Common Shifts- Learning Commons

JULIA UDALL AND SAM VARDY TALK AT CENTRAL ST MARTINS/ THE CASS AS PART OF THE COMMON SHIFTS SERIES 14.02.19

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COMMON SHIFTS

In facing up to the many profound crises of our time, we face a conundrum that has no easy resolution: how are we to imagine and build a radically different system while living within the constraints of an incumbent system that aggressively resists transformational change?  David Bollier – Commoning as a Transformative Social Paradigm
Common Shifts is a three-part lecture series which introduces models of commoning and discusses the constitutive social relations appropriate to each commons type. As well as social relations, the Commons are made up of resources that are shared and self-managed towards common good rather than capitalised for the few offering approaches towards transformational change. The lecture series will explore three areas of commoning: Digital, Learning and Urban Commons, bringing together researchers, practitioners and activists working in the field. 

Studio Four End of Semester Reviews

This Friday, 15th December, we will be hosting the Studio Four End of Semester Reviews.  This will be hosted at Tinsley Tingas; if you are interested in attending- do drop us a line.

Presentations will be from the studio as a whole introducing the themes and research methods around solidarity/ economies/ ecologies, and then from each student-member, in relation to their emerging scenarios. It will be a chance to share and reflect upon the ideas and research carried out to date.

We will be joined by guest reviewer, Paul Bower, from URBED, who has a long connection with Tinsley.

We also have some exciting news from our recent guest, graphic designer, Jon Cannon– watch this space!

Make work work! Practices in Eco-Social Design that are sustainable, also economically.

 

By Design or by Disaster Conference, 10-11 March 2017, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

What are existing and emergent Eco-Social Design practices? How do they sustain livelihoods and encourage sustainability transition? DoD17 brings together inspiring practitioners to understand how to do better! Cases, best practices, strategies and ways to develop, manage and maintain Eco-Social Design practices that are sustainable, also economically.

We understand Eco-Social Design as a diverse set of design practices and projects that want to contribute to a much needed transformation of the relations among humans and between humans and nature, in order to move towards more sustainable, non-alienated, resilient, just and equitable futures — both locally and trans-locally. However, in today’s economic and political landscape designers often struggle to keep their Eco-Social Design practices viable.

nef / Energy and climate updates

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The new fortnightly e-mail from nef is focused on the crucial relationship between energy, the economy and the environment.