Enough: Reading notes from media studies

Abstract

First paragraph: In 2023, the NECS Sustainable Media Workgroup initiated a reading group on the topic of ‘degrowth’. We took a piece by Judith Keilbach and Michał Pabiś-Orzeszyna (2021) in this journal as a starting point, where questions of overproduction, sufficiency, and justice emerge as part of a call for an ecocritical reorientation of media studies. This annotated bibliography continues that discussion in response to this issue’s invitation to think with the concept of #Enough. Co-created by reading group members and intrigued scholars, it captures a moment in our collective thinking and engagement with a complex area of scholarship and public discourse. It does not claim to be a comprehensive or systematic review of literature. Instead each of us brought to the discussion themes and sources we can see from our plural standpoints. This is a map of our multiple views, which allowed us to share sources and critical discussions through the series of conversations that have led to this piece.