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For The Wild

The Edges in the Middle, III: Báyò Akómoláfé and Indy Johar

For The Wild

For The Wild

Anthropocene, Land, Story Telling, Progressive, Liberation, Media, For The Wild, Decolonization, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Continuing the conversation series, “The Edges in the Middle,” presented in collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute, For The Wild is delighted to share Báyò Akómoláfé in conversation with Indy Johar of Dark Matter Labs. Speaking on the theme “A New Theory of the Self,” Báyò and Indy dive into the milieu of life forms entangled together on earth. The conversation asks listeners to reconsider the objective nature of self and the word around us that has be...

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0:00.0

I think we see the world through the language of dead things.

0:08.6

The language of economics perceives the world through the language of dead things.

0:13.3

And we have in that purpose also killed ourselves, made ourselves dead things.

0:19.0

So there's a there's a re understanding of the world and we can only free ourselves

0:24.3

if we perceive the agency of others.

0:28.6

For the wild is honored to present the edges in the middle, a series of conversations

0:33.4

between bio-comalife and thought companions like John A. Powell, V, Naomi Klein and more.

0:40.8

These limited episodes have been adapted from bio's work as the global senior fellow

0:46.0

at UC Berkeley's othering and belonging institute.

0:49.6

In this role, bio has been holding a series of public conversations on issues of justice

0:54.2

and belonging for the institute's democracy and belonging forum, which connects and

1:00.1

resources civic leaders in Europe and the US who are committed to bridging across differences

1:05.5

to strengthen democracy and advance belonging in both regions and around the world.

1:11.2

Bio's conversations encourage us to rethink justice, hope and belonging by setting emits

1:16.4

the noise, not trying to cover it up with pleasant rhythms.

1:20.7

To learn more about the democracy and belonging forum, visit democracyandbelongingforum.org.

1:28.8

This recording features bio's conversation with Indy Johar, who is the founding director

1:34.1

of 00 and dark matter labs based in the UK and architect by training he is a senior innovation

1:41.2

associate with the Young Foundation and a visiting professor at the University of Sheffield.

1:47.2

He is a thought leader in system change, the future of urban infrastructure finance,

1:52.2

outcome based investment and the future of governance.

2:01.0

Good evening from Chennai, India.

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