Draft:Matt Hern

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Matt Hern
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
OccupationWriter, scholar, activist, community organizer
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSolidarity Economics, Urban Studies, Alternative Education
Notable works"Global Warming and the Sweetness of Life", "On this Patch of Grass", "What a City is For"
Website
matthern.ca

Matt Hern is a community organizer,[1] public intellectual, writer,[2] and activist[3][4] based on unceded and occupied xʷməθkʷəy̓əm territory/Richmond British Columbia.[5] Hern is known for his work in solidarity economics, radical urbanism, community development, social ecology, and alternative forms of education.[1][6][7] He has founded a wide range of community projects, initiatives and institutions.[8][9][10] He is currently the co-founder and co-director of Solid State Community Industries which is building a network of workers' co-operatives with newcomer and racialized communities. [11][12] His writing has been published into seventeen languages.[13]

Early life and education[edit]

Hern was born in Victoria and grew up in rural British Columbia. After attending Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, he worked in journalism in New York City before moving to East Vancouver working as a sportswriter for a number of years. Hern was a student at the Institute for Social Ecology in Plainfield, Vermont where he completed an MA working closely with Murray Bookchin, and shortly after became a faculty member. Hern holds a PhD in Urban Studies from the Union Institute and University.

Career[edit]

Hern is well known for his books, articles and lectures, and he speaks widely in various forums and media.[14][15][16][17][18] His 2016 book What a City is For (MIT Press) interrogates and charts the ongoing aggressive dispersal of Portland’s Black community in the context of perhaps North America’s most liberal city.[19][20] In 2018 Hern published Global Warming and the Sweetness of Life: In Search of an Ecological Future (MIT Press, 2018). The book is co-authored with Am Johal and features cartoons and drawings by Joe Sacco. The book charts multiple trips through the tar sands of northern Alberta and affected Indigenous communities.[21][22][23] His 2019 title On this Patch of Grass: City Parks on Occupied Land was co-authored with Selena, Sadie and Daisy Couture and includes contributions from Glen Coulthard, Denise Ferreira da Silva and Erick Villagomez.[24][25]

Hern has two books released in 2024: Outside the Outside: The New Politics of Suburbs (Verso) and O My Friends, There Is No Friend (transcript) - written with Am Johal.[26]

Hern has published seven earlier books, including: One Game at a Time (AK Press, 2014) which is a radical critique and defense of sports,[27][28][29] Common Ground in a Liquid City: Essays in Defense of an Urban Future (AK Press, 2009) which explores participatory urbanism in the context of his home city,[30] [31] Field Day (New Star, 2003), and Watch Yourself (New Star, 2007). He has also edited three collections including: Stay Solid: A Radical Handbook for Youth (AK Press, 2013), Everywhere All The Time (AK Press, 2008), and Deschooling Our Lives (New Star, 1996).[32]

Community organizing[edit]

Running parallel to his scholarship and writing, Hern has a long history of founding and directing community institutions. These include alternative community schools, youth centres, youth exchanges and a solidarity-economy incubator.[33][34][35] Currently Hern is co-directing a project he co-founded in 2017: Solid State Community Industries, a co-op of solidarity economy co-ops built by and with newcomer and racialized migrant communities.[36] The project derives inspiration from co-operative and autonomist movements, and is building a network of workers co-operatives and enterprises.[37]

Hern has also founded a number of other community projects and initiatives, the best-known of which is Car-Free Day Vancouver.[38][39] He founded it in 2005, shepherded its growth to four major Vancouver neighbourhoods and an annual event that draws 400,000 people annually to call for an ecological city.[40]

In 2021, Solid State Industries was featured in an episode of the CTV reality series Holmes Family Effect.[41]

Personal[edit]

Hern lives on a houseboat on the Fraser River with his partner and family.

