Description: The First North-South Conference on Degrowth, Mexico 2018 (Primera Conferencia Norte-Sur de Degrowth-Descrecimiento, México, 2018) will be a forum to present the latest in thought and practice of degrowth in the world and put it in dialogue with the context of the countries of the American Continent of the twenty-first century.
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Some 430 researchers, professors, students, activists, professionals, artisans, cooperative members and representatives of social movements from 38 countries met in Mexico City, as registered attendees at the Conference, to discuss the latest conceptual and empirical contributions of the movements that object to unlimited growth (degrowth-descrecimiento), usually understood as a response to the breakdown of contemporary society.
Structured mainly by thematic presentations in parallel sessions and plenary discussions, the Conference was held between 3 and 7 September at the Palacio de Medicina (Former School of Medicine) of the UNAM-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, the first four days and at the Teatro del Pueblo, the last day.