Why we write:
We seek to immerse ourselves in meaningful topics, regardless of what’s trendy. We endeavour to deconstruct preconceptions and biases embedded in mainstream discourse.
We believe that knowledge should be accessible to all with no gatekeeping. Each of us as members of society are entitled to the free exchange of our views, unfettered by elitism and credentialism.
We seek all discourse including the unpopular and the cancellable. We value critical thinking and asking tough questions; good ideas should be able to withstand tough scrutiny.
What is the pocket strategist? It’s the whole enchilada
We like to look at visual culture, ideology, social narrative, and public memory.
Trying to be in the know and perceive and understand wider trends.
Not only criticising; but listening for transformative solutions.
Letting people feel like they have the right to think in big terms.
People are the architects of the future: not passive consumers of the culture.
This newsletter will be to share ideas we think are worth understanding. We will to invite interesting speakers to engage with us in open conversations about, well, everything
Some topics you can look forward to hearing about:
The Eurocrats versus the tracksuits: the ideological battle for Eastern Europe
Is Ikea Imperialist? Consumer culture as propaganda
Monuments for remembering -- and forgetting
USAID and a new era of colonialism
Is Von der Leyen the Pope? collective identity formation in Europe
De-othering the Global South and the Euromed
Free will and urban infrastructure
Brutalism: architecture of the surveillance state
Stop scapegoating the 1% and start blaming universities: the violence of professionalism
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