Episode #23 of “Becoming a post-growth planner: obstacles and challenges to changing roles and practices” with Dr Benedikt Schmid (University of Freiburg, Germany). In conversation with Dr Christian Lamker (University of Groningen, the Netherlands).
Talking about experience from working groups on post-growth geographies and alternative approaches to prosperity, the common good in housing and district development in Freiburg/Germany and beyond, making limits visible and navigable, the importance of adopting a critical perspective, to be courageous by engaging and questioning and the key of listening to wishes, potentials, and abilities.
You might want to read into the following works that are related to this episode:
- Schmid, B., Fricke, C., & Zengerling, C. (2024). Towards a “Freiburg Model” of Housing for the Common Good? Fostering Collaborative Housing in Urban Development. Urban Planning, 9, Article 8191, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.17645/up.8191
- Schmid, B. (2024). Urban Degrowth. In L. Eastwood & K. Heron (Eds.), De Gruyter Handbook of Degrowth (pp. 233–250). de Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110778359-017
- Lange, B., Hülz, M., Schmid, B., & Schulz, C. (Eds.). (2024). Sozial- und Kulturgeographie: Vol. 61. Wohlstandsalternativen: Regionale Positionen und räumliche Praktiken. Transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839470473
- Lange, B., Hülz, M., Schmid, B., & Schulz, C. (Eds.). (2021). Social and Cultural Geography: Vol. 49. Post-Growth Geographies: Spatial Relations of Diverse and Alternative Economies. transcript Verlag. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839457337
- Schmid, B. (2019). Degrowth and postcapitalism: Transformative geographies beyond accumulation and growth. Geography Compass, 13(11), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12470
- ARL-Themendossier Postwachstum (German):
https://www.arl-net.de/de/postwachstum
This episode is also available on YouTube (channel: @postgrowthplan).