A conversation with Hendro Sangkoyo, founder and principal of the School for Democratic Economics (SDE, Jakarta); and writer Irmgard Emmelhainz (Mexico), whose 2016 essay “Decolonisation as the Horizon of Political Action” (2016, ‘Eflux’) provided us with the title for this event. In this talk, Irmgard read a text from her forthcoming book, in which she […]
For the last session in our four-part online reading group, we discussed the extractive practices of intellectual property rights and patenting of natural resources and indigenous knowledge systems, which, to quote Vandana Shiva, is “at the heart of the new colonialism”. Increasingly, global biotechnology and pharmaceutical giants are exploring traditional medicinal plants and knowledges, researching […]
A conversation between Timbil Budiarto, member of Lifepatch – citizen initiative for art, science and technology, a multidisciplinary community that invites its members and anyone interested, to investigate their surroundings through DIY and DIWO (Do It With Others) approaches; and Radjawali Irendra, a data scientist and activist from Komunitas Drone DIY (“DIY Drone Community”), who […]
Friday, 14 August 2020, 16.00-17.30 (+7 GMT) Language: English For the second discussion in our two part mini-series “Seeding the Future Together”, looking at alternative agroecological education and production communities, we were joined by Fernando García-Dory, artist and founder of INLAND, an artistic project (since 2009) dedicated to agricultural, social and cultural production. Fernando […]
‘Seeding the Future Together: Part 1’ was the first in our two part mini-series looking at alternative education initiatives for farming and rural skills. Speakers were Qomar, activist at Sekolah Tani Muda (SEKTIMUDA, “School for Young Farmers”, Yogyakarta, Indonesia) and Diah Widuretno, founder of Sekolah Pagesangan (“School of Life”, Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia). While SEKTIMUDA offers […]
This reading session session took place on: Friday, 7 August 2020, 16.00-18.00 (GMT +7) Materials for this group: Screening: ‘New Acid’ (14’ 18”, 2019), a film by Basim Magdy Watch ‘New Acid’ on the artist’s website here: https://www.basimmagdy.com/new-acid Reading: “Unruly Edges: Mushrooms as Companion Species” (2012), an essay by Anna Tsing Download the essay […]
This reading session session took place on: Friday, 31 July 2020, 16.00-18.00 (GMT +7) Materials for this group: Screening: ‘Who is Afraid of Ideology? Part 2’ (38’, 2019), a film by Marwa Arsanios Read more about Marwa and her work here: https://www.mor-charpentier.com/artist/marwa-arsanios/ Reading: ‘Ecofeminism’ (1993), a book by Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva Read […]
An online talk about ecology, environmental struggle, resistance, subsistence and gender, which included a presentation by artist Marwa Arsanios (Beirut, Lebanon) about “Convention of women farmers and ecological feminists” (2019), an assembly she organised in 2019 as part of the Warsaw Biennial (Poland), in which she brought together women farmers from Syria, Lebanon, Mexico, India, […]
This reading session session took place on: Friday, 14 July 2020, 16.00-18.00 (+7 GMT) Materials for this group: Screening: ‘Kasiterit’ (18’, 2019), a film by Riar Rizaldi Read more about Kasiterit here: https://www.vdrome.org/riar-rizaldi/ Reading: “Decolonization as the Horizon of Political Action”, ‘e-flux Journal #77’ (2016) by Irmgard Emmelhainz Download a PDF of the text […]
This event addressed how local and situated knowledges of Indigenous communities are often dismissed in the face of development and modernity. We invited Gilung Talang Mamak from AMAN Indragiri Hulu (the Indragiri Hulu branch of the “The Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago”, Indonesia) and Yoyogasmana from Ciptagelar (an indigenous community living in the rural […]
A discussion with artist Kathrin Böhm, co-founder of the community drinks enterprise Company Drinks (London, UK) and the artist duo Badan Kajian Pertanahan (Wates, Jatiwangi, Indonesia). Although coming from very different contexts, both groups mobilize specific rural histories rooted in the land to encourage collectivity and solidarity in the present, working both on a conceptual […]
The first event in our online programme was a sharing session with individual, collective, community kitchens and alternative distribution platforms connecting farmers directly to consumers in the city, all set up as a form of solidarity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Civil solidarity initiatives can be a form of response to the uncertainties we face during […]
