The Temporal Imagination

Episode 11: Imagining and Embodying Low-Carbon Futures

In this episode, Keri and Michel are talking with historian of architecture Daniel Barber and Political Scientist and speculative world creator Johannes Stripple about the different ways we imagine a low-carbon future after fossil fuels, in particular, how we reimagine the relationships we have with the built environment.  Hosts and Guests * Keri Facer (Professor of Educational and Social Futures, University of Bristol, UK) * Michel Alhadeff-Jones (Executive Director, Sunkhronos Institute, Switzerland) * Daniel Barber (Professor of History of Architecture, Eindhoven University of Technology)  * Johannes Stripple (Associate Professor of Political Science, Lund University, Sweden)  Summary In this episode, we are talking with historian of architecture Daniel Barber and Political Scientist and speculative world creator Johannes Stripple about the different ways we imagine a low-carbon future after fossil fuels, in particular, how we reimagine the relationships we have with the built environment. We touch on different sorts of speculation: inventing imaginary worlds, working practically with embodied relationships and the role of dreaming and longing. We explore how we might transform the rhythms of habitual practices as well as the rhythms of habitual ways of thinking.  References & Resources Mentioned * Barbara Adam & Chris Groves (talk about ‘lived futures’ in their book ‘Future Matters’) * Daniel Barber’s book ‘Modern Architecture and Climate Design before Air Conditioning’ and Paper ‘After Comfort” and project of uncomfortable room for Venice Biennale * David Orr (great writer on education and hope and sustainability) * Davina Cooper’s book: ‘Everyday utopias: the conceptual life of promising spaces’ Ernst Bloch and Ruth Levitas (on critical utopias - see Bloch’s ‘The Spirit of Utopia’ and Levitas on ‘Utopia as Method’) * Gaston Pineau (pioneer of French-speaking research conducted on ‘eco-formation’ in adult education; see his work on the role of elements such as earth, air, fire, water in adults’ life histories) * Jennifer Wenzel (talks about gentrification of the future, the alienocene)  * Kim Stanley Robinson’s book: ‘2140 - a flooded future’  * Maria Ojalo (and her work on critical hope) * The future Museum exhibit mentioned is ‘Carbon Ruins’ * The Rough Guide to Notterdam * Stuart Candy & Jake Duggan (experiential futures) * William Gibson (the great Scifi writer)  External Links * The Times of a Just Transition - Global Convening Programme [https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/the-times-of-a-just-transition/]: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/the-times-of-a-just-transition/ [https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/the-times-of-a-just-transition/]  * Sunkhronos Institute [https://www.sunkhronos.org/home-english]: https://www.sunkhronos.org/ [https://www.sunkhronos.org/]  * The Temporal Imagination [https://www.temporalimagination.org/]: https://www.temporalimagination.org [https://www.temporalimagination.org]  The Temporal Imagination Podcast is supported by * British Academy “The Times of a Just Transition” Global Convening Programme [https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/the-times-of-a-just-transition/] * Sunkhronos Institute [https://www.sunkhronos.org/] * The School of Education, University of Bristol [https://www.bristol.ac.uk/education/research/] * The Sarchi Chair in Global Change and Social Learning, Rhodes University [https://www.ru.ac.za/elrc/sarchichair/sarchichairproflotzsisitka/#d.en.326497] Credits * Hosts: Michel Alhadeff-Jones & Keri Facer * Audio/video editing: Sarah Van Borek, Michel Alhadeff-Jones, Keri Facer * Artwork: Harriet Hand * Music: Briony Greenhill, “Die Every Day”  * Recorded and edited with Riverside.fm [http://riverside.fm/] and Adobe Premiere To watch the video recording of this podcast (which includes closed captions), go to: https://www.youtube.com/@institutsunkhronos/podcasts [https://www.youtube.com/@institutsunkhronos/podcasts]

