[ecrea] 2019 Researching Post-Capitalist Possibilities Summer School

We are excited to announce that we are now accepting expressions of 
interest for our Researching Post-Capitalist Possibilities PhD Summer 
School taking place at Western Sydney University in January 2019. 
Details about the course and how to apply can be found below.

*Researching Post-Capitalist Possibilities PhD Summer School*

Taught by: J.K. Gibson-Graham, Stephen Healy and Members of the 
Community Economies Research Network

Hosted by: Community Economies Strategic Initiative, Institute for 
Culture and Society, Western Sydney University

*When:* Wednesday 16 - Friday 18 and Monday 21 - Wednesday 23 January 
2019 (6 days)

*Where:* Western Sydney University, Parramatta City Campus

*Cost:* Au$1,400/€900 (early bird price Au$1,200/€770)

This includes registration for the One Day Conference that follows the 
Summer School

*What role can the humanities and social sciences play in making other 
worlds possible?*

*What capacities do we have as scholars to shape the world?*

*What ethical responsibilities and earthly cares come with this work?*

These are difficult questions. The answers we might give benefit from 
collective thinking and learning. Researching Post-Capitalist 
Possibilities is a short course that offers PhD students and early 
career researchers (ECRS) the opportunity to explore these questions 
with scholar members of the Community Economies Collective who have been 
thinking outside or beyond capitalist relations since the publication of 
J.K. Gibson-Graham’s /The End of Capitalism (As We Knew It): A Feminist 
Critique of Political Economy/ in 1996.

*Course Overview*

The first three days of the course will explore the conceptual 
foundations of feminist post-capitalist thinking. The second three days 
will focus on how to imagine and enact post-capitalist possibilities 
through research practice. Prior reading preparation will be required. 
In addition to key works by J.K. Gibson-Graham and CEC scholars on the 
Diverse Economy and Community Economies, readings and lectures will 
engage with other contemporary approaches that are working at the 
frontiers of socio-political thought including: material semiotics, 
post-development, ecological humanities, resilience theory, 
psychoanalytic theory, assemblage politics and commoning. This six day 
intensive will provide early stage PhD students with a demanding 
immersion in social theory debates. For more advanced doctoral scholars 
and ECRs it offers the opportunity to clarify and refine their research 
contribution. Sessions will combine lectures, small group discussions, 
fishbowl discussions, walking seminars and collaborative exercises. The 
course leaders are co-editors of the University of Minnesota Press Book 
Series Diverse Economies and Liveable Worlds and will offer one session 
focused on conversion of theses into books. Participation Certificates 
will be issued at the conclusion of the summer school.

*Learning Outcomes*

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

•Articulate key ideas of Marxist political economy and feminist 
poststructuralism

•Situate their research within current theoretical debates about 
economic and ecological futures

•Use critique to open up pathways for enabling research

•Design research strategies for making other worlds possible

*How to Apply*

Applications are open to currently enrolled PhD candidates and early 
career researchers (no more than 5 years out of PhD). Expressions of 
Interest in attending this Summer School should be registered by 
September 30th, 2018 via the following Google Form: http://bit.ly/2nVBp1W

For more details please contact (stephen.healy /at/ westernsydney.edu.au) 
<mailto:(stephen.healy /at/ westernsydney.edu.au)> or check out the summer 
school page at 
https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/ics/events/researching_post-capitalist_possibilities_2019 


*Prior Required Reading:*

J.K. Gibson-Graham, J, Cameron and S, Healy 2013 Take Back the Economy: 
An Ethical Guide For Transforming Our Communities Minneapolis: 
University of Minnesota Press. 
https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/take-back-the-economy

*Other Preparation*

A 10 minute presentation on your research topic highlighting its 
theoretical engagement.


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