Pedro Parrachia
This is what I would like to do. I would like to see if, in the belly of the dying internet, it’s possible to create something that is not like the internet. I want to see if I can poke at the outlines of whatever is coming next.
from The internet is already over by Sam Kriss
- I love speculative fiction like Octavia Butler and Ursula Le Guin 's, which creates alternative versions of reality based on enormous documentary research and invents the foundations of another present, improbable and credible. I'm also constantly on the lookout for situations where reality is surreal, a kind of "magical realism". As a writer of fi... See more
from «Writing as pollinating», a conversation with Alice Bucknell by Anthony Van Den Bossche
In practice, it is not possible for the technical layer to be resilient while the social layer is not, as the social and technical dynamics of infrastructure are co-constitutive.
from Decentralised Technologies as “Self infrastructuring” by Kelsie Nabben
It is through use that resilience is situated in context, dependent on social dynamics, and adapting (or not) to meet the challenges of both external threats and internal vulnerabilities in relation to the purpose of the technology and community in question.
from Decentralised Technologies as “Self infrastructuring” by Kelsie Nabben
- ‘lore’—it’s a model of knowledge that is able to interface with both reality and fiction.
from I Would Very Much Like To Be Excluded From This Lore by Libby Marrs
“Ain’t just about prospering, it’s about progressing, connecting, tappin’ into something larger than yourself, so you can really see. Can’t build nothing if you can’t feel nothing. Community comes from feeling and feeling comes hand in hand with creation. What y’all out here creating now?” — Janelle Monáe & Sheree Renée Thomas
from The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe
Eclipsepunk aims to explore the limits of solarpunk narratives by continuously testing them in creative scenarios. This includes collaborative storytelling and worldbuilding tools like Design Fiction, indie ttRPGs, and other forms of future studies such as art projects or installations with interactive components for exploring potential futures th
... See morefrom Eclipsepunk - stress testing visions of better futures by Pedro Parrachia
In the world building and worlding eras, when the inhabitants of a world misbehaved and tried to smuggle their own narratives into the worldthe creators have been policing them to reestablish order. In the World Weaving era, rather than working with scripted storylines we should create lore-pills and origin myths that can be sewn together and evolv
... See morefrom Three Eras of World Generation by GVN
Radical friends reject the fantasy of exemplary self-sovereign autonomous individuals optimized for efficiency and productivity. They know that this is a poisonous projection by materially advantaged individuals who seek to leverage their competitive edge within the austerity conditions they co-created.
from Radical Friends - Decentralised Autonomous Organisations and the Arts - Furtherfield by Ruth Catlow