[csaa-forum] 2020 Research Postcapitalist Possibilities Short Course - EOIs now open

[Elise Blight]

RESEARCHING POST-CAPITALIST POSSIBILITIES

PHD SHORT COURSE

Sydney, Australia 15-17, 20-22 January 2020

Followed by One Day Conference on 23rd January 2020

J.K. Gibson-Graham, Stephen Healy and Members of the Community Economies Research Network

Community Economies Strategic Initiative, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University

WHERE: Parramatta City Campus, Western Sydney University, Sydney

DURATION: 6 days
COST: AU$1,500 (early bird price AU$1,300). This includes registration for the One Day Conference that follows the Summer School.


What role can the humanities and social sciences play in making other worlds possible?
What capacities do we have as scholars to shape the world?
What ethical responsibilities and earthly cares come with this work?



These are difficult questions. The answers we might give benefit from collective thinking and learning. Researching Post-Capitalist Possibilities is a short course that offers PhD students and early career researchers (ECRS) the opportunity to explore these questions with scholar members of the Community Economies Collective who have been thinking outside or beyond capitalist relations since the publication of J.K. Gibson-Graham's The End of Capitalism (As We Knew It): A Feminist Critique of Political Economy in 1996.


COURSE OVERVIEW

The first three days of the course will explore the conceptual foundations of feminist post-capitalist thinking. The second three days will focus on how to imagine and enact post-capitalist possibilities through research practice. Prior reading preparation will be required. In addition to key works by J.K. Gibson-Graham and CEC scholars on the Diverse Economy and Community Economies, readings and lectures will engage with other contemporary approaches that are working at the frontiers of socio-political thought including: material semiotics, post-development, ecological humanities, resilience theory, psychoanalytic theory, assemblage politics and commoning.
This six-day intensive will provide early stage PhD students with a demanding immersion in social theory debates. For more advanced doctoral scholars and ECRs it offers the opportunity to clarify and refine their research contribution. Sessions will combine lectures, small group discussions, fishbowl discussions, walking seminars and collaborative exercises. The course leaders are co-editors of the University of Minnesota Press Book Series Diverse Economies and Liveable Worlds and will offer one session focused on conversion of theses into books.


LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of the course participants will be able to

Articulate key ideas of Marxist political economy and feminist poststructuralism

Situate their research within current theoretical debates about economic and ecological futures

Use critique to open up pathways for enabling research

Design research strategies for making other worlds possible



HOW TO APPLY

Applications are open to currently enrolled PhD candidates and early career researchers (no more than 5 years out of PhD). Please note that the course will be limited to 18 places. Expressions of interest in attending this Summer School should be registered by 27th September 2019 via the following link: bit.ly/2GRTBDs

Course credit option available, please contact Stephen Healy (stephen.healy at westernsydney.edu.au) for more information.
For more details please check out the summer school page at westernsydney.edu.au/ics/events/researching_post-capitalist_possibilities_2020


PRIOR REQUIRED READING:

J.K. Gibson-Graham, J, Cameron and S, Healy 2013 Take Back the Economy: An Ethical Guide For Transforming Our Communities Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/take-back-the-economy

OTHER PREPARATION

A 10-minute presentation on your research topic highlighting its theoretical engagement.



ONE DAY CONFERENCE

WHEN: 23 January, 2020

WHERE: Parramatta South Campus of Western Sydney University, Sydney

COST: AU$50

REGISTRATION: Registrations open in early October 2019. Refer to the ICS website (westernsydney.edu.au/ics/events/researching_post-capitalist_possibilities_2020) in early October for a link to the registration page.
This conference will present recent research by members of the Community Economies Research Network. Conference sessions will take the form of short 10 minute presentations followed by in depth discussion and appreciative inquiry. The conference is open to a wide audience.


Elise Blight | Administrative Assistant - Business Development
Institute for Culture and Society
P: 02 9685 9602 | Ext: 9602

westernsydney.edu.au

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