Episode 10: Temporal Resistances

Keri and Michel talk about temporal violence, temporal politics and temporal resistance with three scholars working in land rights, transition disputes and disability rights in the UK, Colombia and South Africa.  Hosts and Guests * Keri Facer (Professor of Educational and Social Futures, University of Bristol, UK) * Michel Alhadeff-Jones (Executive Director, Sunkhronos Institute, Switzerland) * Alison Oldfield (Senior Lecturer, School of Education, University of BRistol) * Heila Sisitka (Distinguished Research Chair, Environmental Learning Research Centre, Rhodes University, South Africa)  * Astrid Ulloa (Professor of Anthropology, National University of Colombia) Summary In this episode, Keri and Michel talk with critical educators Heila Lotz Sisitka and Alison Oldfield and activist anthropologist Astrid Ulloa, about the relationship between time, politics and temporal justice. They explore how sensing into the complexities of the present in South Africa may open up spaces for new possibility knowledges to create just energy transitions; how colonial temporalities are being used (and resisted) in Indigenous territories in Colombia; and how disabled activists are making the case for ‘crip time’ to fundamentally rethink the temporal politics of engagement and consultation in relation to climate transition in the UK.  References & Resources Mentioned * Alison Kafer’s book: ‘Feminist, Queer, Crip’  * Arturo Escobar’s  books referenced are: ‘Beyond Development’ and ‘Pluriversal Design’ (see also interview with Arturo in podcast 2 in this series) * David Rooney book: ‘About Time: A history of civilisation in 12 clocks’  * Deborah Bird-Rose (on multispecies knots of time)  * Michelle Bastian (see episode 3 this series)  * One Ocean Hub (ancestral time / seismic activity court case - https://oneoceanhub.org/i-took-my-ancestors-to-the-united-nations-and-shared-why-storytelling-is-the-sacred-medicine-ocean-governance-needs/ [https://oneoceanhub.org/i-took-my-ancestors-to-the-united-nations-and-shared-why-storytelling-is-the-sacred-medicine-ocean-governance-needs/]) * References to Frida Buhre, Matthew Scobie and Catherine Dussault’s paper on ‘Time Back & Indigenous Temporalities’ (Time & Society) External Links * The Times of a Just Transition - Global Convening Programme [https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/the-times-of-a-just-transition/]: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/the-times-of-a-just-transition/ [https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/the-times-of-a-just-transition/]  * Sunkhronos Institute [https://www.sunkhronos.org/home-english]: https://www.sunkhronos.org/ * The Temporal Imagination [https://www.temporalimagination.org/]: https://www.temporalimagination.org  The Temporal Imagination Podcast is supported by * British Academy “The Times of a Just Transition” Global Convening Programme [https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/the-times-of-a-just-transition/] * Sunkhronos Institute [https://www.sunkhronos.org/] * The School of Education, University of Bristol [https://www.bristol.ac.uk/education/research/] * The Sarchi Chair in Global Change and Social Learning, Rhodes University [https://www.ru.ac.za/elrc/sarchichair/sarchichairproflotzsisitka/#d.en.326497]  Credits * Hosts: Michel Alhadeff-Jones & Keri Facer * Audio/video editing: Sarah Van Borek, Michel Alhadeff-Jones, Keri Facer * Artwork: Harriet Hand * Music: Briony Greenhill, “Die Every Day”  * Recorded and edited with Riverside.fm [http://riverside.fm/] and Adobe Premiere To watch the video recording of this podcast (which includes closed captions), go to: https://www.youtube.com/@institutsunkhronos/podcasts [https://www.youtube.com/@institutsunkhronos/podcasts]

Episode 9: Caring for the Rhythms of Food Sovereignty

Michel and Keri explore the theme of food sovereignty and time with guests Sidney Muhangi and Daniela De Fex-Wolf who share their insights from Colombia and South Africa. Hosts and Guests * Michel Alhadeff-Jones (Executive Director, Sunkhronos Institute, Switzerland) * Keri Facer (Professor of Educational and Social Futures, University of Bristol, UK) * Sidney Muhangi (Early Career Researcher and postdoctoral scholar, ELRC, Rhodes University, South Africa) * Daniela de Fex-Wolf (Biologist and Geographer, Early Career Researcher, Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá, Columbia) Summary In this episode, Michel and Keri explore the theme of food sovereignty, and what it takes to sustain it from a temporal perspective. With their two guests, Sidney Muhangi and Daniela De Fex-Wolf, they focus on marginalized groups who must find their ways, between the respect of traditions and the development of new habits, and between the adverse effects of erratic climate changes and the increasing social demand for food, energy and consumption. Time is central to understanding what is at stake. On the one hand, climate resilience requires farmers and fishermen to nurture their knowledge of natural rhythms, and to develop their capacity to cope with the fluctuations that characterize climate change and their impact on human and non-human beings. On the other hand, they also must negotiate temporal pressures that come from governments and the economy to accelerate transformations in the way they live, work and interact with their natural environment.  References & Resources Mentioned * Daniela De Fex-Wolf’s doctoral thesis (2023) is titled: Recovering Care Networks Through Food Sovereignty: A Case Study in Wayúu Communities, Colombia (Cardiff University). * Declaration of Nyéléni (Forum for Food Sovereignty, 2007); see https://nyeleni.org/en/homepage/ [https://nyeleni.org/en/homepage/]  * Sidney Muhangi’s doctoral thesis (2024) is titled: Investigating Occupation as frame for planning and developing Agricultural Extension VET skills for Climate Resilience: Cross-case analysis of Alice, South Africa, and Gulu, Uganda (Rhodes University). External Links * The Times of a Just Transition - Global Convening Programme [https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/the-times-of-a-just-transition/]: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/the-times-of-a-just-transition/ * Sunkhronos Institute [https://www.sunkhronos.org/home-english]: https://www.sunkhronos.org/ * The Temporal Imagination [https://www.temporalimagination.org/]: https://www.temporalimagination.org The Temporal Imagination Podcast is supported by * British Academy “The Times of a Just Transition” Global Convening Programme [https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/the-times-of-a-just-transition/] * Sunkhronos Institute [https://www.sunkhronos.org/] * The School of Education, University of Bristol [https://www.bristol.ac.uk/education/research/] * The Sarchi Chair in Global Change and Social Learning, Rhodes University [https://www.ru.ac.za/elrc/sarchichair/sarchichairproflotzsisitka/#d.en.326497] Credits * Hosts: Michel Alhadeff-Jones & Keri Facer * Audio/video editing: Sarah Van Borek, Michel Alhadeff-Jones, Keri Facer * Artwork: Harriet Hand * Music: Briony Greenhill, “Die Every Day”  * Recorded and edited with Riverside.fm [http://riverside.fm/] and Adobe Premiere  To watch the video recording of this podcast (which includes closed captions), go to: https://www.youtube.com/@institutsunkhronos/podcasts [https://www.youtube.com/@institutsunkhronos/podcasts]

