why cultural strategy?
We are all doing cultural labor. All the time.
Everything we do upholds or resists something.
This is a lot. But it means that we have so many opportunities to make change.
When we are unaware of the structure we are in, how can we get out?
It seems like chaos. But it is not.
An understanding of cultural strategy provides an understanding of the landscape we are in, what we are fighting, who we are fighting, and what for.
Cultural strategy is not inherently good or bad - it is a practice. It can be carceral and it can be liberatory.
The danger of not being aware of cultural strategy is that you can act against what you believe in because the environment has been set in such a way that it seems innocuous.
Why cultural strategy is a benefit is you can finally be aware of what you are fighting.
Cultural strategy is an antidote to cultural gaslighting.
When I was doing my dissertation work, one thing I found was that community psychology did not like the idea of power being everywhere. It was referred to as a wet blanket over everything, weighing everything down.
I found a second issue - there was a gap between values and action. No one could figure out how to bridge it.
cultural capitalism, cultural gaslighting, cultural deprivation; environment, economy; person-environment fit; economies, liberalism, neoliberalism
In the 1970s, learning disabilities were first discussed.
ABA, the token economy, total institutionalization
limits
friction
gaps
pathologization - the social, behavior, knowing
gaslighting
settler epistemic economy - systems of thought