13th November (Friday)
1.5 hours
New York 13:00 (Friday 13th)
Buenos Aires 15:00 (Friday 13th)
Amsterdam 19:00 (Friday 13th)
Nairobi 21:00 (Friday 13th)
Bangkok 01:00 (Saturday 14th)
Warrane-Sydney 05:00 (Saturday 14th)
Aotearoa-NZ 07:00 (Saturday 14th)
Organiser: Jenny Cameron
Rebecca Solnit’s latest book "The Beginning Comes After the End" is a sequel to her earlier work "Hope in the Dark," published a decade ago. In both books, Solnit (a US-based activist/public intellectual) counters what at times seems like an overwhelmingly dystopian world to acknowledge the deep and positive changes that have occurred over past decades. She looks to this past to show “how change works … and how what once seemed impossible becomes actuality.” At the same time, she acknowledges the ongoing legacy of harms such as colonisation, and the immediacy of issues such as climate change. In this session, Community Economies thinkers and doers reflect on Solnit’s insights into processes of transformation, and how this helps with thinking and doing strategies that are relevant for a change agenda in these current times.
Panelists: Amy Cohen, Bianca Elzenbaumer, Wendy Harcourt, Maliha Safri. Facilitator: Jenny Cameron