Words can be extraordinarily powerful. They can help us recognise and appreciate feelings, experiences and natural phenomena that we may otherwise not notice or may take for granted. Words can also introduce us to other ways of existing, aspects of different cultures and new concepts that can alter where we put our energy and change our
Indicibile (Unspeakable) is the title of a workshop that was organized with the intention to test a psychedelic compound, changa, with a group of artists that could try it out during a few days, while collectively creating their own setting. The title obviously refers to something that cannot be told. The experiences arousing with changa,
By Alessandra Pomarico (firefly frequencies, Free Home University, Ecoversities), Nikolay Oleynikov (firefly frequencies, Chto Delat), Elliot Perkins (Ultra-red) “What does it mean to listen? After almost ten years as part of the collective experiment of Free Home University and other learning communities, my answer today would be: to suspend the impulse to find an immediate
By Giulia Crisci, Alessandra Pomarico, Nikolay Oleynikov “This intention and this spirit connect all of us here (and with many beyond the here and now) speaking to how we work, why we produce art, and specifically how we make radio to make a community. “Radio” has been for many of us an autonomous learning zone,
by Rehana Tejpar and Dan Rudolph “Nasruddin, why do you ride a donkey backwards?” “What are you talking about? I’m facing forward. It’s the donkey who’s facing backwards!” – Mulla Nasruddin, a 13th-century wise fool from present day Turkey Beginnings In most parts of the world, humanity is trapped in overlapping systems of power that
Walking in the footsteps of educational visionaries Paulo Freire (Pedagogy of the Oppressed), Ivan Illich (Deschooling Society), and Marshall Rosenberg (Mutual Education), this session begins with grounding in learning as a voluntary and collaborative activity oriented to the needs and capacities of all involved. This, then, serves as the entryway into an exploration of larger
Pre-session texts: [13/06, 12:55] Emilio’s email: My idea is based more on video than live intervention, but of course this is only one of the possible proposals. I think of a meeting where we can present and see our videos well. We decide on a theme. For example: Peace. No words, just videos. We each
Pre-session text: [02/05, 21:14] Emilio’s email: How to be author and spectator at the same time? How can an author control his or her ego without limiting imagination and creativity? How to be a spectator by exceeding our expectations and trying to grasp something that does not belong to us, that is far from our
Pre-session text: [07/04, 15:30] Emilio’s document on drive: Following the thread that led us to investigate time and perception, we are going to consider the relationship between author and viewer. It is always a matter of time and perception, but also of sharing. Screening can determine a non geographical space of identification determined by two
Pre-session text: [20/2, 15:30] Emilio’s email: Sorry for the raw material but I wanted start the process… Waiting for your observations, comments, modifications The theme of perception is directly linked to the one of time, so it is the continuation of the discussion we started in our first AULab session. My last comment before we
El Tejido Ecoversidades es una comunidad de practicantes del aprendizaje de todas partes del mundo, comprometidos a la re-imaginación de la educación superior para culvitvar un florecimiento humano y ecológico en respuesta a los retos críticos de nuestros tiempos.
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