"Insurgent #Aesthetics: Security and the Queer Life of the Forever War" (Duke University Press, 2019) — By Ronak K Kapadia

https://www.dukeupress.edu/insurgent-aesthetics

🦋 On queer #worldmaking in an era of never-ending wars & struggle for #democracy

☮️ Queer theory can broaden politics and #critical #systems thinking

📌 And yet because queer-phobia is, unfortunately, not uncommon, including and particularly among the left, queer history & theory are not considered adequately in the toolbox of liberatory politics

Seen at #UniversityofToronto used and #vintage #books store.

#Worldmaking #socialmovements #change #historyofideas #quotidianpolitics #sociology #workandsociety #thirdspace

For liberatory systems change, one might want to check:

#structures, #culture, #materiality, #agency, #theunconscious, #time, #place, and many other things;

other world(s) and ways of being, seeing, relating, creating, working and producing that are not extractive but #just, liberatory and in #solidarity are possible

Mexican Artist Chavis Mármol crushes a Tesla .
"Chavis Marmol is a sculptor from Apan, Hidalgo, Mexico. Chavis Marmol’s work is a blend of humor and critique, delving into reflections on contemporary issues. In his Neo-tameme series, he explores our pre-Hispanic past from a Western neocolonial perspective" >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KG22zPXIGo

Storytelling or storyselling?
"Artist Chavis Marmol dropped a nine-tonne replica of the colossal head carvings of the Olmec, the first known Mesoamerican civilisation, onto a blue Tesla 3. The Olmec head landed a year after Tesla announced plans to build a huge factory in northern Mexico."
https://theconversation.com/in-a-time-of-information-overload-enigmatic-philosopher-byung-chul-han-seeks-the-re-enchantment-of-the-world-225176 >>
#Narration #Narrative #storytelling #storyselling #narratology #experience #WorldMaking #SenseMaking #communities #IndigenousPeoples #ArtInstallation #information #InformationSociety #cars #EV #energy

Australia's semantic struggles over a "one and only" reality or a pluriverse?
From the 'heart of darkness' to the “sanitised” articles of sub/urban place names.

"Some (Wikipedia) editors told us they felt it was their responsibility to include First Nations’ perspectives, even though they met with heavy resistance. One, Lucas, had repeatedly tried to include First Nations place names, often unsuccessfully. He no longer edits Wikipedia. “I just ran out of energy for it”...One or two editors “were going around removing Aboriginal place names from all the articles about Australia and Australian places”.
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https://theconversation.com/we-analysed-35-000-wikipedia-entries-about-australian-places-some-sanitised-history-others-privileged-fiction-over-reality-241364
#wikipedia #SettlerSociety #Australia #SocialImaginary #ImaginedCommunity #fiction #violence #FirstNations #TruthTelling #naming #IndigenousKnowledge #pluriverse #EditWars #WorldMaking #EpistemicInjustice #language #framing #worldviews #AI