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5 de jun. de 2024 · In this article, I explore Illich’s potential contributions to modern public health through one of his seminal works, Tools for Conviviality. I frame Illich as a valuable conversational partner for public health professionals at a crucial moment in the field’s history.
26 de may. de 2024 · Synthetic biology tools which do not have such impacts on living organisms may exist, but the dependence on experts and centralised equipment will likely remain, ruling out conviviality. To find convivial biological tools, we argue that one must take a step outside of the frame of synthetic biology, to biotechnology and more ...
Hace 6 días · As Aldis Petriceks notes, in a recent issue of the American Journal of Public Health, Medical Nemesis continues themes introduced by Illich in an earlier book, Tools for Conviviality (1973). What does it do to a society when the very definition of health and illness comes to be monopolized by a particular group?
11 de jun. de 2024 · In 1973, Illich wrote a book called Tools for Conviviality. I initially thought of my newsletter’s title as a sort of homage to Illich’s work, and then also to Jacques Ellul’s The Technological Society. Both thinkers have been very important to me.
Hace 2 días · Illich argues in Tools for Conviviality that technological growth can reach a point whereby it becomes incompatible with planetary sustainability. He points out the threats of excessive growth, including biological degradation, radical monopoly, polarisation, and obsolescence.
28 de may. de 2024 · Its closing vignettes explore ‘tools for conviviality’ with images of lost and found brotherhood and a spontaneous online ceremony of eating together in China. The paintings of Morris Nitsun bring us to an ultimate agency for change generated by small groups—the shifting mood-scape of their dynamic life.
Hace 2 días · 92 likes, 3 comments - kowberlin on June 18, 2024: "OPENING: “TOOLS FOR CONVIVIALITY” AM SCHWARZENBERGPLATZ 20.06 — 19.07 CAMERON CLAYBORN, CLEGG & GUTTMANN, ANNA EHRENSTEIN, HEINZ FRANK, ...
