Exploring literary visions of greener, fairer ways of being
Carolyn Dougherty reflects on this event, which promised:
Continue reading “How to fight the barriers of capitalism with poetry”expressive spoken word on fighting the barriers of capitalism, interactive visuals co-created by our robot friends, ambient electronic beats with soft rainforest settings, and the voices of those ready to design a world that can be peacefully navigated by all.”
One of the best bits of news from 2022 is the revival of the Bristol Utopian Book Collective! UBC is up and running again.
Continue reading “Review of Twoty-Twoty-Two: Revival of the Bristol Utopian Book Collective”
In the autumn of 2022 I was working on a book review. To get a bit of headspace and exercise, I was cycling or walking to work on it at the Spike Island Cafe.
Continue reading “Review of Twoty-Twoty-Two (2022): Becoming a Spike Island Associate”
The People’s Republic of Stokes Croft are putting together their School of Activism programme for April 2022. More news on this to follow! In the meantime, it’s got me thinking about literature and activism.
Continue reading “Literature and Activism: Octavia Butler, farming and community”
Studying literature can seem like an indoor sport. As an ecocritic, I can spend days thinking about what it means to be an ecological being while only physically interacting with a desk chair and computer. As a utopian scholar it sometimes feels like I’m trying to work out how society could change to avert climate catastrophe IN MY HEAD. Often, the efforts I make to reach out, like starting a blog for instance, result in more time spent in front of a computer. Recently, I’ve realised that as part of my eco-utopian practice I need to get out of my head.
Continue reading “Saved by the saplings: developing a physical eco-utopian practice”Although I can’t entirely articulate it yet, I have started to think the decolonial thought. Put crudely, the decolonial thought is along the lines of:
Our prevailing understanding of our culture and history has been shaped at every level by white settlor men and it is beyond time to start listening to somebody (everybody) else.”
