus an essay from Lee about this season, can be found here.
In this rerun of episode 131, Elia is joined by Dr Yafa El Masri to talk about her paper “72 Years of Homemaking in Waiting Zones: Lebanon's “Permanently Temporary” Palestinian Refugee Camps” which she presented at the 2022 Pluriverse of Eco-social Justice summer school in Coimbra, Portugal, where we met. Dr El Masri spoke from first hand experience of commoning in "permanently temporary" spaces as she is herself a Palestinian refugee who was born and raised in Borj El Brajneh refugee camp in Beirut's southern suburbs. Mentions and Recommendations: A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster by Rebecca Sornit Eleven Lives: Stories from Palestinian Exiles edited by Muhammad Ali Khalidi The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You by Dina Nayeri Placeless People: Writings, Rights, and Refugees by Lyndsey Stonebridge Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Sornit Credits: Host(s): Elia Ayoub | Guest (s): Yafa El Masri | Music: Rap and Revenge | TFTT theme design: Wenyi Geng | FTP theme design: Hisham Rifai | Sound editor: Elliott Miskovicz | Team profile pics: Molly Crabapple | Episode design: Elia Ayoub
who really belongs in your support system? maybe not everyone who's there right now!! in this episode, we'll peel back layers and layers of your relationship to your relationships, explore what might be holding you in old patterns and feeeeel into support in our own miraculous bodies with some gentle somatic resonance practices! big work, tenderly. we get bewildered, dance with the necessity of self-warmth and true understanding, expand into the pluriverse, and look at how the whole wide world can be your mommy (it'll make more sense-ation when you get to that part). tune in to soak up the warmth and resonance that this episode offers + get hydrated with the world's first SUPPORT SYSTEM DRINKING GAME™ hosted by our beloved robot cohost alex and robot producer janet.~ show notes ~use the interwebs to find:sarah peyton's "your resonant self workbook"want to dive deeper into pluriversality and decolonial ontologies? > arturo escobar's "designs for the pluriverse" + the effervescent leah garza and her living systems course & akashic mentorship (10/10 recommend)rha goddess and move the crowd entrepreneurial training (+ we got issues book)/// sound-editing/design ~ rose blakelock, theme song ~ kat ottosen, cover art ~ natalee miller ///Support the Show.
What does it mean to belong? It is a feeling of fitting in, of participation, of joint ownership and of home. When we look at the local landscape of fashion's industry and culture in Germany, are all welcome to participate, and does the industry and mainstream culture invite plural identities? Is fashion diverse, inclusive, and equitable? This episode shares a panel from the 202030 Pop-up: Culture & Communication, which took place in Berlin on 06/02/2024, and assembled perspectives on fashion that promotes active diversity, equity, and inclusion. Beatrace Angut Oola, the founder and CEO of Fashion Africa Now, Anbid Zaman, the LGBTQ+ activist and board member at Campaign against Homophobia Germany, and Mick Morris Mehnert, actor, model, and community manager of Auf Augenhöhe Design, sit down with studio MM04's Lou Croff Blake to tell their stories of navigating identity in the fashion context, and growing communities that engender belonging. The panel collectively asks: what might German fashion do better to create Pluriverse, instead of a social monoculture? If your company wants to dive deeper into these topics, develop its DEIB approach, and enjoy a great team-building experience, consider studio MM04's DEIB workshop. We tailor a package to your team's needs and goals, ranging from 1-hour webinars to 2-day workshops. For more information, reach us at https://www.studiomm04.com/contact The team of studio MM04 and 202030 – The Berlin Fashion Summit brings you some important news. 1. Most importantly, the next edition of the 202030 Summit will take place in Berlin 02-03/07/2024. Early-bird tickets are available now, and program announcement soon to follow. 2. In the meantime, the 202030 Podcast will take a pause for the rest of the spring. You can still listen back to all 32 of our episodes to learn more about sustainability in fashion. Learn more about the inspiring work of our panellists: Anbid Zaman, Campaign against Homophobia Germany: https://xn--aktionsbndnis-3ob.org/?nothilfe-ukraine/spende Beatrace Angut Oola, Fashion Africa Now: www.fashionafricanow.com Mick Morris Mehnert, Auf Augenhöhe Design: https://www.aufaugenhoehe.design/ 202030 – The Berlin Fashion Summit is organized by studio MM04, in cooperation with the Beneficial Design Institute. It is a part of Berlin Fashion Week, and is funded by the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises Berlin.