Selected publications[edit]

Books[edit]

  • Deschooling Our Lives, New Society Publishers, 1996. (Editor).[42]
  • Field Day: Getting Society Out of School, New Star Books, 2003.[43]
  • Watch Yourself: Why Safer Isn't Always Better, New Star Books, 2007.[44]
  • Everywhere All the Time: A New Deschooling Reader, AK Press, 2008. (Editor).[45]
  • Common Ground in a Liquid City: Essays in Defense of an Urban Future, AK Press, 2009.[46]
  • Stay Solid: A Radical Handbook for Youth. AK Press, 2012. (Editor).[47]
  • One Game at a Time: Why Sports Matter, AK Press, 2013.[48]
  • What a City is For: Remaking the Politics of Displacement, MIT Press, 2016[49]
  • Global Warming and the Sweetness of Life: A Tar Sands Tale, MIT Press 2018[50]
  • On this Patch of Grass: City Parks on Occupied Land, Fernwood Press, 2019[51]
  • Big Moves: Global Agendas, Local Aspirations, and Urban Mobility in Canada, McGill-Queen's, 2020[52]
  • Outside the Outside: The New Politics of Suburbs, Verso, 2024[53]
  • O My Friends, There Is No Friend, transcript, 2024[54]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Citizen Hern". Vancouver Magazine. 2008-03-02. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  2. ^ "City announces shortlist for Vancouver Book Award". The Globe and Mail. 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  3. ^ Lee, Jeff (22 Sep 2009). "Social activists fear homeless bill an Olympic push to clean streets". The Vancouver Sun.
  4. ^ "Home-grown Olympic resistance for the whole family". The Globe and Mail. 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  5. ^ "Transatlantic extends a warm welcome to Matt Hern!". Transatlantic Agency. 2024-01-31. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  6. ^ Smith, Charlie (August 26, 2017). "East Vancouver scholar Matt Hern highlights bigger issues underlying gentrification". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  7. ^ Lakes, Richard D. (2002). "Casual Apprenticeship: The Vocational Pedagogy of Deschooling". Journal of Thought. 37 (3): 53–63. JSTOR 42589712 – via JSTOR.
  8. ^ "Citizen Hern". Vancouver Magazine. 2008-03-02. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  9. ^ "The problem with Vancouver's Car Free Day is your car". Vancouver Is Awesome. 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  10. ^ Collins, John (2014-06-27). Common Notions: Handbook Not Required Trailer. Retrieved 2024-03-31 – via Vimeo.
  11. ^ "We are Co-ops : Meet Solid State Community Industries!". BC Coop Association. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  12. ^ Heritage, Canadian (2024-01-16). "The Government of Canada announces funding for Black Communities in British Columbia". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  13. ^ "Ep. 7 | Matt Hern: Supporting Community Development through Worker Co-operatives". www.sfu.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  14. ^ "Transatlantic extends a warm welcome to Matt Hern!". Transatlantic Agency. 2024-01-31. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  15. ^ Feb 27, Jessica DeWitt; Read, 2019 4 Min. ""Pacifying the unruly city"". briarpatchmagazine.com. Retrieved 2024-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Karas, Katie. "MATT HERN'S LECTURES". City Paper Philadelphia. ProQuest 362619524.
  17. ^ "Turning education on its ear: CANADIAN VOICES: Kootenay Co-Op Radio brings in alternative education speaker Matt Hern". Nelson Daily News. 17 February 2006. ProQuest 357502671.
  18. ^ "Podcast: "Vancouver: The Best Place on Earth?"". The Vancouver Sun.
  19. ^ Gonick, Sophie (2017). "Review: Matt Hern, What a City Is For: Remaking the Politics of Displacement, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2016" (PDF). Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography: 1–6 – via Wiley.
  20. ^ Campbell, Charles (17 January 2017). "'What a City Is For': How We Can Find Our Way Home. In his new book, East Van writer Matt Hern looks at new and old ways of thinking about land ownership". The Tyee.
  21. ^ Harris, Keith (2020), Melis, Alessandro; Lara-Hernandez, Jose Antonio; Thompson, James (eds.), "Ongoing Appropriation: Invisible Seattle and Red May", Temporary Appropriation in Cities: Human Spatialisation in Public Spaces and Community Resilience, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 79–93, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-32120-8_5, ISBN 978-3-030-32120-8, retrieved 2024-03-31
