Each reading seminar will have a guest speaker who will present one of his/her recent papers followed by a discussion opened with a commentary by a guest respondent.
2022 Spring program:
- 17 February 2022, 16.00-17.30 (MS Teams): Innovation without Growth
Mario Pansera & Mariano Fressoli (2021), “Innovation without growth: Frameworks for understanding technological change in a post-growth era”, Organisation, 28(3), 380-404.
Guest: Mario Pansera (University of Vigo, Spain)
- 17 March 2022, 16.00-17.30 (MS Teams): Work and Nature
Stefania Barca (2020), Forces of Reproduction: Notes for a Counter-Hegemonic Anthropocene, Cambridge University Press, pp. 7-18.
Guest: Stefania Barca (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
- 14 April 2022, 16.00-17.30 (MS Teams): (Im)materiality
Andreas Roos (2021), “Earthing philosophy of technology: A case for ontological materialism”, in Pasi Heikkurinen & Toni Ruuska (eds.), Sustainability beyond Technology, Oxford University Press, 59-95.
Guest: Andreas Roos (Lund University, Sweden)
- 12 May 2022, 16.00-17.30 (MS Teams): Sustainability, Design, Education
Philip Hector & Cindy Kohtala (2021), “Experimenting with sustainability education: The case of a student-driven campus initiative in Finland”, Local Environment, 1-16.
Guest: Cindy Kohtala (Umeå Institute of Design, Sweden)
The Reading Seminar sessions will be held online once a month. Everyone interested in the general topic or attending a specific session are welcome to join! If you wish to participate, please contact us by sending an email to amirouche.moktefi@taltech.ee.