CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
The Nomadic Island team is happy to announce the line-up of conference speakers, who will contribute to the discussions around the theme of alternative ways of living and working during the three week residency.
22.07. Art (und Weise) of living together - A Social-Ecology perspective | CONFERENCE
by Giulia Carones & Alexander Behm
Institut für Kreative Nachhaltigkeit, Berlin
What do “alternative” ways of living together mean? In this talk, id22: Institute for Creative Sustainability introduces Social-Ecology as a non-speculative, future- and common good-oriented approach to housing. In addition to presenting compelling projects and initiatives from the DACH region, the talk will pave the way for the Social-Ecology workshop taking place the following day.
by Giulia Carones & Alexander Behm
Institut für Kreative Nachhaltigkeit, Berlin
What do “alternative” ways of living together mean? In this talk, id22: Institute for Creative Sustainability introduces Social-Ecology as a non-speculative, future- and common good-oriented approach to housing. In addition to presenting compelling projects and initiatives from the DACH region, the talk will pave the way for the Social-Ecology workshop taking place the following day.
Giulia (she/her) is an anthropologist who works on projects towards non-speculative city-making practices. With a focus on housing and migration, she strives to make space for all stakeholders through participatory, conscious, and reflective research approaches. A board member of id22: Institute for Creative Sustainability in Berlin, she supports the teaching of courses on housing and social ecology at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and works on publications promoting social ecological approaches to living and urban development.
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Alexander, born 1987 in Schwedt/Oder, is a freelance journalist, scientist and project manager in the fields of culture and sustainable urban development. He studied history, political science and sociology in Dresden and Modern South Asian Studies at the HU Berlin. Since 2018 he has been working as a freelancer for id22, the Institute for Creative Sustainability, in Berlin and is involved in various projects of sustainable and public welfare-oriented urban development, including the id22 projects EXPERIMENTDAYS and CoHousing Berlin. In February 2020 he was elected to the board of the association.
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23.07. Art (und Weise) of living together - A Social-Ecology perspective | WORKSHOP
by Giulia Carones & Alexander Behm
Institut für Kreative Nachhaltigkeit, Berlin
In this workshop, id22: Institute for Creative Sustainability invites and challenges participants to think about Frugality, Sufficiency and Consistency. As a way to challenge ourselves to find meaningful synergies for sustainable living, the workshop engages participants by asking them to (re)think how can Social-Ecology shape the ways we live together; how personal does it get, to live, work and think sustainably; and how can social and ecological dimensions benefit from each other.
by Giulia Carones & Alexander Behm
Institut für Kreative Nachhaltigkeit, Berlin
In this workshop, id22: Institute for Creative Sustainability invites and challenges participants to think about Frugality, Sufficiency and Consistency. As a way to challenge ourselves to find meaningful synergies for sustainable living, the workshop engages participants by asking them to (re)think how can Social-Ecology shape the ways we live together; how personal does it get, to live, work and think sustainably; and how can social and ecological dimensions benefit from each other.
29.07. Direct Democracy, Degrowth, & System Change | CONFERENCE
by Eleanor Finley
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
This presentation explores the relationship between sustainability, degrowth and non- hierarchical forms of governance. Using the frameworks of social ecology and degrowth, we will reflect on how our current system of economic production paradoxically obstructs human flourishing and prosperity. We will also review real-life examples of non-hierarchical governance in action — both past and present — as we consider the possibilities of a future that is ecological, equitable, and free. Keywords: sustainability, non-hierarchy/hierarchy, direct democracy, social ecology, degrowth.
by Eleanor Finley
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
This presentation explores the relationship between sustainability, degrowth and non- hierarchical forms of governance. Using the frameworks of social ecology and degrowth, we will reflect on how our current system of economic production paradoxically obstructs human flourishing and prosperity. We will also review real-life examples of non-hierarchical governance in action — both past and present — as we consider the possibilities of a future that is ecological, equitable, and free. Keywords: sustainability, non-hierarchy/hierarchy, direct democracy, social ecology, degrowth.
