« Pluriversality » after « diversity »: An emergent language for civilizational transitions.
This presentation builds bridges between languaging and world making. It argues that modern ontologies, because of their dualistic and anthropocentric character, reduce "diversity" to manifestations of a single, underlying external reality, or a One World World. The emergent notion of pluriversality interrupts the project of fitting "diverse worlds" into One. It follows that transitions beyond the current policrisis must be understood as transitions to a world where many worlds fit.
The concept of civilizational crisis and transitions is emerging in various parts of the world and domains of inquiry and action as a powerful convening trope. However, most transition conceptions and strategies remain within the confines of the modern episteme and continue to function within its modernist ontology of separation. By shifting the emphasis towards the ontological dimension of transitions, the presentation argues that radical relationality (or the profound interdependence of all entities and things) may constitute a foundation for transition frameworks with the potential to contribute to the civilizational journey towards a new ontology of the human, life, and the world. The presentation briefly discusses the emergent field of "transition design" from this perspective as a praxis for healing and reconstituting the web of life.
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« Pluriversality » after « diversity »: An emergent language for civilizational transitions.
This presentation builds bridges between languaging and world making. It argues that modern ontologies, because of their dualistic and anthropocentric character, reduce "diversity" to manifestations of a single, underlying external reality, or a One World World. The emergent notion of pluriversality interrupts the project of fitting "diverse worlds" into One. It follows that transitions beyond the current policrisis must be understood as transitions to a world where many worlds fit.
The concept of civilizational crisis and transitions is emerging in various parts of the world and domains of inquiry and action as a powerful convening trope. However, most transition conceptions and strategies remain within the confines of the modern episteme and continue to function within its modernist ontology of separation. By shifting the emphasis towards the ontological dimension of transitions, the presentation argues that radical relationality (or the profound interdependence of all entities and things) may constitute a foundation for transition frameworks with the potential to contribute to the civilizational journey towards a new ontology of the human, life, and the world. The presentation briefly discusses the emergent field of "transition design" from this perspective as a praxis for healing and reconstituting the web of life.
References
2021. "Reframing civilization(s): from critique to transitions." Globalizations. DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2021.20026732022. "Global Higher Education in 2050: An Ontological Design Perspective." Critical Times 5 (1): 183–201. https://doi.org/10.1215/26410478-95365512020. Pluriversal Politics: The Real and the Possible. D ... Hybrid Session (onsite/online) AILA 2023 - 20th Anniversary Congress Lyon Edition cellule.congres@ens-lyon.frTechnical Issues?
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