Translate with care.
A joke should travel with enough context to remain human.
An assembly of shared imaginationunitedmemes.org
United Memes
MANY VOICES. ONE SHARED PLANET.
Many cultures. One very good group chat.
Open the charter ↘CHARTER 01A different instinct for a familiar institution.SCROLL TO EXPLORE ↓
01 / THE CHARTER
Change what the institution is for.
A meme crosses a border before a speech has cleared its throat. It carries context, absurdity, affection, and a small opening into somebody else’s world. Understanding can begin with a laugh.
United Memes is a proposed cultural assembly for ideas that travel well and people who make room for one another. Its common language leaves space for local flavor. Every remix can add a perspective the original could not see.
The ambition is beautifully unreasonable: make mutual understanding contagious. Begin with a shared joke. Stay for the harder work of listening, translating, and creating something together.
This is the founding charter: an invitation to develop the ideas below.
02 / THE PRINCIPLES
Keep every voice legible.
Shared culture grows richer when its sources remain visible.
Build common ground.
Use the laugh as an opening for a real conversation.
IDEAS TO MAKE REAL.
PROPOSED DIRECTIONSThe Translation Table
A proposed annotated collection showing how one hopeful idea changes across languages and communities.
EXPLORATIONCommon Ground Sessions
A proposed format for small groups to exchange the memes that explain their worlds.
EXPLORATIONThe Remix Concord
A proposed short guide to credit, context, permission, and generous cultural exchange.
EXPLORATION03 / KEEP EXPLORING
ONE INSTITUTION.
A WHOLE WORLD
AROUND IT.
Read the charter and explore its proposed directions. Carry an idea into your own creative work, then follow the neighboring institutions in the web.