Beskrivelse
Abstract: There are many ways of understanding and interpreting life. One, rather academic, way is to regard lived life as social phenomena; something we do together; something that unfolds between us as we take part in various social practices. A social ontology allows us to focus on what we do, what is conventional, what is normal, and how all of this unfolds as part of the social. It also allows us to acknowledge that social practices only exist as long as they are performed, as long as they are meaningful. With this, the other side of the coin also exist; performance can stop, meaningful things can become nonsensical. If we listen to Wittgenstein, meaning, meaningfulness and normativity comes to be through our language, so meaning manifest its way through the way weuse language. Meaning becomes when we share words, narratives, pictures, symbols, in particular ways. Meaning is essential to social practices. Social practices are essential to the carrying out of social life, we can assume. If social life has to change; if we have to consume differently, if we have to value things, ideas and beings differently, we may need other words, narratives, ideas, symbols.
We need to enable the becoming of other meaning. By making use of design fiction, forms of science fiction and creative writing as way of creating narratives of futures, I explore future versions of sustainable life. In doing so, I try to explore, present and confront new ways of thinking about life and normality. Can other, unknown types of normalities be born in this way?
| Periode | 7 jul. 2021 |
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| Begivenhedstitel | isee-esee-degrowth2021: Building Alternative Livelihoods in times of ecological and political crisis |
| Begivenhedstype | Konference |
| Grad af anerkendelse | International |