Re-making Time: Rhythms, Justice and Sustainability Transitions

The way that time is organised, imagined and experienced shapes how we respond as societies, as communities, as individuals, to ecological and climate challenges. It structures the way we understand the nature of the problems we are facing and the solutions that might be possible. Our assumptions about time make certain choices seem inevitable and others unacceptable.

This podcast explores the many different ways in which time, timing and rhythm are shaping how we see the world and in particular, how problems of climate, nature, and ‘sustainability’ transitions are being framed.

It looks at conflicts that arise out of different time practices. It explores the consequences for different communities – both human and more than human of these practices. And examines how different communities use and (mis)use time to produce changes they want to see in the world.

The podcast also explores how activists, researchers and artists are attempting to ‘re-make’ time and developing new time tools to help us make sense of day-to-day political struggles around questions of sustainability and justice.

This podcast has been produced with the support of the British Academy Global Convening Grant "The Times of a Just Transition".