Nika Dubrovsky
@nikadubrovsky.bsky.social
Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More
http://davidgraeber.institute,
http://davidgraeber.org
@museumofcare
http://a4kids.org
http://davidgraeber.institute,
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@museumofcare
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Clothing is not a trivial thing. It’s our imagined other self, our way of belonging to a subculture, a social class, a religion, an age group, or something else entirely.
Clothing is both the social glue that binds a community and the knife that divides it.
Clothing is both the social glue that binds a community and the knife that divides it.
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Clothing is not a trivial thing. It’s our imagined other self, our way of belonging to a subculture, a social class, a religion, an age group, or something else entirely.
Clothing is both the social glue that binds a community and the knife that divides it.
Clothing is both the social glue that binds a community and the knife that divides it.
Working-class Americans now generally believe government to comprise two sorts of people: "politicians," who are blustering crooks and liars but can at least occasionally be voted out of office, and "bureaucrats," who are condescending elitists and almost impossible to uproot.
David Graeber wrote Regulation Nation, back in 2015
Here is the full article.
davidgraeber.org/articles/in-...
Here is the full article.
davidgraeber.org/articles/in-...
In Regulation Nation
Nobody thinks much about bureaucracy anymore. But in the middle of the twentieth century, particularly in the late Sixties and early Seventies, the word was everywhere. It dominated works of sociology...
davidgraeber.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Working-class Americans now generally believe government to comprise two sorts of people: "politicians," who are blustering crooks and liars but can at least occasionally be voted out of office, and "bureaucrats," who are condescending elitists and almost impossible to uproot.
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There will be an online event by the David Graeber Institute on December 8th.
Cory Doctorow and Brian Eno will speak about poetic technologies and the work of David Graeber
Save The Date!
www.youtube.com/live/4-AlIT-...
Cory Doctorow and Brian Eno will speak about poetic technologies and the work of David Graeber
Save The Date!
www.youtube.com/live/4-AlIT-...
Cory Doctorow and Brian Eno on Poetic technologies
The discussion will explore social technologies — how technology and social relations shape each other. This project is part of our broader public outreach, linking conversation and theory with practi...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
There will be an online event by the David Graeber Institute on December 8th.
Cory Doctorow and Brian Eno will speak about poetic technologies and the work of David Graeber
Save The Date!
www.youtube.com/live/4-AlIT-...
Cory Doctorow and Brian Eno will speak about poetic technologies and the work of David Graeber
Save The Date!
www.youtube.com/live/4-AlIT-...
It was very interesting!
As part of our work on David Graeber's favorite author, we held a talk with the academic Benjamin Paloff about the work of the author - Mikhail Bakhtin.
Here is the full video.
www.youtube.com/live/xOLDVq_...
Here is the full video.
www.youtube.com/live/xOLDVq_...
Benjamin Paloff on Bakhtin's Adventure
YouTube video by Institute of David Graeber
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
It was very interesting!
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The above quote from Richard Murphy is from a piece he wrote about the work of David Graeber.
davidgraeber.org/press/richar...
davidgraeber.org/press/richar...
Richard Murphy: The David Graeber question
This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been, and what the relevance of that question might be ...
davidgraeber.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The above quote from Richard Murphy is from a piece he wrote about the work of David Graeber.
davidgraeber.org/press/richar...
davidgraeber.org/press/richar...
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It is good to know about the history of Debt.
November 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It is good to know about the history of Debt.
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Williams was a photographer for Jet magazine. He took the photo himself. The OG selfie. Iconic.
Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1956
Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1956
September 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Williams was a photographer for Jet magazine. He took the photo himself. The OG selfie. Iconic.
Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1956
Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1956
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This and the joyful deployment of absurdity at ICE protests is reminding me of China Mieville’s “The Last Days of New Paris”, a novel in which the surrealists’ creations have been brought to life to fight the Nazis. Giant terrifying exquisite corpses roaming the streets, etc.
October 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This and the joyful deployment of absurdity at ICE protests is reminding me of China Mieville’s “The Last Days of New Paris”, a novel in which the surrealists’ creations have been brought to life to fight the Nazis. Giant terrifying exquisite corpses roaming the streets, etc.
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this is such a fantastic example of the transformative power of design when used collaboratively and intelligently. the visual design of this campaign is deep-rooted in history and culture and is thoughtful and beautiful
In particular Aneesh Bhoopathy, from the design coop Forge, who designed the identity. A brilliant reminder to *employ human creatives!*
www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Logo Looked Nothing Like a Campaign Logo
The bodega-influenced visual language of an outsider campaign.
www.curbed.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
this is such a fantastic example of the transformative power of design when used collaboratively and intelligently. the visual design of this campaign is deep-rooted in history and culture and is thoughtful and beautiful
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Well done Zohran! And of course the real victor of the day - typography.
