The Bristol Conversations – Bayo Akomolafe
From Local Futures Podcast by Local Futures
December 15, 2025 · 22 min · Season 5 · Episode 8
About this episode
Bayo Akomolafe discusses the ruptures in modernity and the importance of local power in a conversation with Helena Norberg-Hodge.
In this conversation with Helena Norberg-Hodge, Bayo reflects on the ruptures in modernity that have sparked his own questioning. Going beyond a politics which fetishizes identity and category, he invites us to open up other spaces of power – where the immediate, the understated, and the local are more profound and more promising than grand slogans and ideas.
People in this episode
Host: Helena Norberg-Hodge
Guest: Bayo Akomolafe
Topics covered
- modernity
- identity
- local power
- politics
- cultural reflection
Keywords
- modernity
- identity
- local power
- politics
- cultural reflection
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