This podcast begins with a story about an usual currency to reflect on how the radical imagination is fundamental to how we make the world and therefore how we can change it. The podcast is about 14 minutes long. The transcript for the episode and the text of the book mentioned are below, along with … Continue reading Arrest 8: The Radical Imagination
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Arrest 7: Deschooling
This podcast begins with a personal reflection on leaving my job as a school leader then returns to the work of Ivan Illich, mentioned in episode four, to look at his idea of deschooling. The podcast is about 17 minutes long. The transcript for the episode and the text of the book mentioned are below, … Continue reading Arrest 7: Deschooling
The Unlearning Podcast 8: Worlding with the Immortal Tree with Efe Cengiz
This podcast features Efe Cengiz, a PhD student from Turkey who is doing his doctoral research at the University of Groningen. His doctoral research is focused on olive cultivation, agriculture in the face of climate change and environmental challenges, and giving a voice to the human as well as more-than-human actors in a local context. … Continue reading The Unlearning Podcast 8: Worlding with the Immortal Tree with Efe Cengiz
The Dance Macabre between Belgium’s colonial past and the sustainable development discourse
In Elke's latest essay she problematizes the (Education for) Sustainable Development discourse which is widely adopted in an uncritical manner, despite its roots in imperialism and growth-centred economics. She traces back the dark foundations of the (sustainable) development discourse by going back to 1961, when John F Kennedy declared the 1960s the ‘decade of development’. … Continue reading The Dance Macabre between Belgium’s colonial past and the sustainable development discourse
Arrest 6: Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Chthulucene
This podcast begins with the name for a new geological epoch first proposed in the early years of this century, and goes on to consider how the words we use contribute to the way we think and act in these challenging times we live in. The podcast is about 18 minutes long. The transcript for … Continue reading Arrest 6: Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Chthulucene
The Unlearning Podcast 7: Voice Your Place with Iarina Tava
This podcast features Iarina Tava, an architect working in Romania in a interdisciplinary way. We discuss how unlearning relates to the way she works and particularly focus on a project called Voice Your Place that she undertook with high school students in her Romanian home town. The podcast is 28 minutes long. To explore more … Continue reading The Unlearning Podcast 7: Voice Your Place with Iarina Tava
Arrest 5: Permanent Agriculture
This podcast begins with a composting toilet and goes on to consider a 100 year old travelogue and the relationship between what we eat and excrete. The podcast is about 10 minutes long. The transcript for the episode and the text of the book mentioned itself are below, along with some resources about permaculture. Human … Continue reading Arrest 5: Permanent Agriculture
Arrest 4: Tools for Conviviality
The Tamalone. This podcast begins with a floor-sanding fail and goes on to consider the idea and book Tools for Conviviality by Ivan Illich. Illich developed his ideas in the early 1970s, yet they remain very pertinent today, specifically in the context of technology and the digital world. The podcast is about 12 minutes long. … Continue reading Arrest 4: Tools for Conviviality
Arrest 3: Hyperobjects
This podcast starts with balloons and goes on to explain what hyperobjects are and why you might find them something arresting to think about. The podcast is 15 minutes long. The transcript of the podcast is here: Arrest 3_ HyperobjectsDownload Resources mentioned in the podcast are listed below: Geographies of Solitude: https://www.gosfilm.com/ https://youtu.be/elPD39kyF6c?si=i-5FzNor-g6anUeA Björk: Hyperballad … Continue reading Arrest 3: Hyperobjects
The Unlearning Podcast 6: The art of unlearning with Yvonne Feijten.
In this podcast we talk with Yvonne Feijten, an artisan specialising in alternative printing techniques and photography based in Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. We met Yvonne in her studio in De Doas in Leeuwarden, the capital of Friesland. Yvonne in her studio. This is the paper you can hear her rustling toward … Continue reading The Unlearning Podcast 6: The art of unlearning with Yvonne Feijten.
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