Ivan Illich (1926-2002) came to world-wide renown in the 1970s for a series of books critical of such institutions as schools, medicine, transport, and professional services. Illich’s acute insights into the present allowed him to foresee the ecological devastation and political impotence that is now obvious. Illich’s distinctive diagnosis of the historical origins of the present came from confronting the unexamined assumptions on which contemporary societies rest. This site is not meant to popularize or promote Illich. Instead, it is a platform for participants who want to ‘think with Illich’ and discuss ideas, share references, and deepen understanding. Thinking with Illich means heeding his call to question modern certainties to discover ways of living within limits shaped by natural thresholds.
Contributors to Conspiratio include:
Attilio del Vinco, Babette Babich, Barbara Duden, Barbara Hallensleben, Bernhard Pörksen, Bill Arney, Brother John – Taizé, Carl Mitcham, Carlos Tornel, Christophe Kotanyi, David Cayley, Dean Bavington, Denis Atkinson, Diego Ferraris, Fabio Milana, Giorgio Agamben, Giovanna Morelli, Giovanni Riganelli, Gustavo Esteva, Henry Zhu, Humberto Beck, Javier Sicilia, Jean Robert, Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Joey Mokos, Jose Antonio Ullate, Joshua A. Klein, Kostas Hatzikiriakou, Lapo Chittaro, Leonardo Christopher Eck Glenewinkel, Luis Xavier López-Farjeat, Marianne Gronemeyer, Neto Leão, Nicola Labanca, Nilo Coradini de Freitas, Rebecca Gamez, Reimer Gronemeyer, Renee Uribe, Robert Kugelmann, Sajay Samuel, Samar Farage, Seonaid Abernethy, Siljia Samerski, Silke Kapp, Toby Everett, Valentina Borremans, Wolfgang Palaver
Conspiratio
An annual online and in print periodical that exemplifies ‘research by people.’ Read it online:
Number 6
Fall 2024
Number 5
Fall 2023
Number 4
Spring 2023
Number 3
Fall 2022
Printed Conspiratio
Conspiratio is designed by Isabelle Cedotti with Claudia Paranhos and Carmen Sapede, who hand craft each issue of the periodical. Issues of Conspiratio have variously benefited from the creative thought and work of artists/art collectives including: André Barone, Atelier Piratininga, De Etser Atelier, De Etser Encadernação, Ernesto Bonato, Isabelle Cedotti, João Paulo Marques, Ulysses Bôscolo, and Wagner de Santana Silva.