To Jeju Island we look today as we're happy to premiere Lindamann's Pluriverse track off of the ever phenomenal Oslated imprint. The second in a series of compilations titled, Faithful Present, brings together a plethora of artists, both new and old to the label. Also noted, eagle-eyed followers will see a number of local producers which is always a bonus to support those working around you. Lindamann is one of these, as a Tokyo-based producer having prior releases on Lowless, Indefinite Pitch, Huinali and now joins the Oslated roster with Pluriverse. Linadmann's creation is a captivating deep techno track that explores a slow groove, creating a mesmerizing sense of space and rhythm. At its core, the track features a deliberate, slow-paced beat that pulsates with a sense of anticipation. On top of which the use of shakers and epic synths give a hypnotic, off-kilter quality to the track's tempo. Texture plays a crucial role in "Pluriverse," with layers of sound that ebb and flow, creating a sense of depth and complexity. As the track progresses, these textures morph and shift, providing an ever-changing sonic experience. Pluriverse, and in turn the rest of the second Faithful Present compilation will be released on October 13th. https://soundcloud.com/lindamannn https://www.instagram.com/lin_da_mann/ www.itsdelayed.com www.instagram.com/_____delayed/ www.facebook.com/itsdelayed https://soundcloud.com/oslated
We have reached the 100th episode of the podcast! For the past 100 episodes, at the end of each episode we have asked our guests the same question: What would a better future for fashion look like, to you? This question is important, because it sums up exactly why the podcast exists in the first place — to unpack exactly what it will take to cultivate a sustainable and equitable future for fashion.To celebrate this 100 episode milestone, we decided to mark the occasion by sharing a montage of some of our favorite answers, from guests we have had on the show, over the years. Plus, we are sharing a few listener answers to this question too. And, right at the end, we'll share our reflections on the topic as well. Enjoy listening to these visionary — yet practical — answers. Hopefully they'll give you some food for thought and reflection points for your own relationship with fashion. And thank you for tuning in to celebrate 100 episodes with us!***MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Podcast Episode: EP10: Building a Better Secondhand Fashion System with Emily StochlPodcast Episode: EP82: Rana Plaza 10 Years Later: What's Changed and What Hasn't? With Ayesha BarenblatPodcast Episode: EP66: Defashioning and Creating a Pluriverse of Clothing Systems with Fashion Act NowPodcast Episode: EP22: Colonialism, Consumerism, and Changing the Fashion Industry with Aja BarberPodcast Episode: EP77: What Democratizing Fashion Is Truly About with Natalie ShehataPodcast Episode: EP54: Slowing Down Media with Kestrel JenkinsPodcast Episode: EP81: How We Can Expand the Sustainable Fashion Conversation with Samata PattinsonPodcast Episode: EP24: The Fascinating Psychology Behind Fashion and Consumption with Shakaila Forbes-BellPodcast Episode: EP79: Sustainable Fashion Policy and Collective Action with Elizabeth ClinePodcast Episode: EP20: How We Can Make Mending Mainstream with Josephine Philips of SojoYuhanne Natividad's (podcast editor) contact details: LinkedIn***CONNECT WITH CONSCIOUS STYLE:
Dr Peter Doran is a founding member of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance hub on the island of Ireland and has worked with the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust on a wellbeing outcomes framework for the Northern Ireland Programme for Government. He is a senior lecturer at the School of Law at the Queen's University Belfast and a senior writer with the International Institute for Sustainable Development's reporting services at UN negotiations on environment and development. He has authored numerous articles on ecology and politics, and authored A Political Economy of Attention, Mindfulness and Consumerism - Reclaiming The Mindful Commons (Routledge 2017). A practising zen buddhist, Dr Doran draws heavily from zen and decolonial literature (the pluriverse) in his work on the wellbeing economy. Peter spoke at the Social Justice Ireland Annual Social Policy Conference in 2022 on the theme 'Towards Wellbeing For All'. You can also watch his presentation, view his slides and read more here.
In today's episode, Deepti Doshi, Co-Director of New_ Public (and leader in the intersection of social media, community organizing, and leadership development) speaks with Matt Prewitt on how to create online spaces that foster interconnection, mutual dependency, and democratic outcomes. Together, they explore the need for socio-technical expertise and community stewards to work together to design a healthier and more equitable digital ecosystem. They give consideration to the role of technology and tools in creating democratic spaces, and the potential impact of generative AI on social spaces and democracy. They share a hopeful and exciting outlook for building a more democratic political economy online.References:Marshall Ganz (American scholar for grassroots organizing)2012 Nirbhaya Case (TW: Sexual Assault) Arab SpringLola Omolola (Nigerian journalist who founded the Female IN (FIN) group on Facebook - formerly “Female In Nigeria”)John Dewey (American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952)Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Danielle Allen - The New York TimesNew_ PublicCommunity by Design | New_ PublicBios:Deepti Doshi co-leads New_Public with Eli Pariser and Talia Stroud. New_Public is a product studio for healthy digital public spaces; spaces where people can connect with one another, build understanding across differences, and work towards shared goals, and that are built to maximize plurality, equity, and cohesion - not financial returns. Her work has focused on the intersection of social media, community organizing, and leadership development. Deepti was a Director at Meta, where she helped set up Meta's New Product Experimentation team, created the Community Partnerships team to build products (namely, Groups), programs, and partnerships that support community leaders, and led Internet.org across Asia. Prior to Meta she founded Haiyya, India's largest community organizing platform, Escuela Nueva India, an education company that serves the urban poor, and the Fellows Program at Acumen Fund to build leaders for the social enterprise sector. Deepti is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School and the Wharton Business School, and holds a bachelors degree in Psychology. She is a TED Fellow, an Aspen Institute First Movers Fellow and Ideas Scholar, and her work has been featured in multiple publications. She lives in Berkeley with her husband, Adrien, and two boys, Aiden and Luca. When not working, you can find her playing tennis, cooking, meditating, or planning the next block party. Deepti's Social Links: @deeptidoshi | TwitterDeepti Doshi | InstagramDeepti Doshi | LinkedInConnect with New_ Public:New_ Public - Website@WeAreNew_Public | TwitterNew_ Public | InstagramNew_ Public | LinkedInNew_ Public | Substack Newsletter Matt Prewitt (he/him) is a lawyer, technologist, and writer. He is the President of the RadicalxChange Foundation.Matt's Social Links:@m_t_prewitt | TwitterMatt's Substack: Matt's WritingsConnect with RadicalxChange Foundation:@RadxChange | TwitterRadicalxChange WebsiteRxC | YouTubeRxC | InstagramRxC | LinkedInJoin the conversation on Discord.Credits:Produced by G. Angela Corpus.Co-Produced, Edited, Narrated and Audio Engineered by Aaron Benavides.Executive Produced by G. Angela Corpus and Matt Prewitt.Intro/Outro music by MagnusMoone, “Wind in the Willows,” is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
