[...]...well, maybe i can't
='at'>#="nms">harem, the ="trms">question of women confinement (usually at the center of a beautiful dream of order and plenty)

="prgrph">-how can i start and cultivate ="trms">affection and appreciation for ="trms">inter="trms">species ="trms">relations in ="nms">Tehran today='qstn'>? (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ways and ="trms">methods)
="prgrph">-how with my chaotic and extremist ="nms">iranian freedom-fighter friends we could become allies='qstn'>? (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">network)
="prgrph">-what is my evidences, examples, samples of the lived experience in ="nms">Tehran='qstn'>? (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">data, ="trms">stories that stick)

a dichotomy of analysis='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•="trms">species found inside human body ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> discourse of cohabitation and ="trms">interdependency
="lsts lst1">•="trms">species found outside human body ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> discourse of human impact, management, and control

Engels's just-so ="trms">story of private property='lgc'>: o="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigin of property was in herds ='lgc'>==> male control of reproduction in human families

="large lg2" stl="font-size:112%"> cereal domesticated human
in the near east a shift towards gathering multiple small-grain grasses is as="trms">sociated with the 10000 years before domestication
focus on landscape ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> focus on crops


across Eurasia the rise of state (and their specialised civilization) is as="trms">sociated with the sp="trms"nttrm="already,spread">read of intensive cereal agriculture
(="ppl">Tsing > Connor)

a political con="trms">figuration='lgc'>:
states encouraged sedentary, stable farms, family-based households, and guaranteed the forms of family property and in="trms">heritance (that drew lines within and between families) ='lgc'>==> both women and grain confined and managed to maximise fertility
='lgc'>--Engels='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">inter="trms">species ="trms">love affair

it was in the 19th century that standardization became itself the “="trms">modern standard”


='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]plantation='lgc'>: ordered cropping ="trms">systems worked by non-owners and arranged for expansion
='lgc'>==>
="lsts lst1">•deepen domestication
="lsts lst1">•reintensifying plant dependencies
="lsts lst1">•forcing fertility

superaboundance of a single crop (without the ‘="trms">love’ ='lgc'>[connector romance of people, plant, place='lgc'>] that was key in state-endorsed cereal agriculture)
(in plantation) the plants were exotic and labor was coerced slavery

only with ='strcls'>**hierarchy and managed antagonism='strcls'>** in place enormous profits (='lgc'>+ complementary poverty) could be produced

plantation produced the wealth and the modus operandi that allowed Europeans to take over the ="trms">world

(not ="trms">technologies and resources, rather) ='strcls'>*plantation ="trms">system made the navies, ="trms">science, and industrialization possible='strcls'>*

taking the alienation of people (from their crops) for granted

='lgc'>==> human sub="trms">species were ="trms">formulated and enforced ='lgc'>: biology came to signify the ="trms">difference between free “owner” and coerced “labor” ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> racial divisions were produced and reproduced in each dowered marriage and in="trms">heritance

="prgrph">-poor families needed more labor, particularly where ="trms">child labor kept many adults alive
="prgrph">-privileged families were charged with the advancements of the race, women must bear its heirs ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> late 19th century discourse of ="trms">scientific hygiene and eugenics اصلاح نژاد informed white women's ="trms">species segregation

='lgc'>{ boundaries of home='lgc'> = boundaries of ="trms">love ='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> fetishization of the home as the space of purity and ="trms">interdependence ='lgc'>==> extra-domestic intimacies (within/between ="trms">species) =
="lsts lst1">•archaic fantasies (the ="trms">community, small farmer, etc.)
="lsts lst1">•passing affairs (feminism, ="trms">animal ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rights, etc. )
='lgc'>+
outside the home='lgc'> = domain of economic rationality and conflicting individual ="trms">interests

='lgc'>='lgc'>--> mid 20th century allowed other ="trms">species accepted='lgc'>: pets are models for family devotion. but the model of the ="trms">loving and the be="trms">loved pet does not sp="trms"nttrm="already,spread">read ="trms">love; it holds tight inside the family (-="ppl">Tsing)

='lgc'>[bio="trms">social plan:='lgc'>] other people ='and'>& other ="trms">species are judged by their ability to live up to one standard of domestic intimacy (USA or ="nms">iran)='lgc'>:
they ="trms">love their ="trms">children and pets ='lgc'>==> ="trms">imagine themselves as compassionate and moral ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> makes them ‘good people’ ='lgc'>==> ="trms">="trms">equip them to make decisions for the whole ="trms">world ='lgc'>==> moral hierarchy (='lgc'>~ your goodness is qualification for global goodness) ='lgc'>==> other people ='and'>& other ="trms">species are judged ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> project to improve the ="trms">world ='lgc'>==> ='strcls'>*collateral damage is unfortunate but not inhumane='strcls'>*

="trms"nttrm="disturban">urban jungle
jumble of diversity ='lgc'>+ imperial planners
="trms">excessive teams

