a dreamer's night talks - episode 05 - on bell hooks and turning thought into action
I am welcoming you again into my nocturnal mind to discuss the role and responsibility people, such as myself, working across the cultural sector, the arts and publishing in Western Europe, have to fight systemic racism in our societies. I start with a passage from All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks, mentioning the gap between thought and action when it comes to fighting for causes we believe in. I am urging people who have access and resources across cultural sectors, to go beyond educating ourselves about racism, but actually turn thought into concrete action. What are we going to do next?
Show notes:
The book I am reading from is All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks.
The authors I am mentioning are Fatima El Tayeb, Stuart Hall, Gloria Wekker.
You can read more about bell hooks on http://www.bellhooksinstitute.com/
Writer, Literary Translator, Artist based in Amsterdam.
Canan (she/they) publishes a newsletter and podcast titled The Attention Span, taking the time to reflect, to analyse and to imagine our societies through writing, art and culture.