Economies of Growth or Ecologies of Survival?

Eriksen, Thomas Hylland; Schober, Elisabeth

doi:10.1080/00141844.2016.1169201

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“…Washington and Kopnina are quite explicit about it, “The insanity and unsustainability of endless economic growth is a critical reality that society must acknowledge and discuss.” (Washington and Kopnina, 2018, p. 62). Since “Limits to growth” was published (Meadows et al , 1972) and even before it (Carson, 1962; Hardin, 1968), many researchers and scientists have tried to call humanity’s attention to the unviability of limitless growth (Capra, 1983; Costanza and Daly, 1987; Scitovsky, 1992; Brown et al , 2011; Meadows and Randers, 2012; Dietz and O’Neill, 2013; Eriksen and Schober, 2018; Ardichvili, 2012). There is scientific consensus on this issue today (Kendall, 2000; Ripple et al , 2017).…”

Section: The Problem Of Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the essential pre-conditions of an authentic sustainability curriculum

Lengyel

Szőke

Sándor

et al. 2019

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Purpose This study has two aims. It aims to analyse three essential pre-conditions of an authentic sustainability curriculum (ASC). The theoretical analysis involves the definition of authenticity through the learning outcomes (LOs) framework called authentic minimum (AM). This paper also aims to gauge students’ views on economic growth, sustainability and mindfulness. Design/methodology/approach The theoretical aim was accomplished by extensive study of and critical reflections on the relevant literature. The empirical research was qualitative using an online questionnaire as survey instrument consisting of predominantly open-ended questions involving students of two economic faculties. Directed content analysis and nonparametric quantitative methods were used to assess the answers. Findings Viable sustainability goals are in stark contrast with the promotion of sustainable economic growth in sustainable development goals 8 and the reigning neoliberal agenda. The empirical findings provide valuable insights into how undergraduate students view mindfulness, economic growth and aspects of sustainability. Research limitations/implications The empirical research has some obvious limitations that warrant caution in generalizing the results. The authors used a sample of convenience and the base population of the survey consisted only in students of economics in two economic faculties of two Hungarian universities. Practical implications Practical implications of the present paper are many all sharing; however, the need for existential courage on the part of teachers, students and leaders of higher education institutions. Existential courage is required for profound personal transformation, for going against mainstream ideology and the possible confrontations with colleagues, leaders of institutions, students, friends or family members. Originality/value On the theoretical side, the concept of ASC was introduced with AM as its LOs framework. For the first time, an attempt was made to interpret authenticity in sustainability education as an integration of mindfulness, human and environmental ethics and a firm opposition to economic growth and neoliberal ideals. The analysis of qualitative data supported earlier research and also provided unique findings in the examined areas.

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Section: The Problem Of Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the essential pre-conditions of an authentic sustainability curriculum

Lengyel

Szőke

Sándor

et al. 2019

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“…If the concept of impact often makes anthropologists uncomfortable, they do seem to pursue it with alacrity – even when they avoid the word. In a sombre special issue on climate change entitled ‘Economies of growth or ecologies of survival?’, Eriksen and Schober offer a fascinating look into how anthropologists might help broker between the divergent ‘scales’ necessary to connect local communities with ‘global environmental actors that take the high moral ground but disregard people's concerns over livelihoods’ (: 419). The global forces of environmental degradation repeatedly arouse local opposition, but institutionalised environmentalism seems to sail right past their concerns – at times literally (Eriksen ).…”

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“…In that spirit, contributors to the special issue try to offer the most expansive possible sampling of relationships between labour and capital, seeking to avoid limiting the concept to wage labour (Cant 2018;Martin 2018;Narotzky 2018;Yanagisako 2018). Here, they make a deliberate decision to focus both on the now much-discussed precariat (Grill 2018;Harvey 2018;Eriksen and Schober 2018), but also the persistence of the state and far more stable labour relations among certain privileged groups (Campbell 2018;Hoëm 2018;Krohn-Hansen 2018). These authors all seem to be promoting the idea that, as Harvey and Krohn-Hansen frame it, even anthropologists who 'might not necessarily see themselves as working primarily on economic relations' can still use labour as 'a means of extending thought as we attempt to find ways to respond to the challenges of our contemporary world ' (2018: 28).…”

Section: T H E T U R N T O L a B O U Rmentioning

confidence: 99%

European social anthropology in 2018: an increasingly recursive public

Hughes

2019

Soc Anthropol

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In 2018, social anthropology finds itself increasingly concerned with its technical, legal and political conditions of possibility. The long‐term effects of austerity, financialisation and the technological transformation of media on teaching, research and publishing have led to intense struggles over the labour and property regimes underpinning the discipline. In responding to these challenges, anthropologists seem to be re‐conceptualising their own personhood and labour through the diverse conceptualisations of their interlocutors. However, it is also important to remember what makes social anthropology and its unique professional challenges but a small facet of a larger human condition. By way of conclusion, I offer kinship (the public's constitutive other) as one potential means of grappling with the limitations of social anthropology's own publicity.

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“…The situation appears like what Gregory Bateson calls 'double bind', 'a situation in which no matter what a person does, "he can't win"' (Bateson 1972: 205, cf. Green 2014Eriksen 2016). The anxiety and high level of tension that we note among the young migrants as well as their families at home seems to stem from this impasse.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Light Skin and Soft Skills: Training Indigenous Migrants for the Hospitality Sector in India

Kikon

Karlsson

2019

Ethnos

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In a recruitment centre in Dimapur, Nagaland, indigenous youth are trained for employment as service personnel in luxury hotels, restaurants and airlines. Most of them are unemployed, seeking new future prospects outside the region and the harsh existence of subsistence agriculture. English language skills, a general cosmopolitan outlook and their fair complexion have proven key assets in securing work within the new hospitality industry. In this article, we deal with the activities at the recruitment centre itself, looking at the skill setsthe 'soft skills'and habitus that the instructors try to instill in the participants to make them employable. We apply the notion of 'affective labour'. Such labour is all about care, or more precisely in this context, caring for customers. But care also has a wider resonance in the lives of the young migrants, that is, to care for the family, community and ancestral lands back home.

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Economies of Growth or Ecologies of Survival?

Cited by 11 publications

References 10 publications

Assessing the essential pre-conditions of an authentic sustainability curriculum

Assessing the essential pre-conditions of an authentic sustainability curriculum

European social anthropology in 2018: an increasingly recursive public

Light Skin and Soft Skills: Training Indigenous Migrants for the Hospitality Sector in India

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