«The starting-point of critical elaboration is the consciousness of what one really is, and is 'knowing thyself' as a product of the historical process to date, which has deposited in you an infinity of traces, without leaving an inventory, therefore it is imperative at the outset to compile such an inventory.»
- Antonio Gramsci
In a context where productivity, engagement and growth are dominant metrics, practices that are slow, relational, and non-scalable tend to disappear — or survive only as private acts of resistance.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/thin-desires-are-eating-your-life/
The defining experience of our age seems to be hunger. We're hungry for more, but we have more than we need. We're hungry for less, while more accumulates and multiplies. We're hungry and we don't have words to articulate why. We're hungry, and we're lacking and we're wanting. We are
«[...] philosophers will conduct their discussions of Locke, Hume, and empiricism without ever taking into account that there is an explicit connection in these classic writers between their "philosophic" doctrines and racial theory, justifications of slavery, or arguments for colonial exploitation. These are common enough ways by which contemporary scholarship keeps itself pure.»
- Edward Said
RE: https://eupolicy.social/@Akshay/115706922890479368
This shows that policy and technology can actually bend the curve. At the same time, the underlying logic of global capitalism – permanent acceleration, extraction and instability – remains intact. Decoupling emissions from GDP is necessary, but nowhere near sufficient, if we don’t also confront the speed, scale and violence of the system driving both the crisis and the transition.
The Benin Bronzes are home, but true decolonization hasn't begun yet. I still see it when Western museums are surprised the Oba doesn't follow their plan, when they document infrastructure 'deficiencies' as if they have a right to judge.
Respect also means accepting choices that don't align with our standards.
#Decolonize #AfricanHeritage #MuseumReform #WesternPaternalism #RealDecolonization
«To prophesy is extremely difficult—especially with respect to the future.»
- Chinese proverb