On this episode of Frontiers of Coordination Peth welcomes artist, philosopher and researcher Travis Wyche. After a couple of years in the Web3 space he considers himself a more culturally focused contributor rather than a technical person even when he spends part of his time doing a variety of research on UXs and developing UI design. The fact is that the interweaving of his skills and interests led to Pluriverse, a transmedia lorecrafting experiment in collective imagineering. Screaming at punk shows was his first approach to the Moloch meme. Later in life when he entered Web3 he would connect it to Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl, an event that in a way funneled him down a rabbit hole of connecting these cultural influences with the technical game theory of coordination. That is what attracted him to the space in the first place: “I'm not really a Degen; I didn't get drawn into crypto through DeFi or anything like that, through the tokens really at all, but more of the high level philosophy, politics, the various kinds of connections to things in my own background as an artist, as a musician, as a community organizer, as an anarchist, as an aging punk. All those kinds of cultural affinities are what brought me in”. It's from that perspective that he appreciates the meaning of the Moloch meme, known as the god of coordination failure while also associated with child sacrifice among other things. For him,it's an image that serves as a “memetic filter” for people to understand the potency that image creates for a “community first” kind of orientation. Some of the topics: His origins in the space The rise and fall of the Moloch meme Moloch memetic filter Individual mindshift for successful coordination WTF is Pluriverse Pluriverse current projects Genres, themes and characters in Pluriverse Regen in the space Regen beyond crypto MetaCrisis Intentional communities A.I. Resources: DAOHaus Twitter DAO Haus Web Pluriverse twitter Pluriverse Web MolochDAO website MolochDAO twitter MetaCartel twitter MetaCartel website Allen Ginsberg poem Howl GreenPill Website GreenPill Podcast Kevin Owoki Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/metagame/message
This month on the podcast we are really excited to try something new…by revisiting something old! Christopher and I open the podcast with a short chat and some life updates. Then we turn our attention to one of the first EXALT podcasts, “Exploring the Pluriverse” featuring Maria Ehrnstrom-Fuentes, an associate professor at Hanken School of Business. In this amazing conversation she explores themes of decoloniality, degrowth, and reflections on what researchers do and raises questions about how we should do it! Hope you all enjoy revisiting this conversation as much as we did! If you want to find out more about about Maria and her work here is a link to her researcher profile and publication list. Sophia is now working as the coordinator for Sustainability Science Days, which is co-organized by University of Helsinki and Aalto University. This exciting conference will be taking place on May 23-26, 2023. It will be in-person in Helsinki and there is a limited hybrid programme available on Zoom. There is no charge for joining us online, however registration is required. For more information about the programme, or to register, please visit www.sustainabilitysciencedays.fi --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exalt-initiative/message
This is a conversation with Yafa El Masri, a Palestinian refugee researcher who grew up in Burj El Barajneh in Beirut, Lebanon. She's currently finishing her PhD at the University of Padova in Italy. We primarily spoke about her paper "72 Years of Homemaking in Waiting Zones: Lebanon's “Permanently Temporary” Palestinian Refugee Camps" which she presented at the 2022 Pluriverse of Eco-social Justice summer school in Coimbra, Portugal, where we met. ---- We spoke about: what it's like to find and build a home in a space that is 'supposed' to be temporary but is not Lebanon's most vulnerable people coming together during the Covid pandemic and finding access to care in Palestinian refugee camps anti-Palestinian discrimination in Lebanon about the impact of Lebanon's broader anti-refugee politics through a (James) Baldwinian understanding of 'the Other' about the ongoing crisis in Lebanon and more ---- You can support The Fire These Times on patreon.com/firethesetimes with a monthly or yearly donation and get a lot of perks including early access, exclusive videos, monthly hangouts, access to the book club, merch and more. ---- Mentions and Book Recommendations: A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster by Rebecca Sornit Eleven Lives: Stories from Palestinian Exiles edited by Muhammad Ali Khalidi The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You by Dina Nayeri Placeless People: Writings, Rights, and Refugees by Lyndsey Stonebridge Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Sornit ----- Host: Joey Ayoub Producer: Joey Ayoub Music: Rap and Revenge Main theme design: Wenyi Geng Sound editor: Ibrahim Youssef Episode design: Joey Ayoub ---- You can also follow updates on Mastodon | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok | Website & Mailing List Joey Ayoub can be found on Mastodon | Twitter | Instagram | Website The newsletter is available on Substack