Eleanor is a social ecologist and anthropology PhD Candidate at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her writings and research on grassroots social movements for direct democracy, ecological sustainability, and mutual aid have been published around the world. Eleanor has been active with ROAR Magazine and the Institute for Social Ecology. |
04.08. NOMADIC ISLAND WORKSHOP
by Resilient Revolt
Theatre of the Oppressed Munich
With the help of the methods of Augusto Boal and other influences the Theater der Unterdrückten München explores theatrically and physically-performatively the connection between social imbalances and climate injustice, also on an emotional level. This workshop, based on their play on the destruction of our natural environments. It will be dedicated to inner mechanisms and patterns of social oppression that affect us and work within us. Previous theatre experience is not necessary. The workshop is accessible for people of all ages and physical capacities/needs.
by Resilient Revolt
Theatre of the Oppressed Munich
With the help of the methods of Augusto Boal and other influences the Theater der Unterdrückten München explores theatrically and physically-performatively the connection between social imbalances and climate injustice, also on an emotional level. This workshop, based on their play on the destruction of our natural environments. It will be dedicated to inner mechanisms and patterns of social oppression that affect us and work within us. Previous theatre experience is not necessary. The workshop is accessible for people of all ages and physical capacities/needs.
Theatre of the Oppressed Munich is a self-organised collective of enthusiastic environmental and social activists, with a passion for the arts as a tool for transformation. Especially theatre, for us, has the potential for people of all ages and backgrounds to come in connection with their feelings, their bodies, their internalised patterns, their pain, their freedom. Ever since we found each other at the beginning of 2019, we are active in forest occupations, youth exchanges, theatre labs and festivals, working very experimental, intertwining activism and arts in an intimate and healing way.
05.08. High up in the trees - an epic of resistance | PERFORMANCE
by Resilient Revolt
Theatre of the Oppressed Munich
A play about the forest occupation at the Dannenröder forest in Germany in October 2019, intertwined with the ancient Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh. Driven by the economic value of nature, Gilgamesh - the king of the world’s first state - destroys the great cedar forest. The Gilgamesh epic is more than a historic relic: Capitalism’s growth imperative is incompatible with sustainability.
by Resilient Revolt
Theatre of the Oppressed Munich
A play about the forest occupation at the Dannenröder forest in Germany in October 2019, intertwined with the ancient Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh. Driven by the economic value of nature, Gilgamesh - the king of the world’s first state - destroys the great cedar forest. The Gilgamesh epic is more than a historic relic: Capitalism’s growth imperative is incompatible with sustainability.
05.08. NOMADIC ISLAND CONFERENCE
by Resilient Revolt
Theatre of the Oppressed Munich
Resilient Revolt is an EU-funded project of volunteer theater practitioners with the motive "Activist Theater for Climate Justice". Using, among others, the series of methods of Augusto Boal's Theater of the Oppressed, we test different ways of alternative learning and living. By that we also explore with the body the connection between social injustice and the origins and challenges of climate change. We work according to grassroots democratic principles and decide by consensus, and constantly adapt our methods and group processes because we know that we will never come to an end. As a partner of Resilient Revolt, we regularly host and participate in workshops and exchange programs.
by Resilient Revolt
Theatre of the Oppressed Munich
Resilient Revolt is an EU-funded project of volunteer theater practitioners with the motive "Activist Theater for Climate Justice". Using, among others, the series of methods of Augusto Boal's Theater of the Oppressed, we test different ways of alternative learning and living. By that we also explore with the body the connection between social injustice and the origins and challenges of climate change. We work according to grassroots democratic principles and decide by consensus, and constantly adapt our methods and group processes because we know that we will never come to an end. As a partner of Resilient Revolt, we regularly host and participate in workshops and exchange programs.
06.08. Needs and Wants of Human Nature: Why do we need More? | ROUNDTABLEby Nora Schleich
Being able to consume is a status symbol of the 21st century. Buying, collecting, travelling, pretending – but where is the personal value? This round table aims to put the stress on what the human being actually needs to be living freely and authentically.
Lead by Nora Schleich with
Christopher Lilyblad (United Nations Development Programme),
Raquel Luna (Action Solidarité Tiers Monde),
and Anne Franziskus (STATEC).
Being able to consume is a status symbol of the 21st century. Buying, collecting, travelling, pretending – but where is the personal value? This round table aims to put the stress on what the human being actually needs to be living freely and authentically.
Lead by Nora Schleich with
Christopher Lilyblad (United Nations Development Programme),
Raquel Luna (Action Solidarité Tiers Monde),
and Anne Franziskus (STATEC).
© Anne Lommel
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Nora Schleich has a PhD in Philosophy. She studied German Idealism in Luxembourg and Mainz and is now working independently in conceptualising, tutoring and editing. She tries to highlight contemporary reflections through cultural and aesthetic moments.
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