Cracks Leading to Systems Change | Bayo Akomolafe

My guest today is Bayo Akomolafe (Ph.D.). This is a conversation about becoming. Bayo says “our culture sees growth and development as the only algorithm for creating sociality.” We discuss the gifts of disruption and the shackles of belonging. Bayo says, “we need to ‘dis-belong’ in order to become bodies…that disruption is how the world feels into itself.”
We talk about our challenges with parenting and how our children are our greatest teachers. What if we treated our children as cosmic disruptions? We talk about racial inequality and what’s wrong with efforts to “bring marginalized people to the tables of power” because it still requires you to fit within the existing power regime, within the existing way of being.
While we don’t discuss the metacrisis in detail in this conversation, everything we talk about is very much relevant to how we show up to do the work of addressing the metacrisis. In fact, this conversation is all about “how” we do the work which is just as important as “what” we do.
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[@sarahpurol7710]

Bayo, I can completely understand and relate to your experience with your son because I was blessed to be tutored by my autistic son for 29 years. Najia, thank you for introducing your audience to Bayo. This program is Brilliant ❤

[@johncarter1150]

This was a meaningful conversation!

[@roberth2627]

Thank you, so much for this deep, penetrating, but heart felt discussion with Bayo Akomolafe.. i was introduced to Bayo Akomolafe about 7 months ago..He is just what these times call for ...This conversation was esp. deep because both of you are parents to unique children,& yielded the deeply personal , in a way one seldom experiences in such discussions ,here on You Tube..Thank You BOTH

[@douglaspackard3515]

A truly remarkable, heart-felt, and intelligent conversation. Thank you for sharing. Love to see Simondon and Deleuze references. Bayo's exposition of the "people to come" was beautiful.

[@bekicrowell5759]

Incredible conversation! I will share ❤🙏🏽

[@sarahpurol7710]

Maybe we become who we need to become by embracing and living through the disruptions.

[@anjaboltin3299]

Thanks very much for this interview!

[@entangledworldpod]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ronalddegoede]

❤

[@gospelofchange]

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