[Chapter_Fourteen] Fwd: Diversity in Transition (master's thesis)

[Rachel A. Buddeberg]

If you haven't seen this yet, you might want to check out the thesis referenced below.  I read it today and it's pretty interesting & sobering (and fairly easy to read for something coming out of academia...). Although i find the recommendations a bit thin (i didn't quite get the head/heart/hand stuff... it seems a bit nebulous to me... Table 1 might be a bit helpful here [45]). 

To me, the key finding it the unacknowledged power and privilege that is floating around in the Transition movement (as described by Cohen).  I also found her critique of the open source technology eye-opening (44).  It might perpetuate the hidden power... 

rachel

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Bud 
> Date: November 1, 2010 9:38:50 AM PDT
> To: transitionSF <transitionsf at googlegroups.com>
> Subject: {TransitionSF} Diversity in Transition - new research
> 
> "Transition should perhaps not be seeking to include others but should
> be seeking to be included by them.”
> 
> There's now a Master's dissertation on diversity in the Transition
> movement:
> - http://transitionculture.org/2010/11/01/new-research-explores-inclusion-and-diversity-in-the-transition-movement/
> 
> Key quote: "The experiences of at least two national US organisations
> suggest it is crucial for Transition to address social justice and
> equity, given its similarities with the mainstream environmental
> movement. If it does not, it may inadvertently favour the needs of the
> relatively privileged and powerful in society."
> 

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