So a fetish is a god we create and then forget that we created and get down to serious worshipping of. There's a rather good Doctor Who story from 1976, that was going to be called "The Day God Went Mad" but ended up being called "The Face of Evil" that outlines this with added... Continue Reading →
Video: The Greening of Industry/Eco-innovation
More or less the script I burble. Stuff in square brackets didn't get said or referenced, because the damn thing was already 5 and a half minutes... The whole field of “green innovation” is a Rorschach test. We see in the blobs what we want and need to see. Capitalism mutating into something ecologically friendly,... Continue Reading →
Trolling Esso for the shits and giggles.
Oil companies. Doncha just love them? And they spend a lot of time trying to shape the public debate, shape the public mind. BP isn't doing arts sponsorship because they're a charity you know. Shell have been brilliant at their advertising for decades (see this post and this post). Esso (aka Exxon) have some new... Continue Reading →
Proposed script for video on “the Greening of Industry”
The whole field of “green innovation” is a Rorschach test. We see in the blobs what we want and need to see. Capitalism mutating into something ecologically friendly, capitalism wrecking the planet. The system working, the system shirking… This video throws out questions raised by the idea of “eco-innovation.” It also gives a quick overview... Continue Reading →
Video: Issue lifecycles, a not-even-beginner’s guide
First, a public health warning. I am not yet clear enough on the distinction(s) between issue attention cycles and issue lifecycles to make this video. I’m doing it, therefore, to get Shot. Down. In. Flames. Then, if I survive the crash, I will make a – better- sequel. How’s that for dialectic and iterative? Issue... Continue Reading →
Proposed script for video on Issue Lifecycles Literature
Comments please on this draft script for a video on Issue Lifecycles Literature (see here for the Issue Attention Cycles one) You can also email me at marcmywords@gmail.com First, a public health warning. I am not yet clear enough on the distinction(s) between issue attention cycles and issue lifecycles to make this video. I’m... Continue Reading →
Video: Issue Attention Cycle beginner’s guide
So, a very crude (but not rude) video about the Issue Attention Cycle. Done more for my own benefit - to nail a couple of things and get back into the video-making habit. I've gotten rusty... Comments welcome, of course... Script: This guy is Ibn Khaldun. He was an historian in the 14th century. He... Continue Reading →
Inclusive Innovation, eco-innovation and so on… #isaforum2016
The finish line was in sight. The fifth and final day of the International Sociological Association Forum climaxed with a very good party. But before that, there were four sessions and a closing plenary. The first session I went to was on “Inclusive Innovation for Inclusive Growth”. Before I say anything about that, this; you... Continue Reading →
Passive Revolution and the imperial way of living + digital repression etc, #isa47 #isaforum2016
After lunch on Tues 13th I ended up – after being approached by someone who had been at the last session who wanted to recommend “Bury the Chains: The British Struggle to Abolish Slavery,” - at the second half (i.e. 180 degrees) of a roundtable on “Emerging Research in Environmental Sociology (Part 2)." Of particular... Continue Reading →
Of thinktanks and social movement failure… #isaforum2016
The third day of the International Sociological Association Forum and another jam-packed programme. So jam-packed, in fact, that this blog post covers the morning sessions, with a sequel (the deaths are always more elaborate, the body count higher) to follow. The first session I went to, on Global Think Tanks, was strictly kept to time... Continue Reading →
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