published on 24.01.24
From the mid 1980s, academics, practitioners and policy makers have failed, collectively, to address the issues of the limits of resources and the boundaries of the planet, including climate change, world inequalities, and social tensions. While an enormous effort has been made to introduce more ethics, sustainable development, and sustainability in the social sciences, and more particularly in organization sciences/studies, we consider that much of this work, while certainly useful, is insufficient to bring about the paradigmatic bifurcation needed to nurture “good living”. The latter concept represents the translation of “sumak kawsay,” a social philosophy deeply ingrained in the cosmovision of the Quechua peoples of the Andes. Frequently denoted by its Spanish term “buen vivir,” it represents a multifaceted approach defined by an emphasis on community, ecological harmony, and cultural awareness, as articulated by Eduardo Gudynas. Gudynas contends that any departure from conventional development should offer avenues to transcend modern Western culture, and Buen Vivir presents that prospect.
We hold that much of our thinking is still trapped in the “iron cage” frameworks of mass consumption and individual material accumulation. An increasing number of philosophers and scientists have criticized this paradigm and offer various theoretical tools to move forward though a bifurcation that re-situates the economy as a means for ‘collective wealth’ and social progress, rather than as an end in itself. A new paradigm is proposed that places the planet, living beings and ecosystems, humans, and societies at the centre of decision-making priorities, both for business and policymaking.
Neither the ideas of degrowth and the de-globalisation movement, nor transhumanism and the colonisation of other planets can be relied upon to safeguard life on Earth.
This call aligns with existing, but marginalized, thinking based on or inspired by scholars and philosophers such as Eduardo Gudynas, Arne Naes, Bruno Latour, Boaventura de
Sousa Santos, Bernard Stigler, Felix Guattari, Caroline Merchant, Enriqué Dussel, and many other thinkers who have challenged our way of living and called for rising to the challenge of maintaining lives, ecosystems, and life on our planet.
Re-thinking, Re-learning, and Re-applying Governance for Planetary Well-being together.
We invite scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to join and submit their thinking on issues like:
These are a few among many issues humanity is facing – the window for new thinking is open – and this workshop is an invitation to engage with challenging ideas, theories, and models.
* Symposium fees include documentation, coffee breaks, lunch, and gala dinner.
* Symposium fees include: documentation, Zoom access to the symposium.
Wafa Khlif, Chair
TBS Education – Barcelona, Spain w.khlif@tbs-education.es
Lotfi Karoui
ISC Paris, France lkaroui@iscparis.com
Kim Ceulemans
TBS Education – Toulouse, France k.ceulemans@tbs-education.fr
Zoubaïda Skalli
HEC Montréal, Canada
For further information, please contact: workshop@tbs-education.es
Submissions should be sent to: workshop@tbs-education.es
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