Clare @clareifications@ausglam.space

@hugh @holly Hollo's suggestions are fun: "walking school buses or dinner discussion forums, community gardens or communal food preparation, repair cafes or renewable energy co-ops, non-violent direct action groups or formal Citizens’ Assemblies. They might involve professional groups imposing green bans, residents converting streets to guerrilla parks, or groups of small businesses establishing a local currency." A bit naff? But fun is important too #reset

I would really, really like to see more GLAMs operating under harm minimisation principles—who does this service / resource / space / attitude harm, and how can we minimise that harm. When libraries were debating whether to close (before that decision was made for them) it felt like so many institutions weren't considering the harm that staying open could do.

@Edwardshaddow wrote a really great thing on this a while back https://shaddowland.net/2019/11/20/do-no-harm/ #reset

@hugh totally! But libraries should be kicking up a huge fuss about how many people don't have access. Not going "oh yay, we're useful!" Libraries/ALIA should use this time to lobby for equitable internet access. Imho #reset

I see a lot of potential around the mutual aid networks that have sprung into life around Covid. If those groups are able to pivot from direct care to advocating for community needs on a systemic level it could be really powerful. #reset

The first step to building a better world is imagining that such a world is possible. I think GLAM institutions are ideally placed to push boundaries and stretch imaginations, while also walking the walk re. sustainable energy use, fair treatment + unionisation of staff, holistic care for the communities that use them #reset

I saw David Ritter (Greenpeace CEO) speak at the GLAMSLAM miniconf last year and he exhorted the audience to use our 'GLAM power as clean energy' - to tell new + different + better stories, to help communities create and share new stories too, and to record those stories for all. It's a great listen https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/david-ritter-on-glam-power-as-clean-energy/id1276048279?i=1000434574758 #reset