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Paul Graham Raven

Paul is a writer, researcher and consulting critical and creative futures practitioner. He lives in Malmö with a cat, some guitars, and too many books.

week 50 / 2024

week 50 / 2024

Slaughtering a pig in the village high-street, making barbed asides about "AI" filler images—looks like WEEKNOTES are dealing with the shortest days of the year with the usual cheery bonhomie! This week, a psychopomp is performed, and the commons turn out to be less tragic than you've been told.

deliberate oxymorons: an interview with Bruce Sterling (part 1)

deliberate oxymorons: an interview with Bruce Sterling (part 1)

In the first part of this two-part interview, OG cyberpunk Bruce Sterling discusses the pursuit of deliberate oxymorons as a creative strategy, worldbuilding in the context of history and futurity, Berlusconi on the moon, and much, much more.

week 49 / 2024

week 49 / 2024

Back in a groove of routine, riding the rails to the turn of the year—time to deck the halls with bales of WEEKNOTES! This week, the uneventfulness is all the news that fit to print.

week 48 / 2024

week 48 / 2024

Kneeling on the tiled floor, offering thanks and libations to the gods of ablutions—pray wash away the sin of impatience with WEEKNOTES! This week, many new projects are named, and the egg prepares to enter the incubator.

week 47 / 2024

week 47 / 2024

Dunking a bog-brush into Putin's brain-pan, ranting about robots and Philip K Dick—sure, they *claim* it's WEEKNOTES, but that's just what they want you to think, maaaan! This week, renovation approaches completion, and slavery is a concretised metaphor.

week 46 / 2024

week 46 / 2024

Elbow-deep in your wardrobe, shaking the silverfish out of your winter jackets and coats—turn up your collar and face the WEEKNOTES! This week, shops have been worked, and solarities speculated upon.

think local, act global : an interview with Andrew Dana Hudson (part 2)

think local, act global : an interview with Andrew Dana Hudson (part 2)

The second part of a long interview with solarpunk bannerman Andrew Dana Hudson. What was the Lucas Plan? What's worldbuilding good for? And where is my f*cking socially-provided jetpack? All these questions, and more, are answered within...