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2016-11-15
PhD proposal academia UoN @personal
Theoretical framework: Apply Fay's Basic Scheme for a critical social science to the my regeneration stack theory
Book title: Regeneration: How atoms, bits and cells can give us freedom, equality and fraternity
Building the regenerative stack: Identifying research priorities of an open-source appropriate technologies system for regenerative development in arid and hyper-arid climates
PLAIGARISING FAY
A theory of false consciousness which
1 demonstrates false consciousness of scarcity
2 explains how false consciousness came about by way of the Neolithic and are strengthened and maintained by capitalism
3 consciousness of abundance
B A Theory of Crisis which
4 spells out what a social crisis is
5 indicates how our society is in crisis, according to David Holmgren
6 provides a historical account of the development of this crisis
A Theory of Education which
- offers an account of the conditions necessary for enlightenment.
Awareness comes following action in bigger orders of magnitde
- shows that given the current social situation these conditions are
satisfied
A Theory of transformative action which
- isolates aspects in society (regeneration, dealing in security) which
must be altered if the social crisis is to be resolved
- details a plan of action. Dynamic not organisation
Who educates the educator? No one. We start where we are then progress the same way science does.
Empirical studies relevant to your interests –
Special issue of one of the leading journals in STS – see description here: http://sth.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/07/10/0162243915595091.full.pdf
Work by Adrian Smith (U of Sussex) on grassroots innovation which I believe he and colleagues have extended to look at makerspaces etc http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/16347
Dean Nieusma – I think he might have something – worth checking
Conceptual resources – linking innovation to big themes of democracy, inequality, freedom
Chris Hables Gray – book called Cyborg Citizen. If you can’t get hold of a copy, you can borrow mine
Andrew Feenberg – philosophically oriented work on democracy and technology