Radical Technology Revisited

Sep
02
When: Friday, Sep 2, 2016 - Sunday, Sep 4, 2016, 10:00
Where:

Bristol UK
Add to Calendarhttps://degrowth.community/ic/2016/content/radical-technology-revisited09-02-2016 08:00:0009-04-2016 08:00:0035Radical Technology RevisitedThe web site is www.radicaltechnology.org: you can register there.The main day is Saturday 3rd September, but there are also events on Friday 2nd and Sunday 4th, in the same location. See the web site for details.The conference is inspired by the book Radical Technology, a collection of essays, drawings and interviews published in 1976. The word 'degrowth' was not invented then, but it was unashamedly Utopian, decentralist and 'low-tech'. The conference revisits the original ideas and asks how they look from today's perspective. Perhaps the key question is whether a change of strategy is required in the face of incipient environmental thresholds: is a high-tech emergency response now needed, and can this be combined with the need to limit the physical growth of the world economy?The conference is held in the spirit of the 70s: although catalysed by battle-scarred veterans, everyone is a contributor.Location: Bristol University Student Union, Bristol, England, United Kingdom4977 2005829 Peter HarperBristol UK falseDD/MM/YYYY

The web site is www.radicaltechnology.org: you can register there.

The main day is Saturday 3rd September, but there are also events on Friday 2nd and Sunday 4th, in the same location. See the web site for details.

The conference is inspired by the book Radical Technology, a collection of essays, drawings and interviews published in 1976. The word 'degrowth' was not invented then, but it was unashamedly Utopian, decentralist and 'low-tech'. The conference revisits the original ideas and asks how they look from today's perspective. Perhaps the key question is whether a change of strategy is required in the face of incipient environmental thresholds: is a high-tech emergency response now needed, and can this be combined with the need to limit the physical growth of the world economy?

The conference is held in the spirit of the 70s: although catalysed by battle-scarred veterans, everyone is a contributor.

Location: Bristol University Student Union, Bristol, England, United Kingdom

4977 2005829 Peter Harper

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