Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
reflected back at us in our institutions and social relationships.
Ruha Benjamin • Imagination: A Manifesto (A Norton Short)
attentive to the deceitful machinations of those who fancy themselves the self-appointed stewards of humanity.
Ruha Benjamin • Imagination: A Manifesto (A Norton Short)
how Blackness is selectively celebrated (and contained) within the white imagination.
Ruha Benjamin • Imagination: A Manifesto (A Norton Short)
Who thrives in an undifferentiated environment?
Ruha Benjamin • Imagination: A Manifesto (A Norton Short)
the quick succession of bits of content displayed on a smartphone makes any lingering impossible.
Byung-Chul Han • The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present
This is a good reminder that we shouldn’t shine a light only on the deadly imaginations and social orders that are killing us but experiment and play with new prescriptions, visions, and forms of social organization.
Ruha Benjamin • Imagination: A Manifesto (A Norton Short)
these communities are also amputated from the collective imagination of the nation.
Ruha Benjamin • Imagination: A Manifesto (A Norton Short)
Here we see how a white masculine imagination flattens social reality. Equal Opportunity Offense is the prime directive, and durable hierarchies are figments of others’ imagination.