Thank you, Rhyd, for your good article! The whole of Europe is going through a sea-change again where 'the other' is perceived as the enemy rather than the solution. We deplore the manipulations that have fuelled the rioting in Britain. As the Lord Mayor of Liverpool said, 'We understand that people hold particular views but how do these views excuse the theft of goods from shops and other destruction?' Those feeling dispossessed in material and cultural ways need to be addressed by many means - not least by education, support, community cohesion and a deep sense of belonging that is not nationalist but mythically whole.
Who is profiting from the displacement and from the societal break down? Maybe it's obvious, and I have some hunches, but I'm curious of specifics in regards to immigration. Big tech? Landlords?...
Thanks. I realise I've not been so frequent during this summer and since that family crisis late spring. Hoping you'll see much more of my writing now!
Just seeing this- thank you! Of course I'm always happy to see you've published again. Respect though, to the direct experiences you have that shape your perspectives, and the space it requires to maintain the authenticity of what you share when you are able. 🍂🌓🦋
Glenn Albrecht has coined the term Solastalgia for the grief and pain we feel when home leaves us – when environmental shifts alter a place so profoundly, that we can no longer recognize it. You’ve tapped into something equally important, Rhyd. The grief and pain we feel when our culture leaks away. When epochal shifts, including migration, cause such profound dislocation, that we feel completely unmoored. The Capitalist egrigore would have us believe these dislocations are complete ruptures – one generation breaks with another, one culture erases another. But what if, as Tim Ingold writes about in The Rise and Fall of Generation Now, we can imagine these elements being woven together to form something new and perhaps stronger?
Thank you, Rhyd, for your good article! The whole of Europe is going through a sea-change again where 'the other' is perceived as the enemy rather than the solution. We deplore the manipulations that have fuelled the rioting in Britain. As the Lord Mayor of Liverpool said, 'We understand that people hold particular views but how do these views excuse the theft of goods from shops and other destruction?' Those feeling dispossessed in material and cultural ways need to be addressed by many means - not least by education, support, community cohesion and a deep sense of belonging that is not nationalist but mythically whole.
Hello Rhyd,
Who is profiting from the displacement and from the societal break down? Maybe it's obvious, and I have some hunches, but I'm curious of specifics in regards to immigration. Big tech? Landlords?...
Thank you,
Autumn
Also, so great to see two pieces from you in so days. Thank you for these!
Taking advantage with low wages, etc... presumably.
Thanks. I realise I've not been so frequent during this summer and since that family crisis late spring. Hoping you'll see much more of my writing now!
Just seeing this- thank you! Of course I'm always happy to see you've published again. Respect though, to the direct experiences you have that shape your perspectives, and the space it requires to maintain the authenticity of what you share when you are able. 🍂🌓🦋
Hey! I'll answer this in my next "sundry notes". :)
I wish we could all have your level of self-awareness, Rhyd. I love this essay. Very thought-provoking.
"the true enemy of the bugs in the jar is not the other bugs, it’s the kid who keeps shaking it.
it’s time we remembered that and swarmed out of here to go bite that little bastard." el gato malo
Glenn Albrecht has coined the term Solastalgia for the grief and pain we feel when home leaves us – when environmental shifts alter a place so profoundly, that we can no longer recognize it. You’ve tapped into something equally important, Rhyd. The grief and pain we feel when our culture leaks away. When epochal shifts, including migration, cause such profound dislocation, that we feel completely unmoored. The Capitalist egrigore would have us believe these dislocations are complete ruptures – one generation breaks with another, one culture erases another. But what if, as Tim Ingold writes about in The Rise and Fall of Generation Now, we can imagine these elements being woven together to form something new and perhaps stronger?