Month: November 2015
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Mindful and conscious living emerges as an imperative with the dawn of the Anthropocene.
The writer, Philip Pullman (2008) has observed that environmentalists – essentially – tell a story about ‘us’ and ‘themselves’ and about our place in the universe (e.g. Thomas Berry: the new cosmic story) In this sense, environmentalism has something in common with the function of religion. Questions are posed: why are we here? What is […]
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Semiocapital puts neuro-psychic energies to work….
‘And the multitude cried: “Bio-rhythms….Not Algorithms”‘ (Doran, 2015) A word from Bifo “Semiocapital puts neuro-psychic energies to work, submitting them to mechanistic speed, compelling cognitive activity to follow the rhythm of networked productivity. As a result, the emotional sphere linked with cognition is stressed to its limit. Cyberspace overloads cybertime, because cyberspace is an unbounded […]
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Wellbeing and Mindfulness Operate in the Key of Neoliberalism
Those who introduce mindfulness into corporate, university and public sector settings have a growing responsibility to engage with the biopolitics of our neoliberalized institutions. It is not sufficient to present disembedded tools for ‘wellbeing’ to a located, context-specific client [subject] for she is already embedded within a complex of targeted disciplines and power complexes, notably […]
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Towards a Zero Waste – Circular Economy Strategy for the Derry-Strabane City Region
‘Countdown to Zero Waste Conference’ Hears Challenge to Transform the North West Economy (Creating an Intelligent Economy – How the North West Can Lead the Way on Zero Waste and A Circular Economy) Addressing a European Conference on Zero Waste in Derry on Monday, Dr Peter Doran, set out a series of steps […]
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