@matthewtoad43 @pixelweaver @gdeihl @epistatacadam @pixelpusher220 @breadandcircuses

Not taking this as hostile at all - it's genuinely interesting and everyone makes some valid points and food for thought. Regarding "primitivism", I don't think there's a binary divide. All of us exist on the ideological spectrum of technological acceptence, from techbro transhumanists/accelerationists to anti-agrarian an-prims. I do tend towards the "soft" primitivist side of the spectrum, though make a concious effort to remain grounded in the practical reasons for that (respect for, protecting, healing, and living wihtin the limits of Gaia) rather than getting stuck in a circle of ideological purity, so I do recognise the benefits of appropiate, sustainable technologies that can created, controlled and maintained at a local level. This also builds communities that are more likely to be able survive long-term, since it seems unlikely that large-scale organisational/institutional structures will maintain their effectiveness (or even survive) through the climate fall-out.

But agressive falls in demand are needed, regardless of where that demand is coming from. For Australia, we need to reduce overall resource demand by at least 75% to bring consumption within sustainable limits, so obviously our "renewables" (lower lifecycle cost power, to be honest), can only be produced within those boundaries.

These boundaries also absolutely neccessitate a fair bit of deindustrialisation, regardless of our own personal technological orientation - otherwise we'll all die together, "civilized" and "savage" alike. Even with lower lifecycle cost power, that degree of deindustrialisation is still unavoidable, and as a culture we need to work out *not* how to prevent that, but rather which things we truly value the most and will priorortise maintaining, what we are willing to let go, and what new things we feel may have potential. If we don't make those decisions, and accept the boundaries that we must make them within, those decisions will be made for us, and our hopes and dreams, be they "civilized" or "savage", will carry no weight.

#Degrowth #Deindustrialisation #SpiralEconomy #renewableenergy #ecology #gaia

@gdeihl @pixelpusher220 @breadandcircuses Batteries won't heal the harm we've done. #degrowth, #deindustrialisation and a #SpiralEconomy are a starting point. LiFePo4 batteries have a part to play, but 100kwh battery bloat "green" SUVs and grid lithium sure as hell are not that part.

RT @AEGISeurope: 🙌🏭 It’s a wrap! Thanks to hosts @IuliuWinkler @RodriguezPinero & all other participants for an insightful debate on policy pathways to counter #deindustrialisation. Let's keep the conversation going and work towards a stronger, more competitive European manufacturing industry!

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IuliuWinkler/status/1640760407634706437

Learning to tell stories about my research on the lived experiences of working-class and wider deindustrialising communities. Wrote a story about it on Kudos. Check it out, if you are interested in a sense of place, urban imaginaries and deindustrialisation in post-socialist cities #deindustrialisation #workingclass #middleclass #sense #imaginary #place #neighbourhoods #city #cityimage #postsocialism #anthropology #sociology
https://link.growkudos.com/1pzzw3zr4sg

My new article Co-existing structures of feeling: Senses and imaginaries of industrial neighbourhoods is out in The Sociological Review. Drawing on multi-sited ethnography, it theorises the concept of structure of feeling by sociologist Raymond Williams.

Video abstract: https://youtu.be/nJrL6o75Mw8

Link to the article: https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026122114954

#stuctureoffeeling #RaymondWilliams #ethnography #researchmethods #qualitativeresearch #creativemethods #drawing #deindustrialisation #urban #sociology

Good piece on longer-term risk of #deindustrialisation in #Germany - https://www.handelsblatt.com/meinung/gastbeitraege/gastkommentar-droht-deutschland-jetzt-die-deindustrialisierung-vier-gruende-sprechen-klar-dagegen/28900304.html

Many European countries counted on cheap supplies of Russian #energy for the #GreenTransition.

This has changed.

With high #energy prices, Europe needs to find new sources of #competitive advantage or we risk #deindustrialisation.

@AlMastantuono at @EU_EESC journalist seminar

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/employers_EESC/status/1602991280455311361

Important new piece by #IEA chief #FatihBirol on how #Europe should respond to #energycrisis and avoid #deindustrialisation - https://www.ft.com/content/2a68ef41-76ee-4406-a1f1-b64b2efc58a0

An ariel view of the River Tyne in 1935, Hebburn to the right, Walker to the right. Today, the view is very different. Housing occupies much of the Riverside, only on the north bank is there any industry alive. If Brexit was to work in the North East, massive investment needs to be made to end our dependency upon imports.

#NorthEast
#IndustrialRuin
#Deindustrialisation
#RiverTyne
#Brexit
#LostOpportunities
#EconomicInstability

We need an ambitious response against #deindustrialisation in Europe. Prices are problematic and there is the fear that it leads to job destruction in Europe.

▶️We have to act against this - and #socialdialogue is a good tool.

@LudovicVoet from @etuc_ces
#Employers4Reforms

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/employers_EESC/status/1589633913533919232

Hi! I’m new here. I’m a social researcher studying working-class communities and urban life in post-industrial cities. My expertise lies in ethnography, qualitative approaches and arts-based research methods. Follow me to discuss these issues. I’m also in growing and gardening 🌹🌱#researchmethods #ethnography #qualitativeresearch #artsbasedresearch #creativemethods #workingclass #everydaylife #city #deindustrialisation #postindustrial #garden #environment #introduction #academicchatter