Wow, I’m absolutely loving this!
And Alberto, Alberto! Your naming choices were on point, brother!
The part that hit me the hardest was the introduction of the incanters, the direct-action aethnographters! What a fascinating concept.
I’m here thrown into an imagination rabbit hole trying to imagine what sort of training these people have to properly execute this function: public speaking, rhetoric, a huge chunk of applied aethnography for sure — but I’m also seeing them leaning poetry, fashion, hair-styling, comedy!
Unbound by the slowness of academia, incanters can focus on what works: and if having white teeth is proven to help you in negotiations, even if minimally, they can embrace it without a second thought.
They’re probably the most charming, most center-of-the-party individuals — and different incanters would be deployed to the different parties they most fit in. And incanters can take pride on their side-skill (like dancing or being a chess master or a renowned chef) because they end up opening doors that facilitate the real work, which is changing society for the better applying the latest aethnographic research.
Just like their craft, they must be incredibly adaptable, improvisational even.
It’s a great vision for the future of activism — running away from a room full of long beaded man and towards the direction of golden tickets inviting you to secret parties where you find swimming pools of milk and performers spitting fire.