Session the Future of the World Social Forum - preparing, conducting, follow up

Wednesday, 15 July 2020: 14:15-15:45
Location: Auditorium F (Building 41)
RC10 Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management (host committee)
RC26 Sociotechnics, Sociological Practice
Language: Spanish and English
Session Type: Oral
 Since the beginning of the WSF as an alternative gathering of civil society (focused on the common good) to the WEF in Davos (focused on the neoliberal project of capitalist globalization), there was a tension between two visions on how to proceed: One advocating an "Open Space" and the other a more "organizational and movement of movements approach." This tension has not yet been resolved and the internal debate has become virulent. Thus, the WSF process which is more needed than ever, given the current crisis of democracy and the return of fascism, is nowadays being threatened not only by ideological dispute but also by polarization and personal rivalries between key historical actors. The question up for discussion in this session deals with the future of the WSF as a vital alternative to neo-liberal globalization and neofascism, in the context of the world crisis of the 21st century: dramatic climate warming, environmental devastation due to extractivism, militarism, accelerated global inequality, a vast migratory crisis and humanitarian catastrophe, crisis of democracy, growing xenophobia, racism and neo-fascism, and other matters that impinge on: planetarian survival and the construction of other possible worlds, in the era of Anthropocene?
Session Organizers:
Azril BACAL ROIJ, Uppsala University, Sweden, bazril@gmail.com
Erik LINDHULT, Sweden, erik.lindhult@mdh.se


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abs Vera: "The Future of the World Social Forum and other anti-systemic movements according to Emmanuel Wallerstein" eng; El Futuro del Foro Social Mundial y otros movimientos antisistémicos según Immanuel Wallerstein (es) Picture of Vera Vratuša Vera Vratuša 2 Vera Vratuša
Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 5:53 PM
Due to covid 19 pandemia, session will be held on line Picture of Vera Vratuša Vera Vratuša 0 Vera Vratuša
Tue, Feb 9, 2021, 6:12 PM
abs Pierre " Stimulating Visions of Wsf Open Space Process Future through an Online 'Lexicon Workshop' between Facilitators" eng "Estimulando visiones del futuro del proceso ... " es Picture of Vera Vratuša Vera Vratuša 1 Vera Vratuša
Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 12:33 PM
abs Azril, Eric "The World Social Forum as a Transnational Agency and Process? - from a perspective on transformative entrepreneurship" eng ¿El Foro Social Mundial como Agencia y Proceso Transnacional? - desde una perspectiva...es Picture of Vera Vratuša Vera Vratuša 1 Vera Vratuša
Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 12:19 PM
abs Gabriela Vega-Téllez:DIALOGUE AS A PROBLEM IN THE WSF PROCESS en EL DIÁLOGO COMO UN PROBLEMA EN EL PROCESO DEL FSM es Picture of Vera Vratuša Vera Vratuša 1 Vera Vratuša
Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 11:50 AM
abs Thomas, "Politics and the Utopian Laboratory"eng; Política y el laboratorio utópico es Picture of Vera Vratuša Vera Vratuša 3 Vera Vratuša
Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 11:48 AM
abs Chico:"Would the Wsf be a Movement or an Space?"eng; ¿Sería el FSM un Movimiento o un Espacio? es Picture of Vera Vratuša Vera Vratuša 1 Vera Vratuša
Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 11:42 AM