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Post/social/isms

24 May 2018 to 25 May 2018

Organizers: Irina Cheresheva, Chris Giotitsas, Márton Rácz and Konstantin Stoborod

The almost 30-year history of postsocialism has largely eluded organization theory, even though the unfettered expansion of neoliberalism has been seen as a vindication of the collapse of the former eastern bloc. This makes it timely to consider what has happened with (post)socialist organizations, not only in terms of the flow of ‘Western’ concepts of management and organizing... more

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postsocialism
the post-social
neoliberalism
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6th International degrowth conference for ecological sustainability and social equity

21 Aug 2018 to 25 Aug 2018
Degrowth Conference, Malmö

 

More information at malmo.degrowth.org

6TH INTERNATIONAL DEGROWTH CONFERENCE FOR ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL EQUITY

Call for academic submissions

Degrowth. Décroissance. Decrecimiento. Decrescita. Post­wachstum. Nemnövekedés. Nerväxt. These words represent the ambition for a social and ecological transformation of societies beyond the unsustainable and unjust growth paradigm. 21-25 August... more

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Degrowth
Malmö
alternatives
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Digital cultures: Knowledge / culture / technology

19 Sep 2018 to 22 Sep 2018

 

Conference organizers: the Centre for Digital Cultures (CDC), Leuphana University of Lüneburg, and the Institute for Culture and Society (ICS), Western Sydney University, as part of the Knowledge/Culture Series.

The advent and ubiquity of digital media technologies precipitate a profound transformation of the spheres of knowledge and circuits of culture. Simultaneously, the background operation of digital systems in... more

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knowledge
culture
technology