Aaron Vansintjan is the Author of 'The Future is Degrowth' & Co-Editor of Uneven Earth. Aaron completed his PhD Candidate in the Department of Film, Media, and Cultural Studies at Birkbeck, University of London. He studies gentrification in Montreal and Hanoi. His PhD research draws on the fields of urban geography, comparative urbanism, political ecology, ecological economics, and food studies.  

Timestamps 

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0:00 - Teaser

0:41 - Who is Aaron and his pathway from Philosophy 

8:41 - What Degrowth Isn’t 

17:06 - The History of Growth 

25:11 - Fragmentation, isolation & the consequent impacts on communal care 

32:44 - Is capitalism to blame for ecological, economical, social and spiritual damage? 

39:30 - How can Degrowth be implemented in practice? 

45:43 -  CRITIQUE OF DEGROWTH 1 - Matt Huber’s Class Critique of Degrowth - Aaron’s Rebuttal 

55:02 - More Degowth Policies to appeal to the ecologically minded and the working class 

1:06:20 -  CRITIQUE OF DEGROWTH 2  - Ought we be A-Growth rather than Degrowth? - Aaron’s Rebuttal 

1:17:47 - What is Aaron’s Utopia (as a critic and sci-fi writer)  

Credits 

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Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X