In this episode, Hita and Michael speak with noted Indian environmentalist Ashish Kothari, who works at the interface between development and environment and focuses particularly on radical alternatives to development discourses. Ashish is a familiar name to people working in the Indian environmental context as well as those who engage with degrowth, not least because of his strong involvement in grassroots environmental movements such as the Narmada Bachao Andolan in the country. He is one of founders of Kalpavriksh, a Non-Profit Organisation in India which deals with environmental and development issues. In addition, he wears many other hats – as an academic and teacher, as a member of international steering committees such as those of the World Commission on Protected Areas or the Convention on Biodiversity Alliance. He has also worked as a member of several Government of India committees including those responsible for assessing India's Forest Rights Act and drafting the country's National Wildlife Action Plan and Biodiversity Act. He is also the coordinator of Vikalp Sangam, a platform that brings together organisations and individuals who work on development alternatives across India. He is also one of the editors of the book Pluriverse: a post development dictionary. In our conversation Ashish reflects upon the influence of his early childhood experiences with environmental activism – particularly protests against the shooting of the Great Indian Bustard by Saudi Arabian Princes and against tree felling in the Delhi Ridge Forest upon his engagement with environmental conservation. He asks the pertinent question: can wildlife conservation happen at the cost of human rights? We speak about the eternal debate of development vs the environment, and his conviction that the idea of development per se itself is deeply flawed. Instead, he says, what we need are different notions of well-being emerging from different parts of the world serving to replace the idea of development. We spoke about the dangers of viewing community led action as yet another panacea but also recognising the inherent strength present within them. We discuss moving beyond dichotomies of community vs government instead looking towards alternatives where we can enable communities to regain their balance in different ways. We reflect upon the importance of building and being part of networks that both keep you going but also stand ready to continue in your place, and how that very act of working together poses further challenges if one were to consider identity building, branding or even issues of satisfying personal egos. We end with some reflection on Ashish's conceptualization of the term Eco Swarajya and the challenges associated with misappropriation of culturally or spiritually loaded terms. Some of the initiatives that Ashish mentions during this interview are: Vikalp Sangam: https://vikalpsangam.org/ Kalpavriksh: https://kalpavriksh.org/ Radical Ecological Democracy: https://radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/ Global Tapestry of Alternatives: https://www.globaltapestryofalternatives.org/ Pluriverse: a post development dictionary: https://www.ehu.eus/documents/6902252/12061123/Ashish+Kothari+et+al-Pluriverse+A+Post-Development+Dictionary-2019.pdf/c9f05ea0-d2e7-8874-d91c-09d11a4578a2 Ashish's website and blog: https://ashishkothari.in/ ; https://ashishkothari51.blogspot.com/
Can Big Fashion — fashion with a capital F — ever exist without exploitation of the planet and the humans and other living beings on it?The more we dive into Fashion's perils, and how deep rooted these issues are, the more unlikely this seems.In this episode, four members of Fashion Act Now — Sara Arnold, Sandra Niessen, Sam Weir, and Cindi Clark — are joining us to explain why they believe that we need to dismantle, decentralize, monolithic Fashion system and what kind of clothing systems could take its place.Join us in this season finale of this podcast. *****This episode was brought to you by Green Eco Dream, a sustainably-minded marketplace with eco-conscious alternatives for your health, home, beauty, and on-the-go needs.Check out Green Eco Dream's collection of low waste, low impact laundry essentials to help make your loved clothes last!***** FULL SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT:https://www.consciouslifeandstyle.com/fashion-act-now RESOURCES MENTIONED:[Article] Who gets to be a fashion activist?Fixing FashionThe Linen ProjectDavid BollierThe Common Market[Book] Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer CONNECT WITH FASHION ACT NOW:Fashion Act Now WebsiteTwitter - @FashionActNowInstagram - @fashion_act_now CONNECT WITH ELIZABETH & CONSCIOUS STYLE:WebsiteInstagramPinterest SUBSCRIBE TO THE CONSCIOUS EDIThttps://www.consciouslifeandstyle.com/edit
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Who doesn't want this... To come up with smart solutions for relevant challenges that are immediately embraced by the end-users. Well, in this week's episode of the Show, Victor Udoewa shares a radical approach to the design process that increases the chance you'll actually accomplish this. But first, let's quickly look at why solutions don't get adopted. It's often not due to bad intentions. Many times it has to do with the fact that a wrong judgment call has been made about what's important. Because as a design professional, you're -implicitly- imposing your ideas, values, and norms onto the process. You are in a strong position of power, whether you like it or not. The problem is that this leads to solutions derived from a single -often mainstream- worldview. Again, this isn't something that professionals set out to do. It happens because of the nature of the current design process. So is there something we can do about this? According to Victor, there is! We, starting with the design professional, have to give up power. The community and the users must lead the design process, from start to end, from top to bottom. But can this truly be done, or is it just wishful thinking? And is there still a role for the professional designer when this happens? Victor has a thing or two to say about these and some other key questions. So if you'd also like to work on more meaningful challenges and come to more impactful solutions, click the link below and soak in this inspiring conversation. It's great to get people on the Show who challenge our common design practices like Victor. And to be able to share these stories with you. Enjoy the conversation and keep making a positive impact :) --- [ GUIDE ] --- 00:00 Welcome to episode 154 04:45 Who is Victor 05:30 Lightning round 08:45 The episode take-away 09:45 What is radical participatory design 15:15 Victor's journey 19:15 The benefits 24:00 Barriers to adoption 27:15 The response from the design community 31:45 The role of the design professional 37:45 Where does it start 41:45 The tensions 45:45 What are good challenges 52:45 The evolution 55:45 Taking the first step 1:01:45 A smart hack 1:02:45 What awaits you 1:05:15 Closing thoughts --- [ LINKS ] --- https://www.linkedin.com/in/udoewa/ Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples - https://amzn.to/3yHlYht Research Is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods - https://amzn.to/3ObjtcZ Sand Talk - https://amzn.to/3O4Linp Indigenous Research Methodologies - https://amzn.to/3P6NwEh Applying Indigenous Research Methods: Storying with Peoples and Communities - https://amzn.to/3PcgJxt --- [ BOOKS ] --- Designs for the Pluriverse - https://amzn.to/3P7pDMK Stand Your Ground - https://amzn.to/3RvkvDN Fledgling (fiction, Afrofuturism) - https://amzn.to/3AKbsc9 Art of Gathering - https://amzn.to/3IJum4P Black Futures - https://amzn.to/3AWw4Oe Latinx Rising (An anthology) - https://amzn.to/3uLxs2q A Promised Land - https://amzn.to/3PnjDPC His Name Is George Floyd - https://amzn.to/3yGi1cV Soul of a Woman - https://amzn.to/3IBUtdP The Sum of Us - https://amzn.to/3PrGLMV Thinking in Systems - https://amzn.to/3nZoCdN The Bennet Women (fiction) - https://amzn.to/3P908um --- [ HOW TO EXPLAIN SERVICE DESIGN ] --- Learn what it takes to get your clients, colleagues, managers, CEOs and even grandmas as excited about service design as you are. https://servicedesignshow.com/free-course
