CfC Symposium 2020 – Generation C
https://www.generationc.xyz
We are hosting a five-day virtual symposium, open to all, during the week of June 15th-19th. New content will be posted each day.
The core of the week-long event is a series of essays and discussions organized around seven themes we are calling ‘Compasses’.
Crisis & Capacity
Culture & Constructs
Collapse & (re)Construct
Chaos & Control
Contact & Constraints
Commons & Capital
Compasses & Calibrations
The title—Generation C—is meant to evoke the generational changes needed to address capitalism, climate, community, and complexity among many other challenges. We’ve adapted the term from Ed Yong’s incisive reporting. He used it to name the children now being born who will live in a society profoundly altered by COVID-19 and the choices made in response.
We have assembled a group of thinkers and makers to offer their insight on a series of current and critical topics. We hope that you will find their work thought-provoking and that you will be inspired to add your wisdom to the combined insight of an engaged community thinking together.
We began our planning during a moment of disruption in public health. We make this invitation during a moment when American society has erupted in protest, confronting the racist legacies and present that shape the systems we study. The protests began as a result of police violence but are undeniably connected to the inequitable response to COVID-19 and the wider injustices that persist in our society.
This is a time for many kinds of action. This symposium is a platform to share ideas about the critical work of charting pathways forward. If you wish to think deeply with us, we welcome you to the Center for Complexity 2020 Symposium.
