Radical Care: Embracing Feminist Finance

Amateur Cities and the Insti­tute of Network Cultu­res are proud to present a femi­nist finance zine titled ‘Radi­cal Care: Embra­cing Femi­nist Finan­ce’. It is a coope­ra­tive future-thin­king effort from the Money­Lab network, a collec­tive of artists, desig­ners, rese­ar­chers, geeks and acti­vists dedi­ca­ted to the task of expe­ri­men­ting with more equi­ta­ble, diverse, and sustai­na­ble futu­res for finance and economy.

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The zine is a diverse collec­tion of voices orga­ni­zed in three types of contri­bu­ti­ons: quick­fire inter­vi­ews (short reac­ti­ons to big ques­ti­ons), double inter­vi­ews (conver­sa­ti­o­nal long reads), and artworks (projects addres­sing discus­sed subjects visu­ally). 

Today we live in a world that is domi­na­ted by an econo­mic system that is global, compe­ti­tive, and centred around a rati­o­nal and egois­tic vision of the human (homo econo­mi­cus). In this publi­ca­tion we asked oursel­ves and over twenty contri­bu­tors how we can embrace diffe­rent values focu­sing on loca­lity, coope­ra­tion, and caring. Can an affec­tive and compas­si­o­nate vision of the human get us closer to homo reci­pro­cans or coope­rans? How can we break out of the crisis of imagi­na­tion, and as Lana Swartz and Martin Zeilin­ger propose, move towards the crisis of imple­men­ta­tion? How we can navi­gate the rela­ti­ons of exchange and trust between humans and machi­nes, but also, our rela­ti­ons­hip with the envi­ron­ment. Can we finally not only recog­nize the climate catas­trophe, but also find ways to act against it, through an econo­mic lens, mind­ful of not repro­du­cing patri­ar­chal and colo­nial histo­ries? As Denise Thwai­tes notes, this work starts with care­ful and respect­ful liste­ning to voices that have long been silen­ced. In the words of Ruth Catlow and Reijer Hendrikse: history is not over, we are just begin­ning!

We hope this zine will inspire you and those around you to think about alter­na­tive ways in which we could orga­nize our econo­mies. We highly encou­rage you to share it and let it reach new places. For that reason we atta­ched a travel record card as a cover. Please keep it in motion and get in touch!

Concept: Cris­tina Ampat­zi­dou and Ania Molenda (Amateur Cities) with Inte Gloe­rich (Insti­tute of Network Cultu­res)

Editors: Cris­tina Ampat­zi­dou and Ania Molenda

Contri­bu­tors: Ruth Catlow, Andy Mora­les Coto, Eric Barry Drasin, Rachel Falco­ner, Vale­ria Ferrari, Inte Gloe­rich, Reijer Hendrikse, Anto­nia Hernán­dez, Anne Kervers, Aude Launay, Micky Lee, Ania Molenda, Silvia Díaz Molina, Ana Teixeira Pinto, Step­ha­nie Rothen­berg, Ailie Ruther­ford, RYBN, Lana Swartz, Denise Thwai­tes, Natha­niel Tkacz, Gregory Tsar­da­ni­dis, Josep­hine Wolff, Malcolm Camp­bell Verduyn, Martin Zeilin­ger

Copye­di­tor: Heleen Schrö­der

Grap­hic Design: In the shade of a tree

Publis­her: Amateur Cities and the Insti­tute of Network Cultu­res

Suppor­ted by: Crea­tive Indus­tries Fund NL, the Insti­tute of Network Cultu­res (Amster­dam Univer­sity of Applied Scien­ces), and Amateur Cities