“The main goal of the Museum of Care is to produce and maintain social relationships…There are no guards.” The late David Graeber’s legacy continues ARTISTS, COMMUNITY, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, YES WE CAN, SOCIO-POLITICS, PRACTICE, ACTIONpat kane19 January 2023David graeber, anthropology Comment
We had cities and confederacies, governed by consensus and cooperation, thousands of years ago. With tech, what could we build today? BIG PICTURE, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, POLITICAL CULTURE, PLANETARIANpat kane21 July 2022David graeber, dawn of everything, anthropology, archaeology, David wengrowComment
"The Dawn of Everything" is an extraordinary reframing of the history of human societies (and polities) as playful and creative EQUIP FOR THE FUTURE, BIG PICTURE, INGENUITYpat kane31 January 2022anthropology, archaeology, David graeberComment
For 97 per cent of human history, all people had about the same power and resources. How did we get to inequality? BIG PICTURE, BEHAVIOUR, COMMUNITY, EQUIP FOR THE FUTURE, FUTURESpat kane25 July 2021anthropology, archaeology, hunter gatheringComment
We have a drive to heal each other, drawing on deep, evolved mechanisms to calm the storm, through attention, touch and care PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, INDIVIDUAL, COMMUNITYpat kane13 July 2021care, empathy, compassion, anthropology, psychiatryComment
“The living pulse of civilisation resides in what at first glance seems small, domestic or mundane”: Graeber & Wengrow redefine human history BIG PICTURE, FEMININE, MASCULINE, COMMUNITYpat kane10 September 2020civilisation, anthropology, syriaComment