Pluriverso Book Launch

​Written by: Jun.-Prof.Dr. Riccarda Flemmer
With colaboration from:
Micha Bröckling- Research Assistant
Lina Weber-Research Assitant

The Event
On 19 October 2023, we co-organised the book launch of the German edition of "Pluriverse - A Post-development Dictionary" which brought together political and academic voices from the Global South and North with musical performances and artistic video projections. This interplay between music, projections and political impulses allowed the pluriversal message to be experienced through all senses. 

The launch was embedded into Grupo Sal’s Tour Program "PLURIVERSUM- DISCOURSES FOR A JUST WORLD" which created an immersive event. The sextet with singer Fernando Dias Costa carried the audience through the event with Latin American rhythm, poetry, and playful musicality. 

The event was moderated by Alberto Acosta, former President of the Ecuadorian Constitutional Assembly, together with journalist and ex-diplomat Sandra Weiss who led through the event with the virtual presence of guest activists from all over the world.
Video-mapping projections from artist Johannes Keitel transformed the stage into a visual pluriverse. The projections included - always thematically contextualizing -  performances, portraits, videos, photos, graphics, and quotes.
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The Book 
In "PLURIVERSUM - Ein Lexikon des Guten Lebens für alle" (link to free PDF and for book orders), more than 120 authors present diverse economic, socio-political, cultural and ecological concepts, worldviews, and practices from around the world. "Post-Development" questions the prevailing Western development model and presents alternatives that protect and respect life on Earth: A Pluriverse of Many Possible Worlds, encompassing a variety of system critiques and ways of living.

This encyclopedia aims to re-politicise the ongoing debate on socio-ecological transformation by highlighting its multi-layered nature. The first English edition was published in India and has already been translated into French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, with other languages to follow. For the first time, the German edition makes this diversity of alternative lifestyles accessible to German-speaking readers as well. 

The book is an encyclopedia with short articles on key concepts. It can be used for teaching and research, to educate activists, academics and practitioners, to inspire the curious to take action - and can inspire those in power to new ideas.

This book was made possible by the commitment and unpaid collaboration of many as initiators, translators, proofreaders and proofreaders. Furthermore, thanks to a dedicated fundraising campaign to finance a large part of the production costs, this book can be distributed at a reasonable price.