Join FORE/HOPE in our first workshop at the DevDays25 Conference, 27-28 February 2025!
FORE/HOPE is arranging a workshop on hope and resistance, as part of the Development Days Conference 2025: Development transitions amidst waste, wars and maldevelopment.
WHAT? Workshop: Reflections on hope and resistance in times of ‘un-ness’ (working group 8) at the Development Days Conference 2025
WHEN? 27-28 February 2025 (the exact time and date will be announced later)
WHERE? University of Helsinki, Main building (the exact room will be shared with registered participants)
Please Note: To be able to join the workshop, you need to sign up for the Development Days Conference (27-28.2.2025). Registration will open in January 2025. Please follow updates at the Conference website: https://www.kehitystutkimus.fi/conference/
Workshop description and sign-up information:
“Reflections on hope and resistance in times of ‘un-ness’”
What can hope and resistance teach us about social change? In the context of waste, wars and maldevelopment, there is a need to reflect on forms of resistance and practices of hope in everyday life. We live today in what Aradau (2014) describes as a contemporary era of ‘un-ness’ – uncertainty, unpredictability and unknowability which affects how people resist and hope. While resistance and practices of hope have the potential to drive social change, their forms and impacts remain underexplored. In this explorative workshop we invite participants to reflect on the concepts of hope and resistance as a source of knowledge and their potential to challenge excluding oppressive and exploitative structures and situations of violence, war and discrimination. We believe that these aspirations hold the potential to transform hope into (political) agency. Resistance and hope are sources of social change that can positively influence individuals and communities.
In conjunction with DevDays25 Conference, this workshop aims to foster dialogue and interaction around the following question: How do different forms of resistance and practices of hope intersect during these uncertain and challenging times? Workshop participants will have the opportunity to share their experiences and reflect on how human interactions serve as an intersection of resistance and hope.
The goal of the workshop is to facilitate collaborative learning and co-create knowledge on these themes, drawing from diverse perspectives. The workshop is discussion-based and does not accept formal paper submissions. Instead, we encourage active participation from individuals interested in co-learning, discussion and reflection on these critical topics.
To sign up for the workshop, all you have to do is email [email protected].
No paper submissions