“We need to imagine and articulate sustainable political structures and social spaces…”
For how many years has Nettime been filled with passionate calls that begin with “We need to…” that are long on calls to action but (well) lacking in action? So, how about applying imagination and creativity and doing something about it? (Personally, I started a bioregional design cooperative -http://www.ambre-bioregion.fr/) Has nothing to do with social media, however.) Best wishes to all - Joe Sent from my lawn-mower > Le 16 oct. 2024 à 09:35, Allan Siegel via nettime-l > <[email protected]> a écrit : > > Hello Nettime > > Thanks Pit Schultz for your very relevant posting. To further move the > discussion forward: > > Focusing singularly on the problematic nature of one particular *social > media* platform, whether X or any of the other obscene monopolies, skews the > dimensions of a critical ongoing discourse. And, deters us from reconfiguring > the dynamics of this critical political horizon. > > The residual and reductive branding of these grotesquely commodified forms of > communication as ‘social media’ conflates the inherent ideological models of > media monopolies with more diverse media practices and evolving > multi-dimensional social spaces: many of which are seeking to develop > distinctive economic paradigms. > > As Simon tells us, “Social media have corrupted social space in so many ways, > leading us to the toxic situation we find ourselves in.” This corruption > takes the form of of an insidious type of colonialism in which the extraction > of all forms of data becomes an intrinsic building block of corporate wealth; > as many other commentators have told us: branded ‘social media’ enables > various processes of data extraction simultaneously engineering various > individual and collective forms of exploitation. > > Not surprisingly, human ingenuity and political necessity have subverted > elements within this ‘social media’ landscape into ephemeral, but > nevertheless, empowering social spaces that have enabled, globally, numerous > political actions and progressive social activities. > But, while these ongoing subversions and hackings, as tactical interventions, > provide visibility to political movements, social injustices, and also > disseminate otherwise vast amounts of critical information, their enduring > political impact remains negligible. Collectively we are using matches to > melt a neoliberal iceberg. We need to imagine and articulate sustainable > political structures and social spaces: a collectively reflective ideological > landscape. An ideological landscape that addresses deteriorating societal and > environmental infrastructures and the injustices infecting people’s lives. > This ideological landscape is by no means monolithic but rather a visionary > and practical framework that inspires *tactical and strategic* political > processes in which media enables and compliments organised political > activities. > > allan > -- > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: https://www.nettime.org > # contact: [email protected] -- # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: https://www.nettime.org # contact: [email protected]
