In Europe and beyond we are currently facing the undermining of already insufficient policies and actions against the climate catastrophe, the massive dying out of species and the garbage crisis. This dynamic coincides with a rise of right wing politics that work on the delegitimization and defamation of climate justice advocacy alongside racist, xenophobic, anti-feminist, anti-LGBTIQ*-policies and the preservation of existing national and geopolitical inequalities.
We want to build coalitions between climate justice groups and academia to fight these developments by inventing strategies between media, activism and academia. We invite activists, academics and journalists to participate in a weekend to work on collaborative approaches and collective organizing. Participants are invited to join in one of te following workshops: Narratives and Intersections of Delegitimization: Documentation, Analysis, Response, How to make a case for climate?, and Media studies and climate catastrophe.
Date: Friday, April 12th 2024 to Sunday April 14th 2024
Place: Bochum
Detailed information and a program will be sent to participants after registration.
Please register by March 15th, 2024 at research-at-risk@gfmedienwissenschaft.de.
For questions and support with travel costs and accommodation, please contact us: research-at-risk@gfmedienwissenschaft.de.
We welcome students, (media)scholars, journalists, activists, artists and other interested people. The working languages are English and German.
Further information on background and research tracks can be found here: https://mediaclimatejustice.org/
The detailed program can be found here: https://mediaclimatejustice.org/programm/