Self-organisation for co-operative art education
“Collaborative groups share power, and healthy groups assure that their members have equal opportunity to earn social power” (Starhawk, 2011, p. 125) A workshop on self-organisation and collectivity in the context of alternative art education. The workshop will begin with a seminar on self-organisation and conclude with a workshop on leadership roles for leaderless groups, […]
DigitalXChange Product Series
DigitalXChange is coming back to London with two great new speakers. Jann Kirchhoff is joing us from BMW Motorrad in Munich to talk “About petrolheads and mobile apps: A journey into digital” while Alexander Hipp from N26 in Barcelona will tell us “How we set up our team for Continuous Product Discovery at N26: Finding […]
Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri: Empire, Twenty Years On
In 2000, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri published Empire – a landmark study of the economic and cultural processes of globalization. Twenty years on, globalization remains a central issue of our era, but commentators are conducting its postmortem, as forces across the political spectrum herald the return of national sovereignty. In the next issue of […]
Gina Miller: Life Lessons
“There are times when I’ve gone back and cried, and I do think at times, ‘Is it worth it?’ But I have to carry on fighting because it can’t become a normalised thought pattern in our society that a woman of colour is not bright enough, can’t make her own money, can’t be successful, or […]
The Three Sisters Who Changed China Forever
They were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the centre of power, and each of them left an indelible mark on history. Red Sister, Ching-ling, married the ‘Father of China’, Sun Yat-sen, and rose […]
Zine Workshop on Co-operative Art Education
“Knowledge emerges only through invention and re-invention, through the restless, impatient, continuing, hopeful inquiry human beings pursue in the world, with the world, and with each other.” (Paulo Freire (1996/1968). The Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Continuum, pp. 72) This workshop will be an opportunity to explore the potential of co-operative art education while […]
London’s Lost Rivers Volume 2
“Urban topography and history come vividly alive. There is no better way of exploring a city. And there is no better guide to it than Tom Bolton.” — Tom Holland Below the pavements, out of sight, a network of secret rivers pulses beneath the capital’s busy pavements. This second volume of London’s Lost Rivers explores […]
The End of Nuclear Weapons?
For 13 years The We the Peoples Film Festival has screened more than 200 films on human rights, development, security and the environment. Our festival initiated the UK’s first peace-themed film season, video-streaming workshops for Non-Governmental Organisations, and the world’s first festival of films on international development by young directors. We the People’s Film Festival […]
*ONLINE* Reweirding: The Alchemy of Us – How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
** This event will be held ONLINE. Please register using the “Book Now” link ** ** Conway Hall is a charity and we politely ask you to add a donation of at least £5 when registering for a ticket ** — Ainissa Ramirez shows how materials were shaped by inventors, but also how those materials shaped […]