Degrowth Group Assembly Process

Reproduction and Work

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Working group formed for the International Conference on Degrowth 2014.

How is work organized in a degrowth society (formal, informal work, care, subsistence etc.)?

In a degrowth society, will we have to work more or less than at present?

Papers

H. Aoki and Kawamiya, N., “Primary Energy Analysis: A New Approach beyond Extant Growth Theories”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.PDF icon Degrowth2014_Aoki_PrimaryEnergyAnalysis(handout).pdf (927.15 KB)PDF icon Degrowth2014_Aoki_PrimaryEnergyAnalysis(ppt).pdf (1.29 MB)PDF icon 3485.pdf (385.75 KB)
C. Apostolidi, “Is there still no alternative? Self-management under a degrowth perspective: a comparative approach between two case studies in France (Fralib) and Greece (VioMe)”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.File Degrowth2014_Apostolidi_Is there still no alternative? Self-management under a degrowth perspective: a comparative approach between two case studies in France (Fralib) and Greece (VioMe).pptx (260.36 KB)PDF icon 3759.pdf (233.66 KB)
viviana asara and Kallis, D. Prof. Gior, “The Indignados movement: between prefiguration and creation of alternatives”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.
C. Ax, “Growth vs Degrowth - Do we rally have the choice?”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.PDF icon 3594.pdf (36.8 KB)
R. Bakshi, “An Economy of Permanence and Rethinking Value”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.PDF icon Baks.pdf (216.46 KB)
G. Barbas Baptista, “Learning and building knowledge for degrowth: communities of practice and peer production across scales and beyond roles”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.PDF icon 3734.pdf (86.53 KB)
G. Barbas Baptista, “Scaling up collective action and advancing knowledge on degrowth from the grassroots”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.PDF icon Bapt.pdf (227.61 KB)
stefano bartolini, “GREAT RECESSION AND U.S. CONSUMERS’ BULIMIA: DEEP CAUSES AND POSSIBLE WAYS OUT”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.PDF icon 3406.pdf (437.88 KB)
stefano bartolini, “Do people care for a sustainable future? Evidence from happiness data.”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.PDF icon 3409.pdf (311.7 KB)
stefano bartolini, “Happy for How Long? How Social Capital and GDP relate to happiness over time”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.PDF icon 3365.pdf (365.62 KB)

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Results from Leipzig 2014

Proposals for Transformation

  • Reduction in paid working time.

  • Dissociation of income from work, and work from identity.

  • Greater recognition of unpaid work (self reproduction, household reproduction, community reproduction).

  • Strengthening autonomous collective experiences based on trust in interdependency.

  • Elimination of zero-hour contracts.

  • Introduction of basic income.

Vision

  • Emerging entities from self organising community which will redistribute resources.

  • Elimination of precarious work.

  • Equal distribution of all 4 types of work between genders and races.

Controversies

  • What is work? What is destructive work?

  • Is work going to emancipate us, or should we emancipate ourselves from work?

  • How to reorganise work beyond market?

  • Recognition of unproductive time (leisure)

  • Environmental impact of different spheres of work

Results from Barcelona 2010

Here you can find the results of the GAP at the Degrowth Conference 2010 in Barcelona that are particularly relevant for this working group. More.