A collaboration between the Museum of Care, created to continue the work of the late David Graeber, anthropologist, anarchist thinker and activist, and the Real Democracy Movement, has resulted in a discussion series on the state.
The first discussion session, on 26 October 20:00 (London Time), is The State We’re In (Part 1): What is the State? Across the world people often try to use the powers they have been granted by the state to bring about social change. And sometimes they strive to go beyond the state to create autonomous enclaves. In this session facilitated by Corinna Lotz, Paul Feldman will discuss what is the contemporary state. A brief summary of some of David Graeber’s writings on the state will be given by one of Museum of Care’s members.
The second discussion session, on 23 November 20:00 (London Time), will be The State We’re In (Part 2): Social Progress in Chile With or Without the State? In this session, facilitated by Fiona Harrington, Fernando Quintana will discuss recent attempts to replace the Chilean constitution, originally imposed during the 1973 military coup in which General Augusto Pinochet replaced Chile’s first socialist president, Salvadore Allende. One of Museum of Care’s members will summarise some of David Graeber’s ideas of democracy and ask why did occupy refuse to respond to the demand to make demands?