This research cluster was part of The Seed Box first phase 2015 - 2019.
Green discourse is no longer produced solely by governments, parliaments, and public authorities.
Contemporary socio-environmental movements inspired by concepts such as degrowth, transition, relocalization, Buen Vivir/Vivir Bien, the commons, occupy, and environmental justice share the aim of imagining and practicing alternative futures. These movements have historical roots in critiques and movements of earlier decades, but in the wake of the current social, ecological and economic crises and the non-arrival of promised “green growth,” their messages are gaining strength.
For new societal arrangements to materialize, new concepts, dreams, imaginaries, and experiments are needed to make the impossible take concrete form and become possible. In an era of political resignation when potential controversies have been transformed into matters of lifestyle, “the utopian spirit remains more necessary than ever” (Jacoby, 1999) in order to articulate more inclusive and less violent futures. And, given the urgency of present crises, for many that future needs to be now. This also demands that researches focus the analytical lenses through which current society, politics, and practices can be scrutinized, and explore the potential of green utopian imaginaries.
Projects
Publications
Bike Kitchens – Spaces for convivial toolsInvited talk on panel by Kaijser, Anna
Mehr Frauen in der Forschung = gendersensible Klimapolitik?conference paper by Öhman, May-Britt
Building a Sami Academy of Sciences: Science, Research, and Education for Decolonization.Article by Uggla, Ylva
Framing and visualising biodiversity in EU policySeminar by Callmer, Åsa
60 % PhD thesis seminar: Exploring the possibilities of sufficiency: from imaginary to practicepaper presentation by Callmer, Åsa
The possibilities of sufficiency: a point of departure for a dematerialized imaginarypaper presentation by Callmer, Åsa
Choosing not to consume: motivations and thoughts about sufficiency among buy-nothing-activistspaper presentation by Callmer, Åsa
Approaching sufficiency: motivations and experiences among buy-nothing activists and decluttererspaper presentation by Callmer, Åsa
Approaching sufficiency: motivations and experiences among buy-nothing activists and declutterersInterview by Callmer, Åsa
Interviewed by Camino MagazineInterview by Callmer, Åsa
Interviewed by Vi MagazineArticle by Callmer, Åsa
Lösningen på ekvationen – Black Friday är onödigtWorkshop by Hedrén, Johan
Playing with Methods/Using the Decision Arena for Visual AnalysisWebsite by Gianquitto, Tina and LaFauci, Lauren; Sanders, Dawn; Flannery, Maura; Hodge, Terry
Herbaria 3.0: What is your plant story? (www.herbaria3.org)Conference by Jørgen Bruhn and Ida Bencke
Multispecies Storytelling in Intermedial PracticesBook chapter by Hamilton, Jennifer Mae
Gardening after the Anthropocene: Creating different relations between humans and edible plants in SydneyConversation Piece by Hamilton, Jennifer Mae
Explainer: solarpunk, or how to be an optimistic radical?Article by Fish, Cheryl J.
“Liselotte Wajstedt’s Kiruna: Space Road: Experimental Ecocinema as Elegiac Memoir in ‘Extractivist’ SapmiBook by Biermann, Frank and Eva Lövbrand
Anthropocene Encounters: New Directions in Green Political ThinkingBook by Jørgen Bruhn and Ida Bencke
Multispecies Storytelling Across MediaFilm by Andersson, Henrik and Petri Storlöpare /May-Britt Öhman
Winds of destruction (long version)Workshop by Isendahl, Christian and Barthel, Stephan; Drescher, Axel; Cruz, María Caridad
The Resilience of Cuban Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture over the Longue Durée, Worshop IShort film by Andersson, Henrik and Petri Storlöpare /May-Britt Öhman
Winds of destruction – Indigenous perspectives on “green” energy production in Sámi territoriesFilm by Andersson, Hampus and Petri Storlöpare /May-Britt Öhman
When the climate apocalypse comes I’ll make it: 16 year old Hampus Andersson’s survival month living off the lands and waters in the forests of Norrbotten, Sweden.PhD thesis by Callmer, Åsa
Making sense of sufficiency: Entries, practices and politicsFieldwork by Isendahl, Christian and Barthel, Stephan; Drescher, Axel; Cruz, María Caridad
Field studies of urban and peri-urban agriculture, CubaWorkshop by Isendahl, Christian and Drescher, Axel; Cruz, María Caridad
The Resilience of Cuban Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture over the Longue Durée, Worshop IIArticle by Isendahl, Christian and Barthel, Stephan; Vis, Benjamin; Drescher, Axel; Evans, Daniel; van Timmeren, Arjan
Global Urbanization and Food Production in Direct Competition for Land: Leverage Places to Mitigate Impacts on SDG2 and on the Earth SystemBook chapter by Isendahl, Christian and Drescher, Axel; Cruz; María Caridad, Karg, Hanna; Menakanit, Alisara
Urban Agriculture in the Global South: An Integrated Long-Term PerspectiveLecture by Bradley, Karin
Living sustainably – From buying eco-products to building alternative economiesLecture by Callmer, Åsa
Making sense of sufficiency: entries, practice and politicsLecture by Bohlin, Anna and Staffan Appelgren and Lena Stammarnäs
Reflections from a Seed Project: Living (with)ThingsArticle by Gibson, Katherine and Doina Petrescu, Constantin Petcou, Maliha Safri
Calculating the Value of the Commons: Generating Resilient Urban FuturesBook chapter by Isendahl, Christian and Barthel, Stephan; Colding, Johan; Caridad Cruz, María; Drescher, Axel
Urban Food Commons as Leverage for an Urban Sustainability Transition: Insights from HavanaArticle by Isendahl, Christian and Barthel, Stephan; Colding, Johan; Caridad Cruz, María; Drescher; Axel
Collective Action for Food Sovereignty in the Anthropocene: Insights from Urban Food Commons in Havana, CubaArticle by Isendahl, Christian and Barthel, Stephan; Drescher, Axel; Caridad Cruz, María
From Crisis Response to Integrated Urban Function: Is Cuban Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture Sustainable?Fieldwork by Isendahl, Christian and Drescher, Axel; Caridad Cruz, María
Fieldstudies of urban and peri-urban agriculture in CubaArticle by Isaac Lyne and Anisah Madden
Enterprising New Worlds: Social Enterprise and the Value of RepairArticle by Karlsson, Bengt G.
Framtiden i en kopp lila te: Tankar om plantager, växtförädling och mibila växter.Exhibit by Muriuki, James and part of Assam Tea, Kenya – seed box project
Making sense – relationship beyond the plant (report from two artistic exhibitions).Series of participatory performance by Pope, Simon
Discussion IslandArticle by Petrescu, Doina and Petcou, Constantin; Safri Maliha; Gibson, Katherine
Calculating the value of the commons: Generating resilient urban futures