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After Progress | Symposium Series

After Progress | Symposium Series 2019 In this forthcoming symposium series, we propose to experiment, from an interdisciplinary and global perspective, with a pressing question for our troubled times: can we reimagine human and more-than-human arts of living and flourishing from the ruins of the modern idea of progress? The notion of “progress” is arguably the defining […]

Theory of Metamorphosis

13th March 2019 | 5.00-7.00 pm Margaret Macmillan Building (MMB) 220 Goldsmiths, University of London London SE14 6NW Part of the Pluralistic Variations Lecture SeriesOrganised by Dr Martin Savransky (Sociology) Theory of Metamorphosis Since Darwin, we know that every biological identity is the result of a metamorphosis: every species is only a transformation of the […]

Unit of Play

Established in 2012, The Unit of Play (UoP) is a transdisciplinary unit, based in the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. Its main activities are co-ordinating and developing a research focus within the Department through the hosting of conferences, reading groups, research projects, salons, seminars, workshops as well as supporting doctoral research. The […]