Independent public inquiryAotearoa New Zealand
Paying Closer Attention
The invitation
An invitation to notice the relationships between inequality, ecological disruption, concentrated power and the conditions of a dignified life.
I am asking because I no longer believe that looking away is a neutral act.
Begin hereThe invitation
Paying closer attention is the invitation.
Collective attention is the practice.
Public clarity is a possible outcome.
Responsible participation is what follows.
Paying closer attention means slowing down enough to notice those relationships.
Foundational writing
Three places to begin
01Why I Am Asking Us to Pay Closer AttentionA personal account of the unease behind this project—and why looking away no longer feels like a neutral act.02I Did Not Arrive Here AloneThe thinkers, traditions and lived encounters that helped give language and shape to this inquiry.03What It Means to Act in CommonPractices and signposts on the path towards a more equal, democratic and ecologically responsible world.
The direction of travel
A future held more fully in common.
This is not a programme with finished answers. It is a place for slower questions, connected thinking and the shared work of recognising which futures our choices are producing.
About the project