International

Eighth South South Forum on Sustainability, June 15 – July 19, 2021

10/07/2021

THE POLITICS OF HOPE: PEOPLE’S RESILIENCE AND RESISTANCE IN CATASTROPHIC TIMES

Please register here: https://lingnan.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Sr5sQsN1TVK4fgd3VpD9JA

Organizers:
Centre for Cultural Research and Development, Lingnan University
Global University for Sustainability

Co-organizers:
Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives
Lingnan Gardeners
PeaceWomen Across the Globe
Earth University, Mexico
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Política Social, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santos, Brazil
ALBA Movimientos
Centre for Film Studies and Cultural Studies, Peking University
Tsinghua Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University
Institute of Rural Reconstruction of China, Southwest University
Institute of Rural Reconstruction of the Straits, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Green Ground Eco-Tech Centre (Beijing)

11 July (Sunday)
HK 20:00 – 22:00 (GMT 12:00 – 14:00)		Lecture 12 Tax Reform – A Bloodless Revolution Moderators: YAN Xiaohui (Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China) JIA Linzhou (Green Ground Eco-Tech Centre, Beijing, China) Speaker (90 mins): LU Qiyuan (World International Consulting Limited, Hong Kong, China)
12 July (Monday)
HK 22:00 – 24:00 (GMT 14:00 – 16:00)		Lecture 13 Resurgence/Re-existence: The Power and Beauty of the Sovereign People Moderators: WEI Ran (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China) KHO Tungyi (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China) Speaker (90 mins): Walter MIGNOLO (Duke University, USA/Argentina)
13 July (Tuesday)
HK 22:00 – 24:00 (GMT 14:00 – 16:00)		Lecture 14 What is it to Hope? Moderators: Ackbar ABBAS (University of California, Irvine, USA) LAU Kin Chi (Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China) Speaker (90 mins) Gayatri Chakravorty SPIVAK (Columbia University, USA)
14 July (Wednesday)
HK 20:00 – 22:00 (GMT 12:00 – 14:00)		Lecture 15 Cultural Granaries for a Liveable Kampung: Negotiation and Resilience in Indonesia Moderators: Ariel SALLEH (Nelson Mandela University, South Africa/ Australia) SIT Tsui (Southwest University, China) Speaker (90 mins): Melanie BUDIANTA (University of Indonesia, Indonesia)
15 July (Thursday)
HK 21:00 – 23:00 (GMT 13:00 – 15:00)	Lecture 16 The Politics of Hope and Love Moderators: WANG Hui (Tsinghua University, China) Ackbar ABBAS (University of California, Irvine, USA) Speaker (50 mins): Paul BOVE (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
16 July (Friday)
HK 21:00 – 23:00 (GMT 13:00 – 15:00)	Dialogue 11 Youth, Affect and Utopia Moderators: LU Aiguo (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China) SIT Tsui (Southwest University, China) Speakers (10-30 mins each): Isabel CROOK Michael CROOK Fred ENGST
17 July (Saturday)
HK 20:00 – 22:00 (GMT 12:00 – 14:00)	Lecture 17 Seeds of Hope: People’s Resilience, Resistance, Regeneration in Times of Public Health and Climate Disasters Moderators: LAU Kin Chi (Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China) Ana FELICIEN (Venezuela Institute for Scientific Research, Venezuela) Speaker (90 mins): Vandana SHIVA (NAVDANYA, India)
18 July (Sunday)
HK 20:00 – 22:00 (GMT 12:00 – 14:00)	Workshop 4: Art for the Future Moderator: SUN Bai (Renmin University of China, China)
HK 22:00 – 24:00 (GMT 14:00 – 16:00)	Dialogue 12 Buen Vivir and People’s Processes for Hope Moderator: Hernán José VARGAS PÉREZ (ALBA, Venezuela) SIT Tsui (Southwest University, China) Speakers (15-20 mins): Laura CAPOTE (Latin America Conjuncture Observatory, ALBA Movements) Javier CALDERÓN (Latin America Research Centre, Colombia) Hernán José VARGAS PÉREZ (Independent Researcher and Activist, Venezuela) Héctor BÉJAR (National University of San Marcos, Peru) Fernando HUANACUNI MAMANI (Former Foreign Minister and Scholar, Bolivia)
19 July (Monday)
HK 21:00 – 23:00 (GMT 13:00 – 15:00)	Lecture 18 The “Double Consciousness” of Capital Moderators: Michael HUDSON (Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends, USA) WEN Tiejun (Peking University, China) Speaker (90 mins): David HARVEY (City University of New York, USA)

Notes:

All sessions share the same SSFS8 registration link except 3 workshops:

https://lingnan.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Sr5sQsN1TVK4fgd3VpD9JA

PP21 Workshop (June 26), registration link is:

https://lingnan.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s5M8MnF1S3WPbOY98mAJSg

PWAG Workshops (July 2-3), registration link is:

https://lingnan.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cNEV2y6XQTKct63m9Ow6tA

All sessions will be provided with simultaneous interpretating in English, Spanish and Putonghua. Some sessions may be provided with other languages, such as Portuguese on June 28, Dialogue 8.