Wednesday, March 12

Location: Erich-Brost-Institute, Otto-Hahn-Str. 2, Dortmund, S1 Train Stop “Universität”

from 3.30 p.m. Arrival & Registration

4.00-5.00 p.m. Welcoming Addresses

A Climate of (De-)Civilization? – Process Sociology as a Thinking Toolbox for Understanding the Socio-Ecological Crisis
Bernd Sommer, TU Dortmund University

Opening Message
Tessa Flatten, Vice President International Affairs, TU Dortmund University

Opening Message
Adrian Jitschin, Norbert Elias Foundation

5.00-6.30 p.m. Keynote

Colonialism as European De-Civilisation: The Implications for Understanding Climate Catastrophe
Gurminder Bhambra, University of Sussex
Moderator: Marta Bucholc, University of Warsaw

from 6.30 p.m. Reception

Thursday, March 13

Location: Seminarraumgebäude I (SRG), TU Dortmund University, Friedrich-Wöhler-Weg 6, Dortmund, S1 Train Stop “Universität”, Bus (445 & 462) Stop “Meitnerweg”

9.00-10.30 a.m. Panel “Civilising / De-Civilising Processes”
Chair: Debbie Kasper, Hiram College, Ohio

Tightened lines of conflict in the socio-ecological transformation? Mentalities and social structure in (de-)civilizing processes
Martin Fritz, Jana Holz & Philip Koch, Friedrich Schiller University Jena & Dennis Eversberg, Goethe University Frankfurt

The De-Civilisation of Progress – A Contribution on the New Figuration of Time in the Climate Crisis
Thore Prien, Europa-Universität Flensburg

Sociology and Sustainability. The Example of Work and Organization
Stefanie Ernst, University of Münster & Janina Evers, FOM University of Applied Sciences

Break

11.00 a.m.-12.30 p.m. Panel “Violent Conflicts”
Chair: André Saramago, University of Coimbra

War and Environment: Ecological Crises and (De-)Civilisation in Ukraine and Gaza
Adele Bianco, D'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara

(Not) All is Fair in Love and War: Military Violence, Nature, and the concept of Ecocide in the Context of Norbert Elias' Theory of the Civilizing Process
Kerrin Langer, TU Dortmund University & Frank Reichherzer, Bundeswehr Centre of Military History and Social Sciences

The internal violence on nature in farmer-herder conflict in South-Western Nigeria
Abiodun Paul Afolabi, Adekunle Ajasin University

Lunch Break

1.30-2.30 p.m. Keynote

The Pitfalls of Transformation. On Precarious Figurations
Sighard Neckel, University of Hamburg
Moderator: Bernd Sommer, TU Dortmund University

2.30-4.00 p.m. Panel “Contested Futures”
Chair: Adrian Jitschin, Norbert Elias Foundation

Figurations of socio-ecological decline. Populist perspectives for a non-sustainable Germany. 
Fritz Reusswig, Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Sympoietic Human/Non-Human Relations in Occupied Forests: Future-making Practices on a Damaged Planet
Alissa Starodub & Sebastian Garbe, University of Applied Sciences Fulda

Ecological collapse as de-civilization? Some reflections on Norbert Elias in the polycrisis
Matthias Schmelzer, Europa-Universität Flensburg

Break

4.30-6.00 p.m. Panel “Local (De-)Civilization”
Chair: Sarah von Querfurth, TU Dortmund University

Accepting the Maelstrom? Drought and the Involvement – Detachment Continuum
Marta Gospodarczyk, University of Warsaw

Local de-civilization in a world in crisis. Changes in the Indigenous Movement in Ecuador in its struggle against Western civilization
Philipp Altmann, Central University of Ecuador

Ecosocial community work and community climate commons for collective climate action
Stefan Sjöberg, Elvi Chang & Nessica Nässén, University of Gävle

6.00-6.45 p.m. Evening Presentation 
Moderator & Translator: André Saramago, University of Coimbra

Complex Figurations – Risks, Alternatives and Proposal For Amazon Nature
Gláucio Campos Gomes de Matos, Federal University of Amazonas

7.15 p.m. Conference Dinner
(On a self-payer basis)

Friday, March 14

Location: Seminarraumgebäude I (SRG), TU Dortmund University, Friedrich-Wöhler-Weg 6, Dortmund, S1 Train Stop “Universität”, Bus (445 & 462) Stop “Meitnerweg”

9.00-11.00 a.m. Panel “Human/Non-Human Figurations”
Chair: Marta Bucholc, University of Warsaw

Civilizing violence in Human-Animal relations?
Marcel Sebastian, TU Dortmund University

Animals, Hunting, and the National Habitus: Examining Violence and Civilization in Poland
Waldek Rapior, Marta Gospodarczyk & Gabriela Jarzębowska, University of Warsaw

Can we just let the dog just die? Reflections on discourse about animal death
Jędrzej Kozak, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań

In Praise of Decay, Toward a Politics of Compost
Jessie Croteau, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore

Break

11.30 a.m-1.00 p.m. Panel “Emotions & Knowledge”
Chair: Bernd Sommer, TU Dortmund University

To Fly or Not to Fly? Investigating Flight Shame in the Polish Context
Marianna Kostecka, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań

The paradox of knowledge adequacy. The nature-nurture knowledge relationship.
Dieter Reicher, University of Graz

Social Habitus and Emotional Barriers face New Food Patterns Need. Some Evidence from the Italian Case. 
Vincenzo Marasco & Angela Perulli, University of Florence

1.00-2.00 p.m. Keynote 

The Ecological Class: A New 'Pivotal Class'?
Nikolaj Schultz, University of Copenhagen
Moderator: Debbie Kasper, Hiram College

2.00-2.30 p.m. Conference Conclusion and Farewell
Marta Bucholc (University of Warsaw), Debbie Kasper (Hiram College), André Saramago (University of Coimbra), and Bernd Sommer (TU Dortmund University)


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