In which we conclude our reading of "Designs for the Pluriverse", by Arturo Escobar. If you like the show, consider supporting us on Patreon. Links: Designs for the Pluriverse, at Duke University Press General Intellect Unit on iTunes http://generalintellectunit.net Support the show on Patreon https://twitter.com/giunitpod General Intellect Unit on Facebook General Intellect Unit on archive.org Emancipation Network
This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Narrativium As I continue my own experiments with fiction, I have been thinking lazily about metamodernism. By... https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2022/06/02/storytelling-mediocre-metamodernism/ HomeStudioFor New ReadersNow ReadingAboutBooksribbonfarmE. Unibas Pluramthis interesting essay by Jonathan RowsonthreadthulhuKamil GaleevSarah Tabermediocrityon TwitterAnnual RoundupsBook NotesCaptain's LogClockmakingDomestic CozyElderblog SutraFictionInto the PluriverseLexiconMansionism
This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Narrativium As I continue my own experiments with fiction, I have been thinking lazily about metamodernism. By... https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2022/06/02/storytelling-mediocre-metamodernism/ HomeStudioFor New ReadersNow ReadingAboutBooksribbonfarmE. Unibas Pluramthis interesting essay by Jonathan RowsonthreadthulhuKamil GaleevSarah Tabera tweet I saw recentlymediocrityon TwitterAnnual RoundupsBook NotesCaptain's LogClockmakingDomestic CozyElderblog SutraFictionInto the PluriverseLexiconMansionism
In which we read "Designs for the Pluriverse", by Arturo Escobar. If you like the show, consider supporting us on Patreon. Links: Designs for the Pluriverse, at Duke University Press The Classless Society in Motion (forthcoming book by Tom & Donal) Announcement episode on From Alpha to Omega General Intellect Unit on iTunes http://generalintellectunit.net Support the show on Patreon https://twitter.com/giunitpod General Intellect Unit on Facebook General Intellect Unit on archive.org Emancipation Network
In which we read "Designs for the Pluriverse", by Arturo Escobar. If you like the show, consider supporting us on Patreon. Links: Designs for the Pluriverse, at Duke University Press The Classless Society in Motion (forthcoming book by Tom & Donal) Announcement episode on From Alpha to Omega General Intellect Unit on iTunes http://generalintellectunit.net Support the show on Patreon https://twitter.com/giunitpod General Intellect Unit on Facebook General Intellect Unit on archive.org Emancipation Network
Political economist and social technologist at Microsoft, and a researcher at the RadicalxChange Foundation, Divya Siddarth introduces us to The Pluriverse and challenges us to consider just how many worlds are possible.
In our final episode of our Early Education & Care mini-series, Josh speaks with Vanessa Martinez who is the Assistant Director and Subsidy Administrator of the YWCA of Central Massachusetts Early Education & Care Program. She is also a mentor at Project Flourish which helps early childcare workers receive their Child Development Associates Accreditation (CDA's) while continuing to work in the field. In the episode, Josh and Vanessa discuss the importance of educators building strong relationships with families and the current crisis surrounding the shortage of early educators due to the lack of funding and resources, as well as how this is affecting families and children in our community. You can follow Vanessa and her work by checking out the YWCA website and Facebook page. Do you know someone working in the early education & care space who might benefit from receiving their CDA? Learn more here. Listen to Public Hearing wherever you get your podcasts and on WICN 90.5FM, Worcester's NPR affiliate station. Public Hearing is a podcast from Action! by Design. Action! by Design's vision is a world where all people are valued and have access to opportunities that enable them to live healthy and fulfilled lives on a sustainable planet. We're a social innovation and change agency that uses facilitation and design to address complex problems facing communities. In his book Designs for the Pluriverse, Arturo Escobar, an author and anthropologist, defines design as a “space for linking theory, practice, and purpose, connecting vision and reality.” This is how we approach our work; we use design thinking and an equity-centered framework as a mindset to inform how we approach and address problems. We use facilitation to ensure we're centering the voices of those most impacted by the challenges we're addressing. Want to learn more? Let's chat. Reach out to our team at theteam@actionbydesign.co Share our show with a friend!
In our fourth episode of our Early Childhood Education & Care mini-series, Josh speaks to Anh Vu Sawyer of the Southeast Asian Coalition about some of the challenges that immigrants and refugees face when coming to the U.S. and how the coalition works towards helping these families adjust and thrive by treating them with dignity and respect and providing a sense of community. Early childhood is a crucial time of development for all children, but for children of immigrant and refugee families, it is also so important to allow them to discover and learn about their culture as well as providing them with the resources to invest in their future. You can follow Anh and her work by checking out the Southeast Asian Coalition's website and their Facebook page.Listen to Public Hearing wherever you get your podcasts and on WICN 90.5FM, Worcester's NPR affiliate station. Public Hearing is a podcast from Action! by Design. Action! by Design's vision is a world where all people are valued and have access to opportunities that enable them to live healthy and fulfilled lives on a sustainable planet. We're a social innovation and change agency that uses facilitation and design to address complex problems facing communities. In his book Designs for the Pluriverse, Arturo Escobar, an author and anthropologist, defines design as a “space for linking theory, practice, and purpose, connecting vision and reality.” This is how we approach our work; we use design thinking and an equity-centered framework as a mindset to inform how we approach and address problems. We use facilitation to ensure we're centering the voices of those most impacted by the challenges we're addressing. Want to learn more? Let's chat. Reach out to our team at theteam@actionbydesign.co Share our show with a friend!
