Hi all, Interesting thread including Olivia’s point about diverse perspectives on COVID.
In this regard I thought this might be of interest – Steven Bernstein and I wrote a piece that came out in Global Policy today on different approaches to COVID-19 management. https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/07/04/2020/why-experts-disagree-how-manage-covid-19-four-problem-conceptions-not-one This piece applies a four problem types framework we originally developed to assess how applied policy analysis techniques create different cognitive frames for thinking about, and offering solutions for, the climate and biodiversity crises. Best Ben From: <gep-ed@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Dana R Fisher <drfis...@umd.edu> Reply to: "drfis...@umd.edu" <drfis...@umd.edu> Date: Monday, 6 April 2020 at 4:02 AM To: "olib...@gmail.com" <olib...@gmail.com> Cc: "rlip...@ucsc.edu" <rlip...@ucsc.edu>, GEPED <gep-ed@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [gep-ed] Proposition - External Email - Interesting questions! You might find interesting (and potentially useful) Andrew Jorgenson and my recent piece on the Anthroshift in Sociological Theory. Although written before the pandemic, it certainly applies here. A free pdf is available here: https://www.asanet.org/ending-stalemate-toward-theory-anthro-shift I hope everyone is staying safe! Dana --- Dana R. Fisher, Ph.D. New Book: AMERICAN RESISTANCE<http://americanresistancebook.com/reviews/> Director, Program for Society and the Environment Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland 2112 Parren Mitchell Art-Sociology Building 3834 Campus Drive College Park, MD 20742 drfis...@umd.edu<mailto:drfis...@umd.edu> / phone: 301-405-6469 www.drfisher.umd.edu<http://www.drfisher.umd.edu> @Fisher_DanaR pronouns: She/Her On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 3:28 PM Olivia Bina <b...@ics.ul.pt<mailto:b...@ics.ul.pt>> wrote: Dear Ronnie, Thank you. The possibility of compiling short 2000 word lessons (and I would add 'questions') for the future would help us all get our head around the fast moving cris(e)s and potential solutions. I'd be intrigued to look at the diverse perspectives arising in the media, and what they show about our (in)capability to think in interdisciplinary manner Best wishes, Olivia Olivia Bina Principal Researcher ICS-ULisboa Recent: 'Focus on Deep Drivers' (on the Earth Charter)<https://greattransition.org/gti-forum/ethics-transition-bina> | 'Beyond techno-utopia and its discontents: on the role of utopianism and speculative fiction in shaping alternatives to the smart city imaginary, in: Futures<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328719303374> | INTREPID Knowledge<http://intrepid-cost.ics.ulisboa.pt/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/INTREPID_ebook.pdf> (Final Report of COST Action TD1408) | ''What motivates researchers to become transdisciplinary' in: Integration and Implementation Insights<https://i2insights.org/2019/11/12/transdisciplinary-careers/>' & full paper Who is doing inter- and transdisciplinary research, and why? An empirical study of motivations, attitudes, skills, and behaviours, in: Futures<https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2019.102441> Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa Avenida Prof. Aníbal Bettencourt, Nº 9 1600-189 LISBOA - PORTUGAL T: (351) 21 7804758 F: (351) 217940274 E: b...@ics.ulisboa.pt<mailto:b...@ics.ulisboa.pt> Skype: oliviabina My web page<http://lisboa.academia.edu/OliviaBina/About> and Urban Transitions Hub<https://urbantransitionshub.org> On Sun, 5 Apr 2020 at 17:51, 'Ronnie Lipschutz' via gep-ed <gep-ed@googlegroups.com<mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com>> wrote: All, I have been pondering--as I am sure many of you have, as well--what the impacts of the pandemic might tell us about a broader social strategy for moving toward a more sustainable civilization (I don't want to seem too opportunistic in all of this, but see below). What we have known in the abstract is now being revealed in its materiality: the dependence of modern economies on consumer consumption (65-70%+) is significantly a means of recirculating (not redistributing) money from leisure-based activities from higher- to lower-income members of society. For example, the vast numbers of people employed in the food service industry (restaurants, cafes, etc.) are paid only by virtue of those who purchase food and drink in or from such establishments. Ultimately, as well, automation of both service and white-collar work (including educators) might well undermine this circle of (what?) compensation, as even higher-income classes are made "redundant" (polite British term for being laid off). This suggests it may be necessary to look more closely at basic income programs in the future, especially if consumption does not return to its pre-pandemic levels. At the same time, we have also seen a considerable reduction in various forms of pollution, auto traffic and other environmental impacts (although not as much as the IPCC tells use is required), which seems to confirm the hunch that responding to climate change will require significant reductions in consumption and economies (and "green growth" from a much lower baseline). There has been a considerable amount of commentary on capitalism and the coronavirus and, I imagine, a lot about sustainability and the environment after the pandemic. But, like this email, most of it is very much spur of the moment and not terribly analytical or deep. Since most of us are at home--and teaching, caring for children, etc.--this might also be an opportunity to collaborate on a book or series of publications about "lessons for the future." I'd suggest many articles of 2,500 words rather than fewer at 10,000. Might there be interest (and time) among you to propose and prepare a contribution to such a project? I hope you and your families are all well. Best, Ronnie Lipschutz -- Ronnie D. Lipschutz, Professor of Politics UC Santa Cruz,1156 High St. Santa Cruz, CA 95064 e-mail: rlip...@ucsc.edu; <mailto:rlip...@ucsc.edu> phone: 831-459-3275; web site: http://tinyurl.com/zeatctr Codirector, Sustainable Systems Research Foundation<http://sustainablesystemsfoundation.org> Host, "Sustainability Now!" every other Sunday on KSQD 90.7FM & KSQD.org (archived at: https://sustainablesystemsfoundation.org/sustainability-now-broadcasts-on-ksqd-90-7-fm-ksqd-org/ "I have to die. If it is now, well, then, I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived — and dying I will tend to later.” --Epictetus-- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. 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