Invited lecture
18th Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics and 11th International Degrowth Conference Building socially just postgrowth futures – linking theory and action 24–27 June 2025, Oslo (Norway) Visit conference website If your idea of the good is at odds with the way you live, then consider changing the way you live. And if the way you want to live is at odds with the structures of your community, then consider finding, or creating, more congenial social structures. This train of thought and action is at least as old as any languages that can express it, as evidenced by…
Abstract That we try to persuade each other of what we believe to be true and good is a commonplace and often beneficial part of social life. More so, some situations are inherently about and for persuasion. When we attend a lecture or read a newspaper comment, we at least accept the risk of having our minds changed, and we often want just that, in that we want to learn something. The same applies to guided heritage tours. Still, heritage interpreters, like teachers or journalists, find themselves in a position of special trust and hence special responsibility. If they use…