Next date: | Rosensäle; Jena | Workshop

Democracy in the Age of Extractivism

The workshop examines the interplay between property and democracy in extractivist regimes of accumulation and the respective social orders. Among other things, it will discuss whether property, in this context, must be thought as an institution that mediates the relationships between public welfare, ethical autonomy and democratic participation.

The workshop begins on January 25 at 3:00 p.m. with an introduction by Jörg Oberthür and Hartmut Rosa. This will be followed by presentations on empirical research into extractivism in South America. At 6:30 p.m., Gianfranco Casuso, Mercator Fellow at the SFB, will deliver the keynote address. On January 26, the workshop begins at 9:30 a.m., and on this second day, the focus will be on the theoretical aspects of property in relation to the topic of this workshop. The event concludes at 11:30 a.m. with a roundtable discussion.

Registration by 4 January 2027: j.wagner@uni-jena.de