Hello I think some of you may enjoy the fantastic programme of this year’s Uroboros festival, run in a hybrid format online and onlife at Kasárna Karlín, Prague, CZ. They describe the festival as “an annual gathering of art-design-research practitioners experimenting with various creative means to help foster positive change in the troubled and fragile world.”
I urge you to explore the whole programme but specifically wanted to invite you to join The Interspecies Meditation and Sharing Circle <https://www.uroboros.design/events/the-interspecies-meditation-and-sharing-circle/> that I’m hosting 6 Oct Thu 17:30 BST and the Feral Policy Panel <https://www.uroboros.design/events/feral-policy-panel/> that I will be joining 7 Oct Fri 13:00 BST. Both of these events are at least partly the result of 3 years of partnership with the CreaTures Creative Practices for Transformational Futures <https://creatures-eu.org/>. Below is more information about both events. I would love it if some of you wanted to join. Warmly Ruth The Interspecies Meditation and Sharing Circle 6 Oct Thu 17:30 BST This meditation builds empathy pathways to other life forms. It is part of a larger collaborative role-play project called The Treaty of Finsbury Park 2025 <https://www.furtherfield.org/the-treaty-of-finsbury-park-2025/> depicting the story of the dawning of interspecies democracy. It’s a new era of equal rights for all living beings, where all species come together to organise and shape the environments and cultures they inhabit, in London’s Finsbury Park (and urban green spaces across the UK, the world, and beyond!) After much protest it has been agreed that a treaty of cooperation will be drawn up. The meditation is used as a tool for character development and immersion. As participants, we use our imaginations and a bonding ritual to enter the body and consciousness of a different species and to reflect on the nature of their existence. This ritual transports us to the interspecies multiverse where we sit for a guided meditation. The meditation is followed by a sharing circle where we describe the experiences we have of our new bodies and sentience. By listening to each other we understand more about our place in webs of life. https://www.uroboros.design/events/the-interspecies-meditation-and-sharing-circle/ Feral Policy Panel 7 Oct Fri 13:00 BST How can creative practitioners and policy-makers work together for multi-species governance? DISCUSSION by Marion Lean <https://www.uroboros.design/person/marion-lean/> , Julia Lohmann <https://www.uroboros.design/person/julia-lohmann/> , Ruth Catlow <https://www.uroboros.design/person/ruth-catlow/> , Iryna Zamuruieva <https://www.uroboros.design/person/iryna-zamuruieva/> , Lara Houston <https://www.uroboros.design/person/lara-houston/> , Ann Light <https://www.uroboros.design/person/ann-light/> , Markéta Dolejšová <https://www.uroboros.design/person/marketa-dolejsova/> With many overlapping social and ecological crises, we urgently need to transform how we live together on this planet. Artists, designers and social change-makers have been developing alternative forms of eco-social thought and action rooted in ‘multi-species’, ‘more-than-human’, and ‘feral’ modes of co-existence. How can these creative practitioners connect fruitfully with policy-makers, who work with related ideas around ‘natural resource management’, ‘ecosystems services’ or ‘biodiversity conservation’? In this panel discussion, we invite practitioners from creative and policy fields to share their experiences of cross-sector working, in order to open up new ideas in environmental governance for the benefit of all species. https://www.uroboros.design/events/feral-policy-panel/
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