Programme: International Workshop on the Commons and Political Theory, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 13-15 September (original) (raw)

'Heteropolitics' is a project funded by ERC (P.I. Dr Alexandros Kioupkiolis) in contemporary political theory which purports to contribute to the renewal of political thought on the ‘common’ (communities and the commons) and the political in tandem. The common implies a variable interaction between differences which communicate and collaborate in and through their differences, converging partially on practices and particular pursuits. The political pertains to processes through which plural communities manage themselves in ways which enable mutual challenges, deliberation, decision-making, and creative agency. My post in Heteropolitics is that of Post-doctoral Fellow,, responsible for conducting ethnography with self-organised communities and their commoning practices in Greece. From 13 to 15 September 2017, we are organizing the first international workshop of the project in Thessaloniki.