Sunday, September 04, 2005

Nationless Manifesto

Nationless.org : Manifesto

Nationless is a state of mind caused by the inability of certain people to belong to any one particular culture, race or community. Once cracked opened in such a way it is often impossible to cram the consciousness back into ones cranium and the subject is doomed to roam the world endlessly thereafter.

Sometimes there are certain people that manage, on purpose or by accident, manage to escape belonging to any one particular culture, community or clan. They may be eternal exiles or childhood expatriates. They may have been raised in international schools or made a habit of literary escapism. What ever the cause these people manage to transcend communities and thereby they have a special role and responsibility in this world. They act as bridges connecting people of difference. They translate culture, which is far more difficult a job than just translating language. Often they act as diplomats and critics. Sometimes both at once. They are early adopters and find it easy to get adopted. They tend to move a lot but bring '‘home’' with them wherever they live. This is a story of some such people. Their lives, worlds and experiences.

Natinless.org is a place to explore these ideas and bring to attention other explorations. But more important than that. It is a place of stories.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I celebrate every single word of this manifesto.

I had written something very similar just yesterday in my own personal blog. Though it's in spanish (I'm argentinian), I'll translate a piece here:

"Nationality is the ideological manifestation of the State, applied consciously through education, fetishit cult of symbols (flags, anthems, etc) and cohercion.

When States appeared, law itself couldn't just govern a population. It was necessary for the population to feel integrated, a part of the State by having an emotional bond to it.

You can't love an institution. No one would give his life for an administration. The idea of Patriotic Values, to have the ilusion of love to the state is the solution.

But loving your nation, it's just an abstraction. Unlike tribes or neighbourhoods a nation does not create a community: not a single argentine knows the majority of other argentines."

You may check my blog (http://spaces.msn.com/members/santi-says) to see the complete text if you know spanish :)

Btw: Thanks for posting on GamesAreArt.com, you made a good observation on what Art is.
And I Really like this blog!

Riaz said...

Thanks a lot man... I can't read Spanish but (http://www.worldlingo.com/SH0gfCf2o9dOdrYkozdl2FGYeGIs6iZCr/translate)
Oh... the Marvels of modern technology. ;)

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