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Well done Zohran! And of course the real victor of the day - typography.
Hudson is really good.
youtu.be/93SyF6H1M0Y?...
youtu.be/93SyF6H1M0Y?...
Michael Hudson: The Strange Case of Europe’s Decline & Self-Harm
YouTube video by Glenn Diesen
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Hudson is really good.
youtu.be/93SyF6H1M0Y?...
youtu.be/93SyF6H1M0Y?...
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- Will there be exams at your university?
- Should grades be given?
- What specialties would you like to have, and what classes would you want to attend?
We will be holding a Visual Assembly to discuss and plan out these questions!
More info here:
museum.care/visual-assem...
- Should grades be given?
- What specialties would you like to have, and what classes would you want to attend?
We will be holding a Visual Assembly to discuss and plan out these questions!
More info here:
museum.care/visual-assem...
Visual Assembly: Planning an ideal University
In preparation to Visual Assembly: Planning an ideal University on 13th of November at 14-30 in the framework of Sommerakademie Paul Klee 2025 we So each
museum.care
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
- Will there be exams at your university?
- Should grades be given?
- What specialties would you like to have, and what classes would you want to attend?
We will be holding a Visual Assembly to discuss and plan out these questions!
More info here:
museum.care/visual-assem...
- Should grades be given?
- What specialties would you like to have, and what classes would you want to attend?
We will be holding a Visual Assembly to discuss and plan out these questions!
More info here:
museum.care/visual-assem...
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This is streaming live tomorrow at 1 pm EST!
Tomorrow at DGI is very special!
Tim Ingold, whose work means a lot to @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social project, will give a talk about real learning and thinking that happen when we do things, see things, and make things together.
1/
youtu.be/KqoulrutRSk?...
Tim Ingold, whose work means a lot to @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social project, will give a talk about real learning and thinking that happen when we do things, see things, and make things together.
1/
youtu.be/KqoulrutRSk?...
David Graeber describing the idea behind Visual Assembly "City of Care"
YouTube video by Nika Dubrovsky
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This is streaming live tomorrow at 1 pm EST!
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Pauline Hatzigeorgiou will talk about her experiences curating this year’s Sommerakademie, exploring questions of social, economic/colonial indebtedness together with artists @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social , Niloufar Emamifar, Karen Amanda Moser, Georgia Sagri and HKB teacher/artist Annaïk Lou Pitteloud
November 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Pauline Hatzigeorgiou will talk about her experiences curating this year’s Sommerakademie, exploring questions of social, economic/colonial indebtedness together with artists @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social , Niloufar Emamifar, Karen Amanda Moser, Georgia Sagri and HKB teacher/artist Annaïk Lou Pitteloud
About to start. Anyone seen it? Breaking Bad is like Dostoevsky, my favorite show. Hope this one lives up to it.
www.imdb.com/title/tt2220...
www.imdb.com/title/tt2220...
Pluribus (TV Series 2025– ) ⭐ 9.1 | Drama, Sci-Fi
1h | TV-MA
www.imdb.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
About to start. Anyone seen it? Breaking Bad is like Dostoevsky, my favorite show. Hope this one lives up to it.
www.imdb.com/title/tt2220...
www.imdb.com/title/tt2220...
University of the Future and how to build it
reclaimingouruniversity.wordpress.com
reclaimingouruniversity.wordpress.com
Reclaiming our University
Visit the post for more.
reclaimingouruniversity.wordpress.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
University of the Future and how to build it
reclaimingouruniversity.wordpress.com
reclaimingouruniversity.wordpress.com
A Campus That Chose Each Other
How Lukenya University turned promises into tuition
grassecon.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Marxism, at least the mainstream Soviet version, was endless criticism with zero positivity. Like any eschatology, it promises something good only at the very end — a distant future for which you’re supposed to suffer right now.
. www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...
. www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...
Twenty-Second Annual Conference - Historical Materialism
Registration is open and programme is online! Resurgent Reaction: Marxist Strategies at the End of the Liberal Order 6-9 November 2025, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London Deadline for abstracts: F...
www.historicalmaterialism.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Marxism, at least the mainstream Soviet version, was endless criticism with zero positivity. Like any eschatology, it promises something good only at the very end — a distant future for which you’re supposed to suffer right now.