  22. ^ Chua, June (2018-08-06). "A tar sands travelogue blends comic book art with investigative stories". rabble.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  23. ^ "B.C. authors Am Johal, Matt Hern, Elizabeth Woodworth, and Peter Carter pioneer new responses to climate crisis". The Georgia Straight. 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  24. ^ Feb 27, Jessica DeWitt; Read, 2019 4 Min. ""Pacifying the unruly city"". briarpatchmagazine.com. Retrieved 2024-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  25. ^ Sandborn, Tom (5 July 2019). "Book review: On This Patch of Grass digs deep into understanding urban green spaces". The Vancouver Sun.
  26. ^ "Matt Hern & Am Johal: O My Friends, There is No Friend". BiblioEvents. 2024-03-13. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  27. ^ Majavu, Mandisi (29 Mar 2016). "Book Review, One game at a time: Why sports matter". Sport in Society. 19 (7): 1105–1106. doi:10.1080/17430437.2016.1165422.
  28. ^ "‎Changing On The Fly: Matt Hern and the Creative Beauty of Hockey on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  29. ^ Jan 6, Ashley Fortier; Read, 2014 3 Min. "One game at a time: why sports matter". briarpatchmagazine.com. Retrieved 2024-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  30. ^ Prey, Robert (2010). "Review of "Common Ground in a Liquid City: Essays in Defense of an Urban Future" (Matt Hern)". West Coast Line. 44 (3): 67.
  31. ^ Kohn, Karen (2010). "Book Review: Common ground in a liquid city: essays in defense of an urban future". Counterpoise. 14 (3/4): 50–51. ProQuest 880565083 – via ProQuest.
  32. ^ Ostrowski, Marcia (1997). "Review: Deschooling Our Lives" (PDF). Electronic Green Journal. 1 (7). doi:10.5070/G31710291 – via California Digital Library.
  33. ^ Wainwright, Joel (2015). "Book Review Symposium: Geoff Mann'sDisassembly Required: A Field Guide to Actually Existing Capitalism(2013, Oakland: AK press):Introduction". Capitalism Nature Socialism. 26 (2): 107–131. doi:10.1080/10455752.2015.1030436 – via Taylor & Francis Online.
  34. ^ undercommoning (2015-01-20). "The Purple Thistle Centre (Vancouver)". Undercommoning. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  35. ^ "Urban realities meet grassroots community activism". The Globe and Mail. 2010-11-12. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  36. ^ Reduction, Social Development and Poverty (2023-03-31). "New co-ops will open doors to income and protections for racialized communities | BC Gov News". news.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  37. ^ "Ep. 7 | Matt Hern: Supporting Community Development through Worker Co-operatives". www.sfu.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  38. ^ "Car-free days in Vancouver fuelled by imaginative rebels with a cause". The Georgia Straight. 2017-06-14. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  39. ^ Burrows, Matthew (11 March 2009). "City of Vancouver shouldn't drive car-free days: founder". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  40. ^ Moore, Joseph (2016). "Car Free Day! Urban Homemaking, Projects and the Neighbourhood Politics of Home." in Sociology of Home: Belonging, Community, and Place in the Canadian Context. Canadian Scholar's Press. pp. 187–202.
  41. ^ "'Holmes Family Effect' transforms Surrey, B.C. Workspace for Solid State youth empowerment co-op". 16 February 2021.
  42. ^ Hern, Matt (1996). Deschooling Our Lives. New Society Publishers. ISBN 978-0-86571-342-0.
  43. ^ "Field Day | Matt Hern | Non-Fiction | Books | New Star Books Publisher, Vancouver British Columbia Canada, Newstarbooks, catalogue". www.newstarbooks.com. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  44. ^ "Watch Yourself". www.akpress.org. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  45. ^ "Everywhere All the Time". www.akpress.org. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  46. ^ "Common Ground in a Liquid City". www.akpress.org. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  47. ^ "Stay Solid!". www.akpress.org. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  48. ^ "One Game at a Time". www.akpress.org. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  49. ^ "What a City Is For". MIT Press. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  50. ^ "Global Warming and the Sweetness of Life". MIT Press. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  51. ^ "On This Patch of Grass: City Parks on Occupied Land". fernwoodpublishing.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  52. ^ "Big Moves | McGill-Queen's University Press". www.mqup.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  53. ^ "Outside the Outside". Verso. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  54. ^ "O My Friends, There is No Friend". transcript publishing. Retrieved 2024-03-19.



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