TOTW: abstractions and embodiment

Topic of the Week - This won't be fully fleshed out (ha, did you see what i did there?) but I've been thinking a bit about the way that anarchists (at least as victims of western civilization) can be very abstracted from our bodies, how that is a part of computer culture, the impact of smelling people, of hearing them move and breathe, of the ways that being in someone's presence is more than the sum of its parts, of how ideas float away from our physical beings, of generalizations and how they are fun to play with but also distract from our subjective, individual experiences.

Breaking the Alphabet Hilaritas Podcast

From Hilaritas Press Podcasts

In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Sascha Engel on the Hilaritas podcast about the themes of his book, "Breaking the Alphabet," the tyranny of the written word, the critique of language, and the Anti-Alphabet. This hour long interview takes a deep dive into Sascha's creation--the anti-alphabet--and how it can help us transcend the controlling boundaries of writing, the alphabet, and authoritarian iteration.

Subscribe to order