="trms">technique of unmapping, for separating paired projects and effects and places and things. (='thdf'>for example unmap state and capital from diversity places)
="lsts lst1">•sp="trms"nttrm="already,spread">read obscurity
="lsts lst1">•to know something from disordered ="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edges (='lgc'>=/= ptoductive ="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edges)
="lsts lst1">•what grows in the seam (to begin with)
="lsts lst1">•pleasure of variety beyond the domestic
="lsts lst1">•how places are ="trms">differentiated and ="trms">specific

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Global Futures
(a game of) possibilities of ="trms">contingent connections
a game that develops our ideas of the productivity='lgc'>--for better or worse='lgc'>--of ="trms">contingency
a game to appreciate ="trms">contingent connections ='lgc'>[='lgc'>=/= stale and d="trms"nttrm="danger,stranger">angerous pre="trms">dictions (='lgc'>==> mithridatism)='lgc'>]

futures of all ="trms">sorts are forged in the ="trms">contingencies of strange connections
="lsts lst1">•foreclosed in the narrow channels of corporate expansion
="lsts lst1">•clashing state and popular terrorisms
="lsts lst1">•our best hopes (as well as our inchoate terrors)

='strcls'>*="ppl">Tsing='lgc'>: “="trms">Contingency surrounds us, but we ignore its power to shape the future.”


='strcls'>**europe's secular prophecy's ="trms">formulaic ="trms">tropes for encapsulating time='strcls'>**
="lsts lst1">•most powerful future-making ="trms">stories have told of the fulfillment of principles of progress and rationality
="lsts lst1">•driving force of ="trms">technology will transform ="trms">society
="lsts lst1">•ideal of democracy will be progressively en="trms">coded in law
='lgc'>=/=
='strcls'>**anti-progress prophecy's ="trms">formulaic ="trms">tropes for encapsulating time='strcls'>**
="lsts lst1">•national genius of a chosen people will blossom
="lsts lst1">•human ="trms">nature will reestablish ="trms">historic gender roles and racial hierarchies
="lsts lst1">•the essence of ancient civilizations will rise again to vie and clash

='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> There is no room for ="trms">contingent connections in any of these pre="trms">dictions

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(most important ="trms">story of our time='lgc'>:) ='strcls'>*the ="trms">story of globalization='strcls'>*='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•the ="trms">world is entering a global era without political or economic rifts
="lsts lst1">•nation-states and cultures are increasingly irrelevant
="lsts lst1">•a global menu of ="trms">consumerdesires and entrepreneurial standards frames identity and sets individual and collective goals

='lgc'>='lgc'>--> since the end of the Cold War='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•global expansion of a few giant corporations
="lsts lst1">•the great flows of people from one continent to another
="lsts lst1">•forging of transnational standards for economics and politics
="lsts lst1">•development of widely sp="trms"nttrm="already,spread">read audiences for once parochial forms of popular culture

='lgc'>='lgc'>--> Global capitalism is not seamless='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•leapfrogging financial crises
="lsts lst1">•“antiglobalization” politics springing up
="lsts lst1">•deflating policymakers’ hopes for a smooth ="trms">transition to corporate empire

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ultimate fantasy of an ='strcls'>*era without politics='strcls'>*
ultimate fantasy of a ='strcls'>*more complex evolutionary plan='strcls'>*
='lgc'>=/= ="trms">contingency ='and'>& ="trms">interconnection



principles of (="ppl">Tsing and Pollman's) Global Futures game='lgc'>:
you tell the ="trms">story of this coalescence, and if your fellow players accept the ="trms">story, it makes ="trms">history='lgc'>: it becomes a part of the ="trms">world of the game.
the goal is to develop a set of ='strcls'>*coalescences='strcls'>* that fulfills a preassigned ="trms">mission.
whoever tells the best ="trms">story while completing the ="trms">mission wins.

="large lg5" stl="font-size:115%"> you (tell ="trms">stories in which you) are free to='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•make the ="trms">world a better place
="lsts lst1">•hatch a nefarious scheme
="lsts lst1">•="trms">narrate a true ="trms">story

='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]coalescence='lgc'>: the ="trms">historical force that arises from a transformative coming together of disparate groups, institutions, or things='lgc'>:
an unexpected connection ='lgc'>==> a “="trms">historical force"='lgc'>[= something that might change the ="trms">world='lgc'>]
(parties might be='lgc'>: groups, institutions, ideas, identities, things, or beings. chili peppers and Thai cuisine; African rice producers and the Carolina coast; astrolabes, compasses, and plane tables)

='lgc'>[contemplative mode of togetherness='lgc'>: (in Europe) coalescence انعقاد ='lgc'>=/= (in Middle East) confluence تلاقى ='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> transnationalism ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">internationalism ='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>~-> forms of alliance that are possible and needed that can be created ="trms">differentially with “trans-” ='lgc'>=/= “="trms">inter-“='lgc'>]='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*coalescence is not meaningful nor possible in Middle East='qstn'>?='strcls'>*

example='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•not coalescence ="trms">story='lgc'>: to say that a cat and a goldfinch are both ="trms">animals. or to ="trms">imagine a pet store that sells both
="lsts lst1">•coalescence ="trms">story='lgc'>: a cat-feeding fad that requires that cats eat nothing but gol[...]