hi, thanks for your writing here. i just read a provocative essay posted 7/22, https://medium.com/@hanzifreinacht/we-must-reclaim-solarpunk-from-authoritarian-regimes-73d4d4f6833d which references Dubal's architectural aesthetics as built in an authoritarian context. i appreciate the post's comments too, including "solarauthoritarianism.... [vs] punk (anarchist and emancipatory).... [re:] spotting authoritarian aesthetics in solarpunk...it is centralized, monumental, representative of inherent power structures and megalomanic."
how do you think we can grow fondness for punk, degrowth scenarios requiring reliance on peer community members sharing precious resources, beyond the temptations of life conveniences provided by authoritarian allegiance?
Hey Seeley, been mulling this over all week. It's a provocative question and article. I definitely am constantly pushing for solarpunk be and to demand a more human, lived-in version of those Bright Green modernist solarpunk imagery, a la the Singapore example. But how we go from images of a more Mossy Green, communitarian, DIY society to actual practice and "fondness," to outcompeting convenience and ambition and dopamine addiction—that's hard. For me, part of it is emphasizing that there is actually more abundance and security and ease in a society built on collaboration and sharing than in one built on competition and stratification. But we probably also need to acknowledge that late modernity has revealed that some people just don't want to be in community with others, and that we'll probably need to make room for lots of lifeways, so long as they don't tilt towards that destructive authoritarianism. Not sure this answers your question, but thanks for raising this and I'm looking forward to discussing it more!
hi, thanks for your writing here. i just read a provocative essay posted 7/22, https://medium.com/@hanzifreinacht/we-must-reclaim-solarpunk-from-authoritarian-regimes-73d4d4f6833d which references Dubal's architectural aesthetics as built in an authoritarian context. i appreciate the post's comments too, including "solarauthoritarianism.... [vs] punk (anarchist and emancipatory).... [re:] spotting authoritarian aesthetics in solarpunk...it is centralized, monumental, representative of inherent power structures and megalomanic."
how do you think we can grow fondness for punk, degrowth scenarios requiring reliance on peer community members sharing precious resources, beyond the temptations of life conveniences provided by authoritarian allegiance?
Hey Seeley, been mulling this over all week. It's a provocative question and article. I definitely am constantly pushing for solarpunk be and to demand a more human, lived-in version of those Bright Green modernist solarpunk imagery, a la the Singapore example. But how we go from images of a more Mossy Green, communitarian, DIY society to actual practice and "fondness," to outcompeting convenience and ambition and dopamine addiction—that's hard. For me, part of it is emphasizing that there is actually more abundance and security and ease in a society built on collaboration and sharing than in one built on competition and stratification. But we probably also need to acknowledge that late modernity has revealed that some people just don't want to be in community with others, and that we'll probably need to make room for lots of lifeways, so long as they don't tilt towards that destructive authoritarianism. Not sure this answers your question, but thanks for raising this and I'm looking forward to discussing it more!
Wtf did I just read
Idk man I wrote this super jetlagged lol