In our third episode of our Early Childhood Education & Care mini-series, Josh speaks to Eve Gilmore of Edward Street about challenges surrounding racial and gender equity within the early childhood education and care space along with some of the history behind these issues. Eve also talks about the importance of children receiving high-quality care for their development and well-being, and that our society cannot accept anything less than high-quality for every child. Advocating for educators, children, and families is crucial for the future of our community and society.You can follow Eve and her work by checking out Edward Street's website and their Facebook page. To learn more about the legislation they are working on that will require universal early education and care at an affordable level to all families in Massachusetts, visit commonstartma.org. Listen to Public Hearing wherever you get your podcasts and on WICN 90.5FM, Worcester's NPR affiliate station. Public Hearing is a podcast from Action! by Design. Action! by Design's vision is a world where all people are valued and have access to opportunities that enable them to live healthy and fulfilled lives on a sustainable planet. We're a social innovation and change agency that uses facilitation and design to address complex problems facing communities. In his book Designs for the Pluriverse, Arturo Escobar, an author and anthropologist, defines design as a “space for linking theory, practice, and purpose, connecting vision and reality.” This is how we approach our work; we use design thinking and an equity-centered framework as a mindset to inform how we approach and address problems. We use facilitation to ensure we're centering the voices of those most impacted by the challenges we're addressing. Want to learn more? Let's chat. Reach out to our team at theteam@actionbydesign.co Share our show with a friend!
We are back with our second episode of Public Hearing's mini-season on Early Childhood Education & Care. This week, our guest is Amy O'Leary, the Executive Director at Strategies for Children, an advocacy and policy organization that works to ensure that Massachusetts invests the resources needed for all children, from birth to age five, to access high-quality early education programs. In this episode, Josh and Amy take a further look into the lives and experiences of parents/guardians and children throughout the COVID-19 pandemic as well as discuss the importance of continuing to advocate for resources and funding for early education and care workers. To follow Amy and the work of Strategies for Children, check out their website and follow them on Facebook and Instagram!Listen to Public Hearing wherever you get your podcasts and on WICN 90.5FM, Worcester's NPR affiliate station. Public Hearing is a podcast from Action! by Design. Action! by Design's vision is a world where all people are valued and have access to opportunities that enable them to live healthy and fulfilled lives on a sustainable planet. We're a social innovation and change agency that uses facilitation and design to address complex problems facing communities. In his book Designs for the Pluriverse, Arturo Escobar, an author and anthropologist, defines design as a “space for linking theory, practice, and purpose, connecting vision and reality.” This is how we approach our work; we use design thinking and an equity-centered framework as a mindset to inform how we approach and address problems. We use facilitation to ensure we're centering the voices of those most impacted by the challenges we're addressing. Want to learn more? Let's chat. Reach out to our team at theteam@actionbydesign.co Share our show with a friend!
Dr. Lesley Ann Noel has explored design opportunities all around the world, taking risks to find spaces and opportunities that she is passionate about, and making opportunities work for her. While she was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Noel has had opportunities to explore design around the world. She received training in industrial design in Brazil, was an adjunct and eventually full-time faculty member at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad. She has also taught at Stanford University and North Carolina State University. She has a Master of Business Administration from the University of the West Indies, and she has a PhD in Design from North Carolina State University. At the time of this interview, in Fall 2019, Dr. Noel was a Professor of Practice and the Associate Director of Design Thinking for Social Impact at the Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking. Connect with Dr. Lesley Ann Noel: LinkedIn Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking College of Design - North Carolina State University
Dr. Laura Murphy is the Associate Director of Research and Scholarship at the Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking at Tulane University. She is also a professor in the Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences department teaching critical development theory at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Murphy has spearheaded several design thinking workshops and training classes during her time at Tulane, like the Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (SISE) minor, SISE 2010 Design thinking course, SISE 4050 Senior seminar course, and the "Fast 48" Weekend bootcamp. Dr. Murphy is constantly thinking about her students and how she can better design a classroom that meets their needs and maximizes the opportunities for learning. Connect with Dr. Laura Murphy: LinkedIn Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking
Kareem Collie was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from the Pratt Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Design in 2001, and he spent the next decade as an art director for clients including Nickelodeon, USA Network, Coca-Cola, Starwood, and Mercedes. From 2006 through 2011, he and his business partner launched and then ran the design studio Dimitrious II Inc. while he also taught graphic design at Pratt Institute through 2012. Kareem earned his MA in Culture and Communications in 2016 and is currently the User Experience Design Lead at IBM in Los Angeles, California. Connect with Kareem Collie: LinkedIn KareemCollie.com
Professor Tsai Lu Liu is head of the Department of Graphic Design and Industrial Design at North Carolina State University, where he and his students have been working on user research and product design projects for companies such as Coca-Cola, IBM, Johnson and Johnson, Lowes, Under Armour and more. Before teaching, Professor Liu managed new product/service design and marketing for 12 years in the toy, healthcare, gaming, semiconductor and communications industries. Professor Liu holds an MBA in marketing from Georgia State University and a Master of Industrial Design from Auburn University. Connect with Tsai Lu Liu: LinkedIn North Carolina State University College of Design