Episode 8: Time and the Arts, Food and Colonialism

Keri and Michel talk to artist-scholars, the poet Rukmini Nair and the photographer Nomusa Makhubu about the relationship between time, art and coloniality. Hosts and Guests * Keri Facer (Professor of Educational and Social Futures, University of Bristol, UK) * Michel Alhadeff-Jones (Executive Director, Sunkhronos Institute, Switzerland) * Rukmini Nair (Honorary Professor of Linguistics and English, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi; Global Professorial Fellow, Queen Mary University, Londo)  * Nomusa Makhubu (Professor in Art History at the University of Cape Town; Founder of Creative Knowledge Resources [https://www.creativeknow.org/]) Summary In this episode, Keri and Michel talk with two award-winning artists and scholars - the poet and critic Professor Rukmini Nair and the photographer and art historian Professor Nomusa Makhubu. In this wide ranging conversation we talk about time as a relentless life partner, the role of colonial photography in deploying time to objectify subjugated people, the ancient form of poetry as a place of craziness that serves as a place of sanity to mirror the world, the long shadow of colonialism, the gaps in history into which new stories can be inserted, the role of art and poetry as survival mechanisms for settlers and colonised, statues as a way of freezing time, on whether hunger is located in the past, present or future, the training of guts to create new expectations of food, the idea of Indigenous food - plants and practices - ‘going extinct’ and how tastes change across time. The longstanding question of how we feed into the rhythms of what bodies need.  (There are some difficulties with audio on Professor Makhubu’s recording at the beginning of the recording, but this improves so do stick with this episode, there are some real gems in here.) References & Resources Mentioned * Knut Hamsun’s novel that Rukmini Nair refers to is ‘Hunger’  * Lerato Shadi’s video work referenced is ‘Motlhaba Wa Re Ke Namile’ (2016) * Liz Hoult’s chapter on ‘doing time in social sciences and humanities research ‘- talks about chronolectic time, killing time * Nomusa Makhubu’s work with the colonial archive: https://asai.co.za/collective-healing-nomusa-makhubu/ [https://asai.co.za/collective-healing-nomusa-makhubu/] * Olufela Omokeko’s Jeun Soke project Nomusa references: https://mobkilishi.shop/blogs/news/a-taste-of-tradition-the-unveiling-of-the-jeun-soke-project?srsltid=AfmBOoq4G5EtxLRej52Op4vTdIVQi-PL4x5COedWbL-FCVTvMsxhGEcz [https://mobkilishi.shop/blogs/news/a-taste-of-tradition-the-unveiling-of-the-jeun-soke-project?srsltid=AfmBOoq4G5EtxLRej52Op4vTdIVQi-PL4x5COedWbL-FCVTvMsxhGEcz]  * Rukmini Nair’s books mentioned are: ‘Poetry in a Time of Terror; Lying on the Post-Colonial Couch’: The Idea of Indifference; and (co-edited with Peter de Souza) ‘Keywords for India’ * Michael Stevenson’s book ‘Surviving the Lens’ * The British author Rukmini mentions is David Lodge * Nomusa Makhubu’s exhibition is called ‘Trading Lies’ External Links * The Times of a Just Transition - Global Convening Programme [https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/the-times-of-a-just-transition/]: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/the-times-of-a-just-transition/ * Sunkhronos Institute [https://www.sunkhronos.org/home-english]: https://www.sunkhronos.org/ * The Temporal Imagination [https://www.temporalimagination.org/]: https://www.temporalimagination.org The Temporal Imagination Podcast is supported by * British Academy “The Times of a Just Transition” Global Convening Programme [https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/the-times-of-a-just-transition/] * Sunkhronos Institute [https://www.sunkhronos.org/] * The School of Education, University of Bristol [https://www.bristol.ac.uk/education/research/] * The Sarchi Chair in Global Change and Social Learning, Rhodes University [https://www.ru.ac.za/elrc/sarchichair/sarchichairproflotzsisitka/#d.en.326497] Credits * Hosts: Keri Facer & Michel Alhadeff-Jones * Audio/video editing: Sarah Van Borek, Michel Alhadeff-Jones, Keri Facer * Artwork: Harriet Hand * Music: Briony Greenhill, “Die Every Day”  * Recorded and edited with Riverside.fm [http://riverside.fm/] and Adobe Premiere To watch the video recording of this podcast (which includes closed captions), go to: https://www.youtube.com/@institutsunkhronos/podcasts [https://www.youtube.com/@institutsunkhronos/podcasts]

