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<h1>COEXISTENCE DOESN’T MEAN SELF-ERASURE</h1>
<h1>COEXISTENCE DOESN’T MEAN SELF-ERASURE</h1>
<p>
In some stories, ecological themes are handled quite superficially: humanity
is depicted as a parasite, technology as a source of corruption, and ancient
lifestyles become romanticized and stereotyped, often without a solid
historical or anthropological base. Although they provide fertile ground for
Villains, such simplistic perspectives represent a form of cowardly
nihilism.
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<p>In some stories, ecological themes are handled quite superficially: humanity is depicted as a parasite, technology as a source of corruption, and ancient lifestyles become romanticized and stereotyped, often without a solid historical or anthropological base. Although they provide fertile ground for Villains, such simplistic perspectives represent a form of cowardly nihilism.</p>
<p>
What natural fantasy proposes is, instead, to make a humble and brave
choice: our heroes must stop seeing themselves as masters or tormentors of
nature, and remember they are merely one of its many expressions, embracing
the responsibilities that arise from their ability to invent, create, and
transform.
</p>
<p>What natural fantasy proposes is, instead, to make a humble and brave choice: our heroes must stop seeing themselves as masters or tormentors of nature, and remember they are merely one of its many expressions, embracing the responsibilities that arise from their ability to invent, create, and transform.</p>
<p>
In short, we can coexist with the planet we live in precisely because we are
humans, rather than in spite of it.
</p>
<p>In short, we can coexist with the planet we live in precisely because we are humans, rather than in spite of it.</p>
<h2>CULTURAL INFLUENCES AND COLONIALISM</h2>
<h2>CULTURAL INFLUENCES AND COLONIALISM</h2>
<p>
When we imagine a story centered around sharing and coexistence, we are
often influenced by existing cultures that consider those principles as the
foundation of their civilization, tradition, and philosophy. Historically,
however, those same cultures have been targeted by violent and repressive
colonialist politics, their voices silenced even in present day. Their
characteristic cultural elements are often trivialized and reduced to mere
appearances, robbed of their significance and made to conform to consumer
logic, a surface representation that removes all introspective or
revolutionary charge.
</p>
<p>When we imagine a story centered around sharing and coexistence, we are often influenced by existing cultures that consider those principles as the foundation of their civilization, tradition, and philosophy. Historically, however, those same cultures have been targeted by violent and repressive colonialist politics, their voices silenced even in present day. Their characteristic cultural elements are often trivialized and reduced to mere appearances, robbed of their significance and made to conform to consumer logic, a surface representation that removes all introspective or revolutionary charge.</p>
<p>
If you want to take inspiration from these cultures when you create new
stories and characters, please strive not to repeat that harmful rhetoric:
</p>
<p>If you want to take inspiration from these cultures when you create new stories and characters, please strive not to repeat that harmful rhetoric:</p>
<ul>
<li>Look for detailed and <strong>not instrumentalized sources</strong> which present information with integrity and respect, without trivializing cultural complexities or reducing them to stereotypes.</li>
<li>If your setting includes tribal cultures, or cultures inspired by real-world native populations, do not consign them to the role of enigmatic strangers, keepers of riches, threats or victims in need of help: make them <strong>full-fledged protagonists</strong>, avoiding recurring stereotypes like the mystic, the raider or the scout.</li>
<li>Finally, make sure not to associate the search for harmony and spirituality with a forcibly ascetic, passive or impractical lifestyle; on the same count, do not associate it with a lack of interest in science and technology.</li>
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<ul>
<li>
Look for detailed and
<strong>not instrumentalized sources</strong> which present information
with integrity and respect, without trivializing cultural complexities or
reducing them to stereotypes.
</li>
<li>
If your setting includes tribal cultures, or cultures inspired by
real-world native populations, do not consign them to the role of
enigmatic strangers, keepers of riches, threats or victims in need of
help: make them <strong>full-fledged protagonists</strong>, avoiding
recurring stereotypes like the mystic, the raider or the scout.
</li>
<li>
Finally, make sure not to associate the search for harmony and
spirituality with a forcibly ascetic, passive or impractical lifestyle; on
the same count, do not associate it with a lack of interest in science and
technology.
</li>
</ul>
</html>