Gisele Raulik Murphy is the Co-Founder and Partner at DUCO Design Intelligence based in Brazil. In March of this year, Gisele founded WIM Angels, which stands for Women Investment Movement, a network of angel investors that invests in high-impact startups founded by women in tech. Gisele is passionate about collaborative work that helps groups to co-create innovative solutions, particularly in the context of public policies and cultural change. Gisele has a PhD in public policy for design and innovation from the University of Wales and a Masters in Strategies for Design and Innovation from Brunel University. Connect with Gisele Raulik Murphy: LinkedIn WIM Angels DUCO
Dr. Maille Faughnan is an instructor for the Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Minor Program at Tulane University and is a research fellow at the Phyllis M. Taylor Center. At the Taylor Center she also does community outreach programming and helps with the scholarship initiatives at the center. Dr. Faughnan has collaborated on local and international research projects, from New Orleans to Central America to East Africa, spanning topics like gender and social entrepreneurship, cultural development, design thinking for reproductive health, and the diffusion of design-thinking through capacity building. Connect with Dr. Maille Faughnan: LinkedIn Phyllis M. Taylor Center
"How can we create an environment where EVERYONE is able to thrive?" Marielle Ednalino is a San Francisco-based entrepreneur, and alumna from the University of California, Davis. She is also a self-taught computer scientist and started her own Girls Who Code chapter where she taught computer science skills to over 50 girls ranging from elementary through high school. Since then, she has gone on to start her own nonprofit, htm.elle, where her mission is to create the next generation of female founders. She works with young women from low-income and underserved communities. Marielle also serves as a Venture Associate for Initial Capital. She describes her career as focused on finding imaginative and innovative solutions for complex problems— specifically, closing the gender gap in the entrepreneurial/venture capital ecosystem and creating more equity, social impact, and opportunities for marginalized and underrepresented communities. Connect with Marielle: Website LinkedIn
"Develop empathy for others and make things tangible as fast as possible.” Glenn Fajardo is a design educator at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford (also known as the Stanford d.school). He also curates TEDxPeacePlaza, has contributed to the Stanford Social Innovation Review, and is an independent consultant working with nonprofits. Glenn has been considered "the messy problems guy" as he has been the go-to person in his work to solve problems by using design and design thinking. Connect with Glenn Fajardo: LinkedIn Twitter: @muzzygator
“If we're going to do equity work, we can't be doing this TO people; we need to do this WITH people.” Tania Anaissie is the founder and CEO of Beytna Designs, an equity design organization that supports socially-minded leaders to design in new ways to create a more equitable world, part of this involves designing for liberation, or as Tania has coined it “Liberatory Design”. She is a proud graduate of Stanford University's Product Design program and she is also faculty at The National Equity Project and was a Lecturer at Stanford. Connect with Tania Anaissie: LinkedIn Beytna Design Twitter: @anaissie
Julia Lang is the Assistant Director for Career Education at the Phyllis M. Taylor Center at Tulane University. She leads two major programs here: "Taylor your life" and the Changemaker Institute. Julia is all about teaching students to embrace a design thinking mindset towards your work and your life. A design thinking mindset has not only been used by Julia in her programs, but also in her life; showing just how design thinking can help designers and non-designers to re-examine and restructure your life. Connect with Julia Lang: LinkedIn Phyllis M. Taylor Center
"With the Pluriverse state of mind, you belong everywhere and nowhere" Michael Lee Poy is an Afro-Caribbean artist-activist and architect in Trinidad and Tobago. His practice and interests center on post-colonial Caribbean design and fabrication in the festival arts – especially Carnival. A graduate of Pratt Institute of Technology in architecture and the Yale Graduate School of Architecture, Environmental Design, Michael aims to use an interdisciplinary approach to augment the innovative, creative, and collaborative process of design. Michael is an Assistant Professor of Design at Ontario College of Design University in the Environmental and Industrial Design programs. Connect with Michael: LinkedIn Lee Poy Design SEGD Yale School of Architecture
"I think that just taking a little bit of time to understand just a bit more will change the outcomes that we have" Lorenzo Hodges has built a career using design methodologies and his own design aesthetic. While he may not have got to school for design, Lorenzo learned, practiced, and incorporated design into his work. Based in Trinidad and Tobago, Lorenzo is an innovation strategist and designer. Currently, Lorenzo is the Chief Executive Officer at Ferreira Optical Limited, and he is also the Founder and Managing Director of Plain White Table, Inc., the Business Development Manager at Teleios Systems Ltd., and the Founder and Managing Director of Circulate Life. Influenced by his upbringing in Trinidad and Tobago and his exposure to European and American design elements, Lorenzo's design aesthetic is uniquely his own. Connect with Lorenzo Hodges: LinkedIn
Second year MDes Candidates and First year PhD Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) created audios in an exquisite corpse fashion (a technique used by surrealists painters where they would draw on a sheet of paper, fold it to conceal part of the drawing, and then pass it to the next painter to build on the previous contribution). These audios are a reflective and exploratory exercise in the intersection of the Pluriverse and Design based on the texts of Marisol de la Cadena and Mario Blaser introduction of the book "A World of Many Worlds" where each team member recorded a 1 min reflection about what it means for them or what are the implications of designing in and for the pluriverse. This work was done during the seminar in Design Theory and Practice / Advanced Interaction and Service Design Concepts, Fall 2020 in CMU taught by Marysol Ortega Pallanez and Dr. Dan Lockton. Audio production by June Seo (Thomas) Youn. Marysol Ortega, Alex Polzin, and Nandini Nair crafted the English commentary. The production of this podcast was carried out with the support of the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University.
