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About Roots Winter SchoolHeld annually in Athens, Roots Winter School (RWS) is a three-day progressive learning programme designed to cultivate hope, widen horizons, and catalyse action. RWS aims to push the boundaries of participants’ thinking, abilities, and imagination in order to foster global societies dedicated to planetary health and well-being. The programme integrates critical theoretical thought with urgent political, socio-economic, ecological and cultural matters and experiences of struggles through a multifaceted methodology.
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿’𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰: Strategies for socio-ecological transformations in times of uncertainty
This year’s theme focuses on strategies for socio-ecological transformations in times of uncertainty, with a particular emphasis on socio-spatial justice.
- What are the relationships between global socio-spatial systems and local lived experiences?
- How planetary urbanisation interacts and affects the socio-political and ecological systems across scales?
- What is the role and implications of economic growth? How can we use the critical frame of degrowth to look through possibilities, policies and actions towards sustainable and equitable ecosystems that challenge mainstream perceptions of sustainability, including circular economy, smart cities, and green technological innovations?
- How intersectional, decolonial, and transfeminist processes can prioritise the needs of humans and beyond humans contributing to alternative socio-spatial visions across scales?
- What could be the diverse personal, collective, and institutional processes in such transformations?
We will explore these questions by aiming to recognise the interactions and their implications that arise from the socio-spatial, historical, and ecological interdependence and complexity of our living environments. We will promote dialogue between autonomous areas of research and action, particularly drawing insights from urban political ecology to critically reflect on how power relations, institutional dynamics, and socio-environmental inequalities shape socio-spatial development, resource use, and environmental governance.
𝗙𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗶𝗱
The participation fee is set at €100 per person. 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀 are available, particularly for students, unemployed, participants coming from the Global South that might need visa support, or any person that could justify their need for a scholarship.
𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲: English
To apply for the RWS 2024 send a short CV (including basic communication details) and short (300-350 words) motivation letter at [email protected]
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
https://interaliaproject.com/participation/roots-winter-school-2024-strategies-for-socio-ecological-transformations-in-times-of-uncertainty/
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Athens, Greece
