FW: [ENVIROSOC] Just Transitions/Design for Transitions: Preliminary Notes on a Design Politics for a Green New Deal
Harris, Craig
possibly of interest . . .
cheers,
craig
Damian White has the following paper coming out in Capitalism, Nature, Socialism which may be of interest. You can get the full paper here
or Damian can send you a copy for your interest. Comments and critique most welcome.
Just Transitions/Design for Transitions: Preliminary Notes on a Design Politics for a Green New Deal
Damian White
Dean of Liberal Arts, Professor of Social Theory & Environmental Studies, The Rhode Island School of Design (dwhi...@risd.edu)
Abstract
Mobilizations occurring around just transitions and design for transition contain many potential points of overlap. They are presently remarkably disengaged. This article seeks to rectify this situation by offering some preliminary notes on how convergences between these currents might facilitate modes of anti-racist, feminist and ecosocialist revitalize discussions on ecosocialist design futuring that can get us to think beyond degrowth/Left ecomodern binaries and toward a design politics that can support a Green New Deal. We I proceed by firstly mapping the evolution of labor- focused just transition discussions and indicate how feminist, climate justice and decolonial contributions have productively expanded and complicated understandings of the labors of transition. This paperI then goes on to suggest how such currents could productively engage further with the emerging field of design for transition. Design is not to be trusted. However, post-carbon futures are not simply going to emerge through protest and policy shifts alone. Just transitions will have to be imagined and built, fabricated and realized, coded and created. This will involve the channeling of enormous amounts of creative labor and inventive praxis. It will also involve the construction of public spaces and public institutions where new knowledge practices can meet. Bringing radical traditions of design, invention and innovation into dialogue with movements pushing for just transitions could make significant contributions to achieving this end.
Keywords: Just transition;, Green new deal, design; creative labor; redirective practice
Damian F. White
Dean of Liberal Arts and Professor of Social Theory and Environmental Studies;
Rhode Island School of Design
2 College Street, Providence, RI 02903 USA 434-202-9159
New Book!!!!! Environments, Natures and Social Theory: Towards a Critical Hybridity
Harris, Craig
possibly of interest . . .
cheers,
craig
Dear colleagues,
I have the following paper coming out in Capitalism, Nature, Socialism which may be of interest. Some preliminary jotting on how we might place economic, racial and gender justice at the core of design for decarbonization, rethink the creative labor required for transition and shake up some stale ole debates about degrowth/Left ecomodernism in the process. You can get the full paper here
or I can send you a copy for your interest. Comments and critique most welcome.
Best,
Damian White
Dean of Liberal Arts and Professor of Social Theory and Environmental Studies;
Just Transitions/Design for Transitions: Preliminary Notes on a Design Politics for a Green New Deal
Forthcoming Capitalism, Nature, Socialism
Damian White
Dean of Liberal Arts, Professor of Social Theory & Environmental Studies, The Rhode Island School of Design (dwhi...@risd.edu)
Abstract
Mobilizations occurring around just transitions and design for transition contain many potential points of overlap. They are presently remarkably disengaged. This article seeks to rectify this situation by offering some preliminary notes on how convergences between these currents might facilitate modes of anti-racist, feminist and ecosocialist design futuring that can get us to think beyond degrowth/Left ecomodern binaries and toward a design politics that can support a Green New Deal. I proceed by mapping the evolution of labor-focused just transition discussions and indicate how feminist, climate justice and decolonial contributions have expanded and complicated understandings of the labors of transition. I then go on to suggest how such currents could productively engage further with the emerging field of design for transition. Design is not to be trusted. However, post-carbon futures are not simply going to emerge through protest and policy shifts alone. Just transitions will have to be imagined and built, fabricated and realized, coded and created. This will involve the channeling of enormous amounts of creative labor and inventive praxis. It will also involve the construction of public spaces and public institutions where new knowledge practices can meet. Bringing radical traditions of design, invention and innovation into dialogue with movements pushing for just transitions could make significant contributions to achieving this end.