. www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...
. www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...
Tomorrow at DGI is very special!
Tim Ingold, whose work means a lot to @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social project, will give a talk about real learning and thinking that happen when we do things, see things, and make things together.
1/
youtu.be/KqoulrutRSk?...
Tim Ingold, whose work means a lot to @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social project, will give a talk about real learning and thinking that happen when we do things, see things, and make things together.
1/
youtu.be/KqoulrutRSk?...
David Graeber describing the idea behind Visual Assembly "City of Care"
YouTube video by Nika Dubrovsky
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Tomorrow at DGI is very special!
Tim Ingold, whose work means a lot to @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social project, will give a talk about real learning and thinking that happen when we do things, see things, and make things together.
1/
youtu.be/KqoulrutRSk?...
Tim Ingold, whose work means a lot to @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social project, will give a talk about real learning and thinking that happen when we do things, see things, and make things together.
1/
youtu.be/KqoulrutRSk?...
We're beyond irony:
Prevent's dangerous books list: Orwell, Conrad, Tolkien, Lewis. Reason: may indicate far-right sympathies or Brexit support.
"1984" is now extremist literature.
www.spiked-online.com/2025/10/15/c...
Prevent's dangerous books list: Orwell, Conrad, Tolkien, Lewis. Reason: may indicate far-right sympathies or Brexit support.
"1984" is now extremist literature.
www.spiked-online.com/2025/10/15/c...
CS Lewis: a hard-right icon?
On the 75th anniversary of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Lewis has never been so misunderstood.
www.spiked-online.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We're beyond irony:
Prevent's dangerous books list: Orwell, Conrad, Tolkien, Lewis. Reason: may indicate far-right sympathies or Brexit support.
"1984" is now extremist literature.
www.spiked-online.com/2025/10/15/c...
Prevent's dangerous books list: Orwell, Conrad, Tolkien, Lewis. Reason: may indicate far-right sympathies or Brexit support.
"1984" is now extremist literature.
www.spiked-online.com/2025/10/15/c...
I think this film is captures very accurately what's happening in the West right now. There's nowhere to go — just cover yourself with a white sheet, turn the classical music up to full volume, and crawl to the cemetery.
www.electriccinema.co.uk/film/bugonia...
www.electriccinema.co.uk/film/bugonia...
Bugonia – Electric Cinema
www.electriccinema.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I think this film is captures very accurately what's happening in the West right now. There's nowhere to go — just cover yourself with a white sheet, turn the classical music up to full volume, and crawl to the cemetery.
www.electriccinema.co.uk/film/bugonia...
www.electriccinema.co.uk/film/bugonia...
History's best scam: calling a system designed to suppress popular participation "democracy."
youtu.be/IqMLDhe7zxw?...
youtu.be/IqMLDhe7zxw?...
David Graeber on Democracy
YouTube video by Drift Report
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
History's best scam: calling a system designed to suppress popular participation "democracy."
youtu.be/IqMLDhe7zxw?...
youtu.be/IqMLDhe7zxw?...
Happy anniversary, dear Saint Vincent!
May it be no war in Caribbean and Latin America!
May it be no war in Caribbean and Latin America!
October 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Happy anniversary, dear Saint Vincent!
May it be no war in Caribbean and Latin America!
May it be no war in Caribbean and Latin America!
The rivals' positions barely differ: both chase "maximum efficiency" for society and maximum "output" from individual people.
Who needs all their efficiency, which in the end has nothing to do with being human?
youtu.be/irc6creOFGs?...
Who needs all their efficiency, which in the end has nothing to do with being human?
youtu.be/irc6creOFGs?...
Should the U.S. Be Ruled by a CEO Dictator? Curtis Yarvin debates E. Glen Weyl
YouTube video by Open to Debate
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The rivals' positions barely differ: both chase "maximum efficiency" for society and maximum "output" from individual people.
Who needs all their efficiency, which in the end has nothing to do with being human?
youtu.be/irc6creOFGs?...
Who needs all their efficiency, which in the end has nothing to do with being human?
youtu.be/irc6creOFGs?...
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Walk to the local bookstore in Helsinki today and happy to see Graeber being promoted (I might have done accidentally some spotlight promotion as well)
@davidgraeberinst.bsky.social @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social
@davidgraeberinst.bsky.social @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Walk to the local bookstore in Helsinki today and happy to see Graeber being promoted (I might have done accidentally some spotlight promotion as well)
@davidgraeberinst.bsky.social @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social
@davidgraeberinst.bsky.social @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social