Contributions

Below are some highlights of the works inspired by and in response to the book. Some we have found through our own explorations and interactions and yet others have been contributed via the form below.

  • Megaloplis

    Megalopolis

    Perhaps one of the more high profile contributions, Francis Ford Coppola's magnum opus was inspired by the Dawn of Everything. Coppola also took inspiration from David Graeber's Debt: The First 5000 Years and Bullshit Jobs and Hermann Hesse's Glass Bead Game. Here is a discussion between David Wengrow and Francis Ford Coppola.

  • Entangled historicities in the Eurasian North

    A book forum in SUOMEN ANTROPOLOGI: JOURNAL OF THE FINNISH ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY curated by former long-time editorial secretary Ville Laakkonen (Tampere University) on The Dawn of Everything (Graeber and Wengrow 2021), with contributions from Khalil ‘Avi’ Betz-Heinemann (University of Helsinki), Matti Eräsaari (University of Helsinki), Linda Hulin (University of Oxford) and Veronica Walker Vadillo (University of Helsinki), and Tuomas Tammisto (Tampere University).

  • Schizmogenesis

    Thoughts inspired by the Davids’ discussion of Schizmogenesis by author Cory Doctorow.

  • 242 – The Dawn of The Dawn of Everything (w/ David Wengrow)

    The Wrong Boys are joined by David Wengrow to talk about changing human history (starting with the past) and his new book, co-authored with the late David Graeber, on myths about the origins of human society, why both Hobbes and Rousseau are wrong, and why human history may be less set in stone, and more full of playful, hopeful possibilities, than we tend to assume.
    By The Wrong Boys

  • Myth of Human History

    Myth of Human History

    It's time to discard some common misconceptions and rethink our perspective on human history, so that we can truly reckon with the scope of our political possibilities.
    By Saint Andrewism

  • Places mentioned in Dawn of Everything

    A reading-compiled list of archeological sites mentioned in the book.

    Coordinated by Cathal O'Brien

  • The Dawn of Everything and Fascism in Society

    A look at “micro-fascism” as it pertains to the book.

    By Tomas Byrne

  • My Summer Name

    ‘My Summer Name’ loosely inspired by the work of anthropologist & archaeologist David Graeber (Debt: The First 500 Years, Bullshit Jobs) & David Wengrow whose research on early human social structures, how they change & how power is kept in check is gaining ground...I found it interesting that in some Native American societies there could be differing forms of governance for different times of the year..and one could be called by a different name to represent that.
    By Leon Heart

  • Now in 3D!!!

    In case you were wondering what the book looks like on a rotating stool in a forest, here is a great animated 3D rendering of the book with WebGL, ThreeJS, and CSS.

    By Brandel Zachernuk

  • ‘Primitive Communism’: Did it Ever Exist?

    A review looking at the book’s implications for the concept of “primitive communism”.

    By Conor Kostick

  • Review: The Dawn of Everything

    In our first episode dedicated entirely to reviewing a piece of media, Joan discusses the book The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow! Joan found it to be an extremely informative and eye-opening read on the subject of human history, and in this episode she explains why.

    By Through Time And Clades

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Being ones that do not much like to limit our curiosity, learning, and friendships, we always appreciate learning about other thoughtful works inspired by or of strong resonance with The Dawn of Everything. Please click below to send us info about such works and we will list them on this website. We aren’t able to listen to or read all of the contributions submitted via the form and so please click here to see the full list.