Module chapters for book - guidance

How does a module/chapter look like in the book?

A module is an element of a course which connects a certain topic (e.g. food production and distribution, solidarity economics, public policies, etc.) with the degrowth discurse. It should contain a critical description of the current growth/mainstream approach, the perspective of a degrowth approach (methods and/or alternatives), as well as an illustration of this with concrete examples.

The module should be focused in the theory and not in the methodology regarding a certain topic, yet you can write in a way that makes the reader dive into the concrete methodologies and experiences that were part of each course.

Along each module there will also be boxes with tips and guidance for course organisers, as well as concepts and authors from degrowth.

Guidelines for chapter and module contributors

The final text of the module should be published on the platform until June 20th 2015, in the respective module page, with a maximum number of 70.000 characters / 20 pages per module.

• publish a final version for review until June 15th
• limit the text to 70.000 characters including whitespaces
• attempt to incorporate feedback/critique from discussions with participants, not only drop the content of the presentations/speakers (benefit from the peer knowledge and experience of the group) - this should be done by reviewing contributed notes and audios
• upload nice pictures and images that pass to the module chapter (e.g. from the course, schemes, etc.) - beware of copyrights, only CC or public license images
• use the Trello board to update the status of your chapter
• select the contents you want to include in the chapter and add it to your Trello card checklist
• If you add references, use the Harvard citation style.

Guidelines for course participants

We want to add to each module chapter some direct feedback from course participants. We will ask for a short comment on the course (max 100 words) plus a picture of oneself. The best contributions will integrate the chapters.

Guidelines for designer

• separate GROWL events into kind of separate events and experiences, with their own narrative and style; different tones, different things that are described
• express the character of GROWL - each of the events are very different, as they are autonomously organized; the diversel of degrowth
• layout boxes for authors and concepts

Suggested template of content

The index shown below represents a possible listing of contents of a module. It is provided as general guidance or inspiration, but please don't feel forced to follow it - we want your own experience and criativity not to be limited by a fixed structure.

1. Introduction: 
1. Subject of the module
2. connection/relevance to degrowth
3. Aim of the module
2. content part (optional, how it was presented in the course)
1. Mainstream approach to the topic and the critique
2. Degrowth approach to the topic
3. Alternatives: Proposed methods or alternatives to address the topic within degrowth (+examples of the methods: CSA, Cooperative), Examples of the existing alternatives and their critique (what is working, what problems do they face, etc.) (chapter 4 and 5 can be put together)
3. Experience of the course, kind of personalized:
1. what was done and how (link to methodologies / best practice)
2. pictures of organisers/participants + short comment (how did I enjoy/not the course)
4. Conclusions
5. Reference list