Collective practice anchors and sustains attention activism

Evidence

No doubt there are forms of Attention Activism that are best practiced in isolation. But every true meditator needs their sangha. And while practicing your solo sax is good fun, it’s got nothing on jamming with a full band. Staying close to community can keep us on track. It’s how we know that we’re building a world in common—because a world that we share with others is the only kind that’s livable. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 327

Categorization

• XREF: The sangha point ties into the reader’s study of how joint attention is the building block of shared worlds—echoes of the reader’s ‘School of Radical Attention’ material. — connects to: Sustained collective looking restabilizes meaning amid endless digital reframing — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 447; Synchronized collective watching sustains the production system — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 93; Structuring experience as shared practice prevents it from silencing others. — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as…, 170 (+3 more)