collective dreaming
History holds too many examples of what happens when the masses suddenly wake up to a sense of overwhelming dread
Viviane Zandonadi • How to De-Zombify People
this is the power in not only individually dreaming, but in collectively dreaming. There is power in communing in ideas of freedom that whiteness could never even fathom.
Annika Hansteen-Izora • Communal Dreaming
What we offer as organizers is not simply alarming information, nor is it the guarantee of success in a particular campaign. We must offer people a vision of how things could be and the opportunity to connect with the people, projects, and movements that can bring this vision to fruition. That is the organizer’s unique gift: an invitation to
... See moreKelly Hayes • Let This Radicalize You
How do we encourage those around us to be active dreamers without coming off as people with their heads in the clouds? The phrase “dream a little” can be so hard to even imagine as people who have been so conditioned to not push past the corners of their own imaginations.
studioananda.space • Dreaming Into Action With Annika Hansteen-Izora
What incremental changes do we make to our internal algorithms to lurch our way to ever-more confident means of thriving in this world? The question is not only what injustices are you fighting against, but what do you in your heart of hearts want to create?
Stephanie Dinkins • Afro-Now-Ism
What we need are visions of the future of technology that are values-driven, but we don’t need just design fictions. We need business model fictions, engineering feasibility study fictions, interop protocol specification fictions, investment return fictions.
Matt Webb • Towards the Orthogonal Technology Lab, V0.1
Dreaming asks me to train my attention to constantly critique the white imagination, to be disenchanted by it, bored of it - to ask of something beyond its violent limits. Dreaming asks me to re-educate myself on its radical potential.
Annika Hansteen-Izora • Communal Dreaming
ore often than not, the digital gardens of today are botanic—privately owned online spaces made for visitors to fawn over while a “do not touch” sign looms in view. These private gardens are generative for our personal learning, but they are far from the communal gardens I grew up in that valued collective work and knowledge. Where are the digital
... See moreAnnika Hansteen-Izora • On Digital Gardens: Tending to Our Collective Multiplicity
Paradoxically, the most reliable method to envision and plan for futures, isn’t just studying and extrapolating scientific facts, historical developments, psychology and demography, but by building stories beyond our wildest imagination.