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Ways of Listening

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

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An Ancient Practice for Modern Times: Sacred Clowning for Culture Change

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

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