ENTITLE School on Democracy, Justice & Institutions Istanbul, 15th – 20th June (Provisional) Agenda
15th June, Monday, 9.00-17.30
Ontologies and Epistemologies for Political Ecology
Introduction to the School, Begüm Özkaynak and Christos Zografos, 9.00 – 9.30
The Capitalocene Today and in the Past, Jason W. Moore, Binghamton University, 9.30 – 11.00
Coffee 11.00 – 11.30
Alternative Epistemologies of Human-Environment Relations, Ayfer Bartu-Candan, Boğaziçi University, 11.30 – 13.00
Lunch 13.00 – 14.30
ENTITLE Assembly: Future of the Network and Political Commitments, 14.30 – 17.30 (internal event)
Dinner, Venue tbc, 19.30
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16th June, Tuesday, 9.30 – 18.00
Democracy and Transformational Politics
Communities of Crisis, Squares in Movement, Stavros Stavrides, National Technical University of Athens, 9.30 – 10.30
Radical Ecological Democracy, Ashish Kothari, Kalpavriksh, 10.30 – 11.30
Coffee 11.30 – 12.00
Interactive Session with Stavros Stavrides and Ashish Kothari, 12.00 – 13.00
Lunch 13.00 – 14.30
The role of ecology, democracy and alternative epistemologies in the analysis and praxis of environmental politics – Panel discussion with guest speakers, fellows and mentors of the ENTITLE network, 14.30 – 16.00
Coffee 16.00 – 16.30
The Rojava Experience with Radical Democracy – Roundtable discussion with scholars and activists from Turkey and Syria, 16.30 – 18.00
17th June, Wednesday, 9.30 – 17.30,
Fieldtrip on “Justice Struggles” (internal event)
Morning: visit by bus to the sites of mega-infrastructure projects in and around Istanbul, together with local activists
Lunch will be organized on-site.
Afternoon: visit to the “Project of production without a boss”, Kazova Textile Workers Factory in Fatih District.
Self-organized informal dinner in the old city.
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18th June, Thursday, 9.30 – 16.00
Equality and Justice – Invisible Subjects
Climate Change and Seasonal Workers, Ethemcan Turhan, Istanbul Policy Center, 9.30 – 11.00
Coffee 11.00 – 11.30
Post-colonial and Subaltern Perspectives in Environmental Politics, Amita Baviskar, Institute of Economic Growth, 11.30 – 13.00
Lunch 13.00 – 14.30
Environmental Struggles and Democracy in Turkey – Roundtable discussion, with activists and lawyers from Turkey, 14.30 – 16.00
Coffee 16.00
19th June, Friday, 9.30 – 18.00
Feminist and Post-Capitalist Epistemologies
Post-Capitalist Politics and Feminist Political Economy, Katherine Gibson, University of Western Sidney, 9.30 – 10.30
Feminist movement and transformative politics, Nükhet Sirman (tbc), Boğaziçi University, 10.30 – 11.30
Coffee 11.30 – 12.00
Interactive Session with Katherine Gibson and Nükhet Sirman, 12.00 – 13.00
Lunch 13.00 – 14.30
The role of feminist, post-colonial and subaltern perspectives in the analysis and praxis of environmental politics – Panel discussion with guest speakers, fellows and mentors of the ENTITLE network, 14.30 – 16.00
Coffee 16.00 – 16.15
Public Event* – tbc, 16.15 – 18.00 (* could be changed to Thursday, 16.15)
Boat trip, 19.00-22.30
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20th June, Saturday, 10.00 – 18.00
Institutions and Collective Decisions
On Institutions and Eco-Socialism, Derek Wall, International Coordinator of the Green Party of England and Wales, 10.00 – 11.30
Coffee 11.30 – 12.00
Workshop on Eco-socialism with Derek Wall and other participants, 12.00 – 13.30
Lunch 13.30 – 14.30
Feedback and Closing, Begüm Özkaynak and Amelie Huber, 14.30 - 15.30
Coffee 15.30 – 16.00
Fellows’ Self-organized Session, 16.00 – 18.00 (internal event)