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Gentrification, Climate Change and the City Event Series
This ongoing series explores the relationship between gentrification and climate change, and ways of organising around both. Through these sessions, we will collectively learn about how gentrification affects community integrity and highlight the importance of grassroots direct action and community-led organising. The intention is to create relationships and provide tools for organising that will continue […]
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Resonating Women of the Paris Commune: Communing print, politics and improvisation
Resonating Women of the Paris Commune: Communing print, politics and improvisation
with bricolagekitchen aka Gillian Whiteley Thursday 6 June – Wednesday 3 July 2024 Opening 7pm Thursday 6 June/Closing performance event Polimprov (Gill Whiteley and Geoff Bright) 7pm Wednesday 3 July Gillian has investigated historical and contemporary forms of ‘art activism’, through research, writing and curatorial projects for almost thirty years. Her work considers ‘indisciplinary’ subversive practices […]
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Scrittura di Esperienza Writing Workshop with Lucia Farinati and Eleonora Bottini with Alessia Arcuri and Sara Ortolani (Autocoscienza Writing Group)
Scrittura di Esperienza Writing Workshop with Lucia Farinati and Eleonora Bottini with Alessia Arcuri and Sara Ortolani (Autocoscienza Writing Group)
What is the role of co-narration in feminist practices of consciousness-raising? In what way is it possible to develop new feminist practices through writing? Scrittura di esperienza (experiential writing) is a feminist methodology and a political practice developed by Lea Melandri in the early 1990s as a continuation and reappraisal of Italian feminist practices of autocoscienza (consciousness raising) […]
Between Militant Demand and Creative Refusal: Moments of the Wages for Housework Campaign, Part I with Leopoldina Fortunati and Barbara Mahlknecht
Between Militant Demand and Creative Refusal: Moments of the Wages for Housework Campaign, Part I with Leopoldina Fortunati and Barbara Mahlknecht
Join Leopoldina Fortunati and Barbara Mahlknecht for a workshop exploring the historical and contemporary relevance of the Wages for Housework campaign, launched in 1972 by the International Feminist Collective. This campaign, led by activists like Mariarosa Dalla Costa, Selma James and Silvia Federici, highlighted how capitalism exploits reproductive labour in the home. We'll delve into […]
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Systems and Their Discontents: Counter Signals 5
Systems and Their Discontents: Counter Signals 5
Join us for the launch of Counter Signals 5 from Other Forms, where we will hear from contributors to the issue: Alan Smart, Jack Henrie Fisher, Nick Thoburn, John Komurki, and Kaiya Waerea. We are excited that Counter Signals will also be depositing their back issues in the MDR Archive. More about Counter Signals 5: […]