We looked for artifacts, memories, sensings, and unravelings; a different body for an archive of past projects. And, of course, we sense that ten is an entity that absolutely refuses to be defined by what it has accomplished – what was left imprinted on the negative space of the planned, sketched, and intended pas ten offerings?
It’s not crucial whether the project “came to fruition” or not – we see each humble experiment as a learning circle; it doesn’t have to have been an offering that gestated publically or that “arrived” on the shores of success.
The Wandering, Winding Way of the Wound: Sophie Strand and Báyò Akómoláfé
Sounds of SAND The Wandering, Winding Way of the Wound, with Sophie Strand [Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.] An excerpt from the four-day webinar, The Wandering, Winding Way of the Wound with Báyò Akómoláfé and Sophie Strand exploring the Politics of Cure, the Shadows of...
The Revolution will not be Psychologized
The Emerald Podcast The Revolution will not be Psychologized [Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.] In this episode of The Emerald, Báyò joins Josh for a deep-dive discussion into how the Western psychological vision shapes modernity, and the need to expand into alternative...
Slowing down and surrendering human centrality
The Green Dreamer Podcast Slowing down and surrendering human centrality [Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.] What does it mean that we have a crisis in form – that our problems go deeper than the visible systems we often attribute them to? What might we gain from...
Black lives matter, But to whom?
Black lives matter, But to whom? [Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.] Why We Need a Politics of Exile in a Time of Troubling StucknessWe're thrilled to share an extraordinary new work from our Global Senior Fellow, Báyò Akómoláfé. In many ways, Báyò's piece defies any...
Why We Need Postactivism Today
Why We Need Postactivism Today [Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.] A talk about racial justice, freedom, the future, and the promise of a different kind of politics altogether. On Saturday, April 29, 2023 the Schumacher Center for a New Economics hosted Báyò Akómoláfé for...
Across Lines: Grief. with Báyò Akómoláfé, Professor Sa’ed Atshan, and Cecilie Surasky
Across Lines: Grief. [Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.; Professor Sa’ed Atshan, and Cecilie Surasky] How do we catch people where they fall? How do we respond to this crisis in a way that doesn’t reinforce its architecture? What kind of politics is being summoned at this...
What I Mean By Postactivism
What I Mean By Postactivism [Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.] What am I talking about when I talk about "postactivism"?Postactivism, the concept that informs my notion of making sanctuary, is a matter of irruptions and eruptions, breakthroughs, cracks, flashes, fissures,...
Onto-fugitivity: Grounding Sanctuary in the Cracks
Onto-fugitivity: Grounding Sanctuary in the Cracks [Fabrice Oliver Dubosc] Fabrice Olivier Dubosc – a part of the ten Visionary Council – writes about fugitive sanctuary “at a standstill” and how this “generative incapacitation” dances open a portal out of...
The House Modernity Built
The House Modernity Built [Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti / Decolonial Futures Collective] A lecture addressing the current context of intensified racialized state securitization by tracing its roots to the naturalized colonial architectures of everyday modern life –...
Dung Beetles: ten Concept Note 2023
Dung Beetles [ten artifacts] In 2022 ten invited seven incredible people from around the world to come together and lead the work for nine months. They served in a role we affectionately dubbed the “Dung Beetles” since the idea was that they would be rolling around...