We have to grab the opportunity Covid-19 has given us to interrogate, shape and collaborate for change. And those who hold power need to share that power to welcome the changes that the pandemic invites.
If there is a silver lining to be found around the global Covid-19 pandemic, it’s the wave of optimism that it is heralding a new world order.
For a system to transform, there has to be change, both in its technical workings as well as in the values, beliefs and assumptions that the system is built on. Change that is metered on only one level is unlikely to translate into transformation in the system as a whole. Often, it is deeply contextual, inclusive, empowering innovations within systems that spark small shifts that build up transformative capacity within the system.
By leveraging local knowledge in a time of crisis, CANs have been able to quickly marshal and distribute resources – from educational materials, to food parcels, healing centres and hygiene products. Importantly, by embodying atypical configurations of power, decision-making and resource-flow to advance a meaningful momentum of impact, CANs are allowing us to experience how our future systems could organise.The 1918 influenza pandemic killed an estimated 50 million people.
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