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Challenging what is normal and the value of order.

From the Global North to the Global South.

An analysis of polarization: “To be aware of the abyss of polarization is already to be forewarned and forearmed.”

“Does humanity still have a chance?” I asked here on January 31, 2023 and at the end of the article I referred to the book “Pluriversum – A Lexicon of the

In the dominant cultural imaginary of growth societies, this figure of the growth subject is powerfully gendered: it is coded as masculine.

Part 1: Global Polycrisis is the New Normal

The use of the term ‘polycrisis’ has grown exponentially and it became a buzzword in 2023, reflecting its increasing relevance in describing today’s situation.

Kothari, A. et al, (2019) introduces the idea of the Pluriverse that encompasses a number of transformative initiatives and community realities

Power relations that were shaped by colonial powers still mark international cooperation. This has been criticised again and again, but only to little effect. For matters to improve, institutions must not only reckon with the past, but mainstream such reckoning in their operations.