Abstract
An illustrated Glossary for the Pluriverse aims for greater participation in co-creating Pluriversal worlds that resist injustices and promote well-being and living in harmony with nature. A-Z entries will capture different stances and ideas as “thinking tools”-- such as the scientific “Anthropocene” and the post-structural “Anti-Politics Machine” to “Diffuse Design”; “Commoning” and “Pachamama” as existing pathways; the “Networked Society” representing our globally internet connected world; the “Pluriverse” itself; “Theory U” as one pathway; “Zoonotic disease” as a challenge. These terms reflect different epistemological and ontological stances; they arise in thought-provoking and dense academic works, post-development dictionaries, and social movement manifestos. Some are transdisciplinary, solution-seeking approaches. Many capture viewpoints of post- structuralist and post-colonial scholars (esp. from the Global South) who have been challenging hegemonic ideas of “Development” (even the optimistic UN “SDGs”). To start, this new glossary will offer short, accessible paragraphs in everyday English with illustrations such as diagrams (Panarchy cycle) and scenes of nightmarish landscapes (petrochemical complexes of southern Louisiana), as well as Pluriversal realities.
Keywords
Pluriverse, post-structural, transdisciplinary, Coffee Time
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/pluriversal.2020.201
Citation
Murphy, L.(2020) A Glossary for the Pluriverse, in Leitão, R., Noel, L. and Murphy, L. (eds.), Pivot 2020: Designing a World of Many Centers - DRS Pluriversal Design SIG Conference, 4 June, held online. https://doi.org/10.21606/pluriversal.2020.201
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A Glossary for the Pluriverse
An illustrated Glossary for the Pluriverse aims for greater participation in co-creating Pluriversal worlds that resist injustices and promote well-being and living in harmony with nature. A-Z entries will capture different stances and ideas as “thinking tools”-- such as the scientific “Anthropocene” and the post-structural “Anti-Politics Machine” to “Diffuse Design”; “Commoning” and “Pachamama” as existing pathways; the “Networked Society” representing our globally internet connected world; the “Pluriverse” itself; “Theory U” as one pathway; “Zoonotic disease” as a challenge. These terms reflect different epistemological and ontological stances; they arise in thought-provoking and dense academic works, post-development dictionaries, and social movement manifestos. Some are transdisciplinary, solution-seeking approaches. Many capture viewpoints of post- structuralist and post-colonial scholars (esp. from the Global South) who have been challenging hegemonic ideas of “Development” (even the optimistic UN “SDGs”). To start, this new glossary will offer short, accessible paragraphs in everyday English with illustrations such as diagrams (Panarchy cycle) and scenes of nightmarish landscapes (petrochemical complexes of southern Louisiana), as well as Pluriversal realities.