Oct
Wed
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6:30 PM
Coping with post-normal times: a lecture by Ziauddin Sardar
Series: Part of the 'City Leaders' series of lectures
- Event Type:
- Lectures
- Speaker(s):
- Ziauddin Sardar, Visiting Professor in the Department of Cultural Policy and Management at City University London
- Date:
- Wednesday 28 October 2009
- Time:
- 6:30 PM
- Location:
- Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre, City University London, 10 Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB
Location map University Building - Note:
- Registration 18.30-19.00, Lecture 19.00 -20.00, Refreshments 20.00-20.45
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- Places must be reserved in advance; please use the 'Reserve place(s)' link at the top of the screen.
Registration 18.30-19.00, Lecture 19.00 -20.00, Refreshments 20.00-20.45Ziauddin Sardar is a writer, broadcaster and cultural critic as well as Visiting Professor in the Department of Cultural Policy and Management at City University London. During this lecture he will highlight the characteristics of post-normal times and outline the new ways of thinking and approaches to problem solving required to survive.
Event created: Friday, August, 14, 2009
Coping With Post-Normal Times
The current economic crisis is the least of our problems. We are beset by a string of global issues including climate change, threat of pandemics, increasing competition for energy, escalating inequality and growing political and financial instability. All of these problems are interconnected and complex – none can be solved in isolation; together they threaten to take us to the edge of chaos. We find ourselves in a situation that is far from normal.
In this lecture Ziauddin Sardar will highlight the characteristics of post-normal times and argue that the immediate future will be shaped by uncertainty, ignorance and an accelerating rate of change. He will also outline the new ways of thinking and approaches to problem solving required to survive these post-normal times.
Ziauddin Sardar
Ziauddin Sardar is a writer, broadcaster and cultural critic as well as Visiting Professor in the Department of Cultural Policy and Management at City University London. He is editor of Futures, the monthly journal of policy, planning and futures studies; a Commissioner for the Equality and Human Rights Commission; and a columnist on the New Statesman.
The current economic crisis is the least of our problems. We are beset by a string of global issues including climate change, threat of pandemics, increasing competition for energy, escalating inequality and growing political and financial instability. All of these problems are interconnected and complex – none can be solved in isolation; together they threaten to take us to the edge of chaos. We find ourselves in a situation that is far from normal.
In this lecture Ziauddin Sardar will highlight the characteristics of post-normal times and argue that the immediate future will be shaped by uncertainty, ignorance and an accelerating rate of change. He will also outline the new ways of thinking and approaches to problem solving required to survive these post-normal times.
Ziauddin Sardar
Ziauddin Sardar is a writer, broadcaster and cultural critic as well as Visiting Professor in the Department of Cultural Policy and Management at City University London. He is editor of Futures, the monthly journal of policy, planning and futures studies; a Commissioner for the Equality and Human Rights Commission; and a columnist on the New Statesman.
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