economics, politics and sociology inextricably linked
what is social change
- “The significant alteration of social structure and cultural patterns through time. It encompasses transformations in social institutions, behaviour, and cultural norms, often as a response to economic, political, environmental, or technological factors.”
  - Harper, C. L., & Leicht, K. T. (2019). Exploring Social Change: America and the World. New York: Routledge
intended impact and whether we meet it
how do we measure it- measuring social change
prioritising methods that work within complexities rather than offering a ‘miracle cure’
activism, liberation
revolt vs reform
just transitions
alternative systems
art activism
legal interventions, legal protections
state intervention, system change
improve archives top-down
improve access and equity through tech

our time and energy is limited; face the way you want to go

Mentions

“To oppose something is to maintain it. They say here “all roads to Mishnory”. To be sure, if you turn back on Mishnory and walk away from it, you are still on the Mishnory road. To oppose vulgarity is inevitable to be vulgar. You must go somewhere else; you must have another goal; then you walk a different road.” - The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula Le Guin

why ‘alternative systems’
- revolt vs reform
- things that must change slowly
- things we’re all tasked with upholding
- things that we’re doomed to repeat
- discussion of strategy vs tactics
- bottom up top down convergence
gift economies in theory and practice
- public conveniences
- community-owned infrastructure
- non-hierarchical organisations
- abolition (alternatives to policing and justice system)
symbiosis of theory and practise
indieweb
decentralisation
etc

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helplessness and hope

tendency of people to hope for a world more limitless than this (IE ‘the next life’) rather than attempting to remove or minimise the effects of all the limits humans have built for each other
optimism, pessimism, realism, absurdism
faith
climate change and doomsday attitudes
lack of imagination on alternatives
suppression of alternatives through institutional power
suppression of art and thought on possible futures
lack of power