Join the upcoming lunch seminar of the ASI Research Cluster: Arctic Change titled "Unsettlin g hopes – sustainability and the politics of future-making". This l ecture features Marjo Lindroth and Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen, both fro m the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland.
In committin g to certain hopes today, the humanity charts ways forward to a more liveable world. These ambitions are captured in the global Sustainabl e Development Goals (SDGs). While the Goals and the attendant actions have been in the political limelight, less attention has been paid t o the power of the hopes embedded in them. This chapter interrogates the inequalities and hegemonies in the hopes inscribed in the SDGs � � facets of political power that have gone unacknowledged. By drawing on scholarship on hope and the notion of politics of hope, we examin e the struggles between different futurities in the SDGs. Whose hopes , and thus futures, do the SDGs serve?
In order to bring to light the hierarchy of hopes in sustainability politics, the chapt er delves into the ongoing debates on the use of land and natural res ources in northern Finland, Sweden and Norway. The Indigenous peoples of the region, the Sámi, have expressed hopes that strongly diverge from those etched in the SDGs. The examples presented underline how sustainability politics is replete with hopes deriving from dominant Western visions. Decolonising SDGs requires the unsettling of the fou ndations on which our sustainability hopes have been built.
Thi s seminar contributes to the seminar series of the EU-funded Jean Mon net Module project .
The lunch seminar will take place in the NU-02B01 meeti ng room at the New University Building of VU Amsterdam. You don't nee d to register, it's a free open-door event! Lunch will be provided up on arrival.
For questions, please contact the Cluster Coordinat ors or .
DESCRIPTION: In committing to certain hopes today, the humanity charts ways forward to a more liveable world. These ambitions are captured in the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While the Goals a nd the attendant actions have been in the political limelight, less a ttention has been paid to the power of the hopes embedded in them. Th is chapter interrogates the inequalities and hegemonies in the hopes inscribed in the SDGs – facets of political power that have gone un acknowledged. By drawing on scholarship on hope and the notion of pol itics of hope, we examine the struggles between different futurities in the SDGs. Whose hopes, and thus futures, do the SDGs serve? In order to bring to light the hierarchy of hopes in sustainability p olitics, the chapter delves into the ongoing debates on the use of la nd and natural resources in northern Finland, Sweden and Norway. The Indigenous peoples of the region, the Sámi, have expressed hopes tha t strongly diverge from those etched in the SDGs. The examples presen ted underline how sustainability politics is replete with hopes deriv ing from dominant Western visions. Decolonising SDGs requires the uns ettling of the foundations on which our sustainability hopes have bee n built. This seminar contributes to the seminar series of the EU-fun ded Jean Monnet Module project . The lunch seminar will take place in the NU-02B01 meeting room at the New University Building of VU Amsterdam. You don 't need to register, it's a free open-door event! Lunch will be provi ded upon arrival. For questions, please contact the Cluster Coordinat ors or . Join the upcoming lu nch seminar of the ASI Research Cluster: Arctic Change titled "Unsett ling hopes – sustainability and the politics of future-making". Thi s lecture features Marjo Lindroth and Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen, both from the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR