Fliplanthropy #3: Embodying Post-Capitalist Philanthropy with Lynn Murphy Fliplanthropy
Exploring the edges of our core humanity and how that relates to the way we show up in philanthropic endeavours
In Post-Capitalist Philanthropy: Healing Wealth in the Time of Collapse, authors Lynn Murphy & Alnoor Ladha discuss the relevance of ontological shifts to further the notion that embodying post-capitalist philanthropic realities implies power bending and wealth redistribution, but also – and perhaps more importantly – that “we perceive and embody our actions in relationship to a dynamic, animate world”. This points to the importance of cellular – and in this sense ontological – changes in the process of shaking and shaping human behaviour and action anew.
This session is about dissecting this idea of “ontological shifts” so that we can flip philanthropy with respect to human and non-human realms. How do we move the tectonic plates from saviourist ideals towards grassroots empowerment? ‘Flipping’ the script to participation and collective power versus top/down mentalities. Replacing ideological dogma by group & indigenous wisdom.
About our speaker
Lynn Murphy is a strategic advisor for foundations and NGOs working in the geopolitical South. She was a senior fellow and program officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation where she focused on international education and global development. She resigned as a”‘conscientious objector” to neocolonial philanthropy. She holds an MA and PhD in international comparative education from Stanford University. She is also a certified Laban/Bartenieff movement analyst. She co-authored the book Post-Capitalist Philanthropy: Healing Wealth in the Time of Collapse