CRITIQUE-GenderEd Seminar Interlocking Crises, Intersectional Visions: Eco-Feminism in Conversation with Degrowth with Professor Sherilyn MacGregor (University of Manchester). This seminar explores the theoretical and practical implications of bringing ecological feminism into conversation with degrowth. The speaker will explain how insights from eco-feminist political economy (EPE), a field with a long […]
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Event co-sponsored by the Centre of African Studies (CAS), Centre for Ethics and Critical Thought (CRITIQUE), Edinburgh Law School, Race.ED, and the Race and Inclusivity in Global Education Network (RIGEN). We are delighted to invite you to this book launch event at the University of Edinburgh, exploring and celebrating the […]
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CRITIQUE -PTRG Seminar (pre-read) with by Michael Albert (PIR, Edinburgh). As ecological crises deepen, many scholars have challenged dominant practices of security by developing more progressive environmental or ecological security discourses. Others, on other hand, critique these moves by emphasizing the inherently repressive features of security discourse. This paper will engage […]
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Seasonal Sessions are quarterly mini-fieldtrips organised by the Environmental Working Group, under the aegis of CRTIQUE, and supported by the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network (EEHN). Each of our sessions takes place in a different setting outwith the university. The second session, Winter on a Mountain, will take place on Monday, 12 […]
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Visions of utopia – some hopeful, others fearful – have become increasingly prevalent in recent times. No Other Planet (Cambridge University Press, 2022) by Mathias Thaler examines expressions of the utopian imagination with a focus on the pressing challenge of how to inhabit a climate-changed world. It aims to both […]
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CRITIQUE is excited to support the European Caravan of Participatory Budgeting for Greener Cities. This series of events across Europe provides an opportunity for participants to share their experiences, testimonies, and doubts on green participatory budgeting, and to gain insights on how to implement it in their own cities from […]
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CRITIQUE Screenings kicks off with Sorry to Bother You, (Boots Riley, 2018). The projection will be followed by a brief commentary and a Q and A session with the public. In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a […]
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CRITIQUE Author-Meets-Critics with Nasar Meer (Edinburgh) on his book, The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice (Policy Press, 2022). Event co-sponsored with RaceED. What can we learn from successes and failures in the pursuit of racial justice in the UK and elsewhere in the Global North? A dominant view of racial […]
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CRITIQUE and Open Government Partnership Scotland invite you to a public event about changing forms of citizenship and democratic action. Everyone is welcome, but places are limited, so please register on Eventbrite. Time, date, location Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 4.30pm to 6pm 50 George Square, Room G.06, University of Edinburgh […]
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CRITIQUE Seminar with Professor Phil Cole, UWE Bristol. This paper examines the role of Political Theory in framing the forcibly displaced in a way that confines their political and theoretical agency. This confinement is caused by the way in which Political Theory is structured around the nation-state system of membership, […]
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