Imagining Our Futures: Conflict and/or Peace?

Course Description

Summary

This class will examine interesting thinkers about our future.  Artists, anthropologists, afro futurists, writers, scientists and philosophers have all thought about what we are facing in our futures. Books and essays such as “The Fourth Turning” by Neil Howe, “The Dawn of Everything” by David Graeber, “The End of History” by Francis Fukuyama,  "Emergent Strategies" by Adrienne Maree Brown, “A Paradise Built in Hell” by Rebecca Solnit, “The Work After Our Rage” by Kenneth Bailey and Lori Lobenstine”, "DeltasUNite and the UNCCRD" and others. We will examine different strategies for the transformation of conflict and building peace. We will explore and try to comprehend how ‘collapse’ can lead to opportunities for emergent structures, social/ecological/economic resilience, transboundary dialogues and regenerative practices