While she may be an engineer by trade, Dr. Christina Harrington identifies herself as a designer. She has a background in electrical engineering and industrial design and focuses her design skills and research on the areas of universal, accessible design. Specifically, she has looked at how to use design in the development of assistive products for older adults and individuals with differing abilities, and how to use design to center communities that have been historically been at the margins of mainstream design. Based out of Chicago, Dr. Harrington is the Assistant Professor in the School of Design at DePaul University and serves as the Director of the Equity and Health Innovations Design Research Lab. Connect with Dr. Christina Harrington: LinkedIn Christinaharrington.me Twitter: @adapperprof
This month we talked with Yafa El Masri, who is getting a doctorate in Geography in a joint research program between the University of Padova, University of Venice, and University of Verona. She was also a visiting researcher at the Global Development Studies Unit at the Social Sciences Faculty of the University of Helsinki. Yafa is also a stateless Palestinian refugee who was born and raised in refugee camps in Lebanon. She does autoethnographic research on solidarity among refugees in refugees camps. She has worked extensively with grassroots organizations and development projects within her community. Growth centered development has been very devastating to life on our planet, including the erosion of solidarity in favor of individualism. Solidarity is a social norm wherein one acts in the interest of others, even if sometimes that may contradict your own best interest. One acts in the benefit of the community even if each individual has fewer resources for their own use. Maybe it is solidarity that is the missing ingredient to save to the world in the face of our multiple concurrent crises. Yafa has found that solidarity is alive and well in the refugee community and that the refugee community can teach the world a lot about how to practice solidarity. To learn more about Yafa's work please visit her academic profile. Yafa's recently published article, “72 Years of Homemaking in Waiting Zones: Lebanon's “Permanently Temporary” Palestinian Refugee Camps” Here is a link to the Thomas Morgan documentary, Soufra Here is a link to learn more about the book The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri If you are interested to learn more about the Pluriverse concept, here is a link to Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exalt-initiative/message
Episode recorded Nov, 2020. In this episode, I talk to Fernando Luiz Lara, who works on theorizing spaces of the Americas with emphasis on the dissemination of architecture and planning ideas beyond the traditional disciplinary boundaries. In his several articles, Prof. Lara has discussed the modern and the contemporary architecture of our continent, its meaning, context, and social-economic insertion. In this episode, we talk about our education as Latin American architects in the cannon, how we decolonized it and got into decolonization perspectives for our work. We talked about the need for a new and different set of values on which to analyze architectural Latin American architecture, and not by comparing them to American or European standards. We commented on how teaching decoloniality is still in the margins of academia. We had an interesting conversation on Fernando's article American Mirror: the Occupation of the “New World” and the Rise of Architecture as We Know it. And we talked about the future of education, podcasts, youtube channels, electronic media, etc. Books mentioned in the conversation. Modern Architecture in Latin America: Art, Technology and Utopia, with Luis Carranza. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2015. Architecture and Forced Exploitation: The Gulf of Mexico, 1920-1970 / Arquitectura y Explotacion Forzada: El Golfo de Mexico, 1920-1970, with Reina Loredo Cansino. Apuntes sobre Decolonializacion, Arquitectura y Ciudad en las Americas. with Reina Loredo Cansino. - Link to the presentation of the book video. American Mirror: the Occupation of the “New World” and the Rise of Architecture as We Know it. Recommendations. Designs for the Pluriverse. Radical Interdependence, Autonomy, and the Making of Worlds. By Arturo Escobar Ideas to Postpone the End of the World. by Ailton Krenak The Moor's account. by Laila Lalami Sera mañana. by Federico Guzmán Rubio A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things. A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet. by Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore. Race and Modern Architecture. A Critical History from the Enlightenment to the Present. Edited By Irene Cheng, Charles L. Davis II, Mabel O. Wilson
In this 4th SIMM-podcast episode we hear Lukas Pairon interview John Sloboda (03:35->12:45) of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (London, UK) and Brydie Bartleet (12:48->21:52) from Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre (Griffith University, Brisbane, AU). John Sloboda is founding president of the research-platform SIMM, and Brydie Bartleet is from 2021 on SIMM's president. During the 5th annual SIMM-posium both chair sessions in which research is presented on intercultural social and community music projects (John Sloboda on 9th February, and Brydie Bartleet on 16th February 2021). During this podcast episode we reflect with them on questions which they hope to be able to discuss with the researchers and practitioners during the SIMM-posium. The 5th SIMM-posium is presenting research in the field of music in social and community work by scholars from all over the world. It was planned to take place in December 2020 at the Brussels based centre for the arts BOZAR, but because of the covid19-pandemic it was reformatted as a series of 9 weekly online sessions on Tuesdays, from January 12th on until March 9th 2021. Info: www.simm-platform.eu. Referenced during this podcast-episode: Barenboim-Said Akademie, 2020 Compendium Music as a Global Resource, Arturo Escobar (Designs for the Pluriverse), Guildhall School SIMM-PhD, Musicae Scientiae, Music Fund, Mariusz Radwanski, Wind-up Pinguin (Guildhall) Contact: info@simm-platform.eu
Episode one with visual designer Ria Meer! Recorded in August ¯_(ツ)_/¯
This month we are joined by Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes, postdoctoral researcher from Hanken School of Economics. Together we take a deep dive into the pluriverse and how Maria has explored this concept in her research. This conversation covers ideas of decoloniality, degrowth, and turning a critical eye to some of the established notions of how research is conducted. Maria shares her experiences in conducting research in Latin America and the Finnish countryside. The conversation comes around to the deep importance of finding like-minded people in your community as a step toward change. If you want to find out more about Maria and her work here is a link to her researcher profile. Here are two of her most recent articles: Ehrnström-Fuentes, M & Leipämaa-Leskinen, H 2019, 'Boundary Negotiations in a Self-Organized Grassroots-Led Food Network: The Case of REKO in Finland', Sustainability, vol. 11, no. 15, 4137, pp. 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11154137 Ehrnström-Fuentes, M 2019, 'Confronting extractivism: the role of local struggles in the (un)making of place', Critical Perspectives on International Business. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-01-2018-0016 And a link to her doctoral thesis Legitimacy in the Pluriverse: Towards an Expanded View on Corporate-Community Relations in the Global Forestry Industry --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exalt-initiative/message