The Temporal Imagination

In this episode, Keri and Michel are talking with historian of architecture Daniel Barber and Political Scientist and speculative world creator Johannes Stripple about the different ways we imagine a low-carbon future after fossil fuels, in particular, how we reimagine the relationships we have with the built environment.  Hosts and Guests Keri Facer (Professor of Educational and Social...

Keri and Michel talk about temporal violence, temporal politics and temporal resistance with three scholars working in land rights, transition disputes and disability rights in the UK, Colombia and South Africa.  Hosts and Guests Keri Facer (Professor of Educational and Social Futures, University of Bristol, UK) Michel Alhadeff-Jones (Executive Director, Sunkhronos Institute, Switzerland) Ali...

Michel and Keri explore the theme of food sovereignty and time with guests Sidney Muhangi and Daniela De Fex-Wolf who share their insights from Colombia and South Africa. Hosts and Guests Michel Alhadeff-Jones (Executive Director, Sunkhronos Institute, Switzerland) Keri Facer (Professor of Educational and Social Futures, University of Bristol, UK) Sidney Muhangi (Early Career Researcher and postdo...

Keri and Michel talk to artist-scholars, the poet Rukmini Nair and the photographer Nomusa Makhubu about the relationship between time, art and coloniality. Hosts and Guests Keri Facer (Professor of Educational and Social Futures, University of Bristol, UK) Michel Alhadeff-Jones (Executive Director, Sunkhronos Institute, Switzerland) Rukmini Nair (Honorary Professor of Linguistics and English, Ind...

Keri and Michel talk about Indigenous temporalities and the case for ‘Time Back’ with scholars Frida Buhre, Catherine Dussault and Matthew Scobie.  Hosts and Guests Keri Facer (Professor of Educational and Social Futures, University of Bristol, UK) Michel Alhadeff-Jones (Executive Director, Sunkhronos Institute, Switzerland) Frida Buhre (is Sami and Swedish, Assistant Professor in Literature...

Michel and Keri talk about the reorganisation of everyday rhythms of the city with urban scholar Zarina Patel and legal scholar Bronwen Morgan, touching on their work in Cape Town and Sydney.  Hosts and Guests Michel Alhadeff-Jones (Executive Director, Sunkhronos Institute, Switzerland) Keri Facer (Professor of Educational and Social Futures, University of Bristol, UK) Bronwen Morgan (Profess...

In this episode, Keri and Michel explore the role of time in conflicts over water and rivers in Goa, the Netherlands and the UK with political scientist Peter De Souza, artist-researcher Harriet Hand and scholar-activist Miriam Jensen.   Hosts and Guests Keri Facer (Professor of Educational and Social Futures, University of Bristol, UK) Michel Alhadeff-Jones (Executive Director, Sunkhron...

In this episode, Michel and Keri discuss with Nomi Claire Lazar and Andy Hom, two leading scholars in political science, the relations between our experience of time, identity, political beliefs and extremism. Hosts and Guests • Michel Alhadeff-Jones (Executive Director, Sunkhronos Institute, Switzerland) • Keri Facer (Professor of Educational and Social Futures, University of Bristol, UK) • Nomi...

In this episode, Michelle Bastian, a leading scholar in the field of critical time studies, reflects with Michel and Keri on how timekeeping plays a critical role in the way we think and act in relation to environmental issues. Hosts and Guests • Michel Alhadeff-Jones (Executive Director, Sunkhronos Institute, Switzerland) • Keri Facer (Professor of Educational and Social Futures, University of Br...

In this episode, Arturo Escobar - the grandfather of modern critiques of development theory and originator of the idea of pluriversal design - talks with Keri and Michel about the danger of allowing one time story to dominate, about his own relationship with time, what it means to face death and endings, and his new work exploring pluriversal temporalities in Cali, Colombia.  Hosts and G...

In this episode, Michel and Keri introduce The Temporal Imagination podcast and explore how ‘temporal imagination’ and ‘rhythmic intelligence’ offer new ways of making sense of the world. Hosts and Guests Keri Facer (Professor of Educational and Social Futures, University of Bristol, UK) Michel Alhadeff-Jones (Executive Director, Sunkhronos Institute, Switzerland) Summary In this episode, Michel a...