Episode 7: Indigenous Times and Temporalities

Keri and Michel talk about Indigenous temporalities and the case for ‘Time Back’ with scholars Frida Buhre, Catherine Dussault and Matthew Scobie.  Hosts and Guests * Keri Facer (Professor of Educational and Social Futures, University of Bristol, UK) * Michel Alhadeff-Jones (Executive Director, Sunkhronos Institute, Switzerland) * Frida Buhre (is Sami and Swedish, Assistant Professor in Literature and Rhetoric, University of Uppsala, Norway) * Catherine Dussault (is a member of the Wendat First nation and Associate Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada) * Matthew Scobie (is Ngāi Tahu and Senior Lecturer, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, TE WHARE WĀNANGA O WAITAHA) Summary In this episode, Keri & Michel explore the question of Indigenous temporalities with leading Indigenous scholars Frida Buhre, Catherine Dussault and Matthew Scobie - exploring how they are making the case for ‘time back’ alongside Indigenous calls for ‘land back’ in Sami, Maori and Nunavik territories. They explore the way that treaties structure and construct particular times, the role of storytelling as temporal intergenerational practice, and the importance of disrupting linear temporal frames in processes of knowledge production.  References & Resources Mentioned * Frida Buhre’s paper referenced is ‘Braiding Time, Sami Temporalities for Indigenous Justice’ * Linnea Axelsson’s book is  ‘Aednan’ * Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, see in particular: ‘A Theory of Water’  * Mamadou Diouff * Paper by Matthew Scobie, Frida Buhre & Catherine Dussault on ‘Time back’ is published in the journal ‘Time & Society’ * Nick Estes’s book: ‘Our History is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance’ * Labba’s artwork External Links * The Times of a Just Transition - Global Convening Programme [https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/the-times-of-a-just-transition/]: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/the-times-of-a-just-transition/ * Sunkhronos Institute [https://www.sunkhronos.org/home-english]: https://www.sunkhronos.org/ * The Temporal Imagination [https://www.temporalimagination.org/]: https://www.temporalimagination.org The Temporal Imagination Podcast is supported by * British Academy “The Times of a Just Transition” Global Convening Programme [https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/the-times-of-a-just-transition/] * Sunkhronos Institute [https://www.sunkhronos.org/] * The School of Education, University of Bristol [https://www.bristol.ac.uk/education/research/] * The Sarchi Chair in Global Change and Social Learning, Rhodes University [https://www.ru.ac.za/elrc/sarchichair/sarchichairproflotzsisitka/#d.en.326497] Credits * Hosts: Keri Facer & Michel Alhadeff-Jones  * Audio/video editing: Sarah Van Borek, Michel Alhadeff-Jones, Keri Facer * Artwork: Harriet Hand * Music: Briony Greenhill, “Die Every Day”  * Recorded and edited with Riverside.fm [http://riverside.fm/] and Adobe Premiere To watch the video recording of this podcast (which includes closed captions), go to: https://www.youtube.com/@institutsunkhronos/podcasts [https://www.youtube.com/@institutsunkhronos/podcasts]