The Blockchain Socialist Imagining Post-Capitalism through World Building with Susanne Aichele
Dec 17, 2024
In this discussion, Susanne Aichele, a filmmaker and researcher at Mothertree Labs, explores how storytelling can reshape our understanding of post-capitalism. She critiques aspirational narratives for fueling consumerism and emphasizes the importance of incorporating diverse voices in narratives to reflect systemic complexities. Susanne shares her documentary experiences with DAOs, practical storytelling techniques, and rituals like EcoWeaving to connect with ancestry. Finally, she invites listeners to collectively envision a post-capitalist world through creative prompts.
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Film As Sense-Making Tool
- Filmmaking can be a sense-making tool to explore why people care and how humans and non-humans fit into new systems.
- Susanne Aichele used documentary practice to learn participants' motivations and long-term visions rather than impose a single narrative.
Composting The Hero Monomyth
- The hero's monomyth shapes cultural worldbuilding and encourages individualistic 'savior' narratives.
- Susanne argues we must 'compost' that monomyth to allow multiple voices and complexity into new stories.
Treat People As Four-Dimensional
- Design narratives that treat people as four-dimensional: complex now and through time.
- Build communication that reflects lived experiences rather than reducing users to statistics, Susanne Aichele advises.