Better homes and societies
On destinations
2017-11-01 — 2021-10-26
Wherein a scrapbook of links and aphorisms is presented, and reproducible science is reimagined as queer anarchism while activist etiquette and movement design are considered for governance and solidarity.
For now, my favourite questions are filed under designing movements and better governance.
Here is a scrapbook of amusing quotes and links.
Dan Simpson reimagines reproducible science as queer anarchism:
…after tearing down existing structures, anarchists need to have a vision of a new reality that isn’t simply an inversion of the existing hierarchy (you know. Reducing the significance threshold. Using Bayes Factors instead of p-values. Pre-registering without substantive theory.) A true anarchist, the book suggested, needs to queer rather than invert the existing structures and build a more equitable version of the world.
So let’s build open and reproducible science as a queer reimagining of science and not a small perturbation of the world that is. Such a system will never be perfect. Just lusting to be better.
Michael F. Leonen, Etiquette for Activists mentions the classic line associated with Lilla Watson:
If you have come to help me, I don’t need your help. But if you have come because your liberation is tied